Award-winning and industry-renowned Managing Director, Senior Leader and Public Speaking Educational Consultant. Experienced and passionate in driving diversity, inclusion, cultural and performance improvement across the community, by leading and implementing national and regional post-16 skills agendas, operations and development strategies within the Health and Beauty industry. Advanced leadership and employer engagement, capable of forging significant, forward-thinking online training and creative learning development for students and employers. Advanced at embedding cultural change and operational excellence to drive growth, increase efficiency, implement education transformation and provide innovative learning curriculum solutions in line with strategic requirements.Founder of the Michaeljohn Training School, ensuring recognition regionally, nationally and internationally, striving for OFSTED excellence, responsible for aiding and establishing a vast network of hairdressers and barbers across Greater Manchester, offering traineeships and apprenticeship opportunities for young people. Strong key stakeholder relationships developed over the last four decades, creating a valuable network with a broad perspective, to increase performance opportunities, particularly within meaningful areas of inclusion, environment and sustainability, to increase performance and ROI. • Currently 45% of active employers that employ or manage Michaeljohn apprentices are former Michaeljohn students.• Improving inclusivity and diversity across deprived areas and for those with learning difficulties.• Public Speaker at the World Skills Event in 2013/14 and in November 2021 speaking on skills for the future.• Won two ESF Awards in 2013/14 for Strategic Planning and Management, with emphasis on Equality and Inclusion.• Safeguarding and Prevent Lead, Equal Opportunities Officer, Covid-19 Leader, Ofsted and ESFA nominee.• Working with the Education Training Foundation (ETF), developing practice, world skills and delivering speeches.• Creating an ESG Award in partnership with awarding body VTCT to drive Environmental Sustainability in 2023.• Publication on Environmental Sustainability (Nov 2022) on behalf of the ETF for regional and national skills partners.• Publication on Mental Health for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).• Developed a COVID-19 qualification with awarding body VTCT, rolled out in 2021. • Supplying god practice editorial on MJTS Safeguarding agenda.