Ken Talbot Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

North West England

Future Directions CiC, provides support in the community for people with learning disabilities and/or mental health issues. Judged Good overall by CQC but Outstanding in the area of leadership and governance

Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom

Bradford, United Kingdom

Incommunities is a housing association managing 25,000 hones in Bradford where they do great work that impacts many peoples lives. The role of the commercial board is to oversee all commercial activity at Incommunities and create profit to be invested back into the community.

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Specialising in creating growth strategies for housing providers. Experience includes- Governance of the Business Development function- Growth and Business Development Strategy including creating new profitable business streams- Organisational Development Strategy ensuring that the organisation has the skills, knowledge, systems and process to deliver new and existing business streams- Merger & Acquisitions- Funding Models including what sources of… Show more Specialising in creating growth strategies for housing providers. Experience includes- Governance of the Business Development function- Growth and Business Development Strategy including creating new profitable business streams- Organisational Development Strategy ensuring that the organisation has the skills, knowledge, systems and process to deliver new and existing business streams- Merger & Acquisitions- Funding Models including what sources of funding are available and how these can be ring fenced from social housing assets- Integrated Business Planning Process- Organisational Structures- Joint Ventures to deliver business growth- Coaching- Value for Money Strategy as it applies to business development activities Show less

Preston, United Kingdom

Creating a business development strategy and new business within the housing sector.

Developing a collaborative approach to the delivery of new homes by Registered Providers and Local Authorities

• Secured the agreement of boards for Harvest to merge with Arena Housing to create the Your Housing Group with 32,000 homes• Helped create Ascent LLP one of the first “Local Asset Backed Vehicle” in the country which will build over 500 new homes in the next five years as a result of sharing assets with a Local Council• Acted as a director of Plus Harvest Developments which has built homes across the North West with a total value of nearly £100M• Led the Human Resources… Show more • Secured the agreement of boards for Harvest to merge with Arena Housing to create the Your Housing Group with 32,000 homes• Helped create Ascent LLP one of the first “Local Asset Backed Vehicle” in the country which will build over 500 new homes in the next five years as a result of sharing assets with a Local Council• Acted as a director of Plus Harvest Developments which has built homes across the North West with a total value of nearly £100M• Led the Human Resources, Organisation Development and Learning and Development functions so that the Group as a whole has achieved Investors in People Gold accreditation and has risen from a Sunday Times Best Company one star accreditation to a two star accreditation• Led the process to develop the group’s new corporate plan for the period 2010 – 2015• Driven the Group’s Value for Money initiative leading to the Audit Commission describing practices as best in class• Led complex procurement exercises including Private Finance Initiatives• Led the team responsible for group wide programmes and projects, overseeing more than 20 large scale complex projects• Restructured the Business Development team creating a more customer focussed approach at a much reduced cost• Acted as a board member on several of the group’s subsidiary companies• Creation and delivery of a variety of complex financial and development models resulting in continued provision of over 1200 new homes during a period of financial turmoil Show less

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Grew turnover from business with Public Sector clients (i.e. Education, Health, Social Housing, Education and Government) by nearly four times. • I was part of the Regional Board that managed the business across all sectors.• Early involvement in Fusion21, a collaborative procurement vehicle of Housing Associations to deliver the Decent Homes programmes. As a result savings amounting to over 20% were made and several hundred new jobs created.• Led several projects that brought… Show more • Grew turnover from business with Public Sector clients (i.e. Education, Health, Social Housing, Education and Government) by nearly four times. • I was part of the Regional Board that managed the business across all sectors.• Early involvement in Fusion21, a collaborative procurement vehicle of Housing Associations to deliver the Decent Homes programmes. As a result savings amounting to over 20% were made and several hundred new jobs created.• Led several projects that brought together different agencies to create joint delivery and stimulate regeneration in several areas, this included PFI, LIFT and LEP schemes. Show less

Wigan

Management Consulting to many sectors in the areas of strategic planning, process re-engineering and organisational development.

Generic case load but focussing on children, young people and families

Diploma In Social Studies, Social Work

Activities and Societies: None

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Psychology

Activities and Societies: None

Education record

Activities and Societies: Ornithological Society