Optima is an independent provider of Human Resource and business support services. We are one of the most innovative businesses in our field and provide a range of solutions ranging from sourcing and selecting high quality personnel, delivering creative training & development to high impact executive & management coaching and mentoring. Creating Business Excellence through People, Partnership and Performance.Driving the strategic development and rapid growth of this young visionary Business Support organisation.

As an SME business leader with many thousands of SME client partnerships I am a keen advocate of the local commercial SME community and extremely dedicated to helping to develop the economic prosperity of Leicester and Leicestershire, making it a vibrant and exciting place to do business.

OPITO is the global skills body for the Oil and Gas Industry operating in 37 countries working on behalf of the industry to provide the focal point for the oil and Gas sector's skills and workforce development needs.Leading significant OPITO growth and strengthening its National profile building innovative skills development solutions to support the Oil and Gas industry's identified skills needs across all sectors both onshore and offshore, ensuring that appropriate learning and training supply was in place to meet them. Supporting the organisation's role in providing a vital link between industry and government, leading a cross-section of industry led research projects and initiatives with employers, education providers and academia to ensure the industry's skills are being met now and in the future and to ensure the UK maintains it's position at the forefront of the global energy industry.

Leading the strategic development and growth of this Professional Training, Coaching and Consultancy business aimed at raising the skills levels across the UK through world-class national and international partnerships.Built from a 'start up' at the onset of the 2008 recession through to a well reputed £8m T/O business serving both large multi-nationals, corporate and SME markets.

Providing Executive Development and Coaching to SMEs and Corporate organisations specialising in developing results and performance focussed culture. Developing Executive Boards, Management teams, infrastructure, people, performance, new products and services to take business to next level optimising revenue, profits and market position.

Built high growth business in the support services sector, increasing revenues and profits, operating 65 different contracts acros 32 sites. Implemented competent business infrastructure including Finance, HR, ICT, Quality, Marketing and Business Development and performance focussed operations. Won major government 'flagship' contracts becoming national high profile organisation