Original, resilient and productive team player working confidently to initiate internal stakeholder engagement to build stronger relationships with the existing and growing regional client base.Pursue new opportunities for engagement and collaboration by ensuring the Wilkin Chapman brand is synonymous with service, approachability, innovation and results in the local and wider Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire area.Develop the people and personalities in the customer journey roadmap to ensure our customer interaction works as a continuation of the meaningful and engaging relationship we established. Encourage business development activity through coaching and mentoring using best practice tools and techniques.Ideas and opportunity focused identifying how engagement activities can be improved, enhanced and maximized to the benefit of all involved.

I believe in authentic and genuine relationship building. My gift is intuitively understanding the needs of individuals and organisations and bringing them together effectively. I am an energetic self-starter, with a committed focus on achieving successful project outputs. I have reviewed, developed, and executed business development activity, as well as designing a successful corporate partner strategy for an internationally recognised Business School. I have been described as astute, focused, determined and diligent, with an ability to work effectively with people at all levels of an organisation. I am creative and innovative and never shy away from a challenge!

My role was to engage with Humber based businesses to identify and develop collaborations using University expertise to maximise the opportunity for the commercialisation of new innovations in the flood resilience sector. I worked closely with the client and the technical research managers to scope out the project and as the assignment continued I developed a key account activity liaising with all parties to ensure completion is delivered on time and within budget.

As Business Development Manager in the University of Hull Faculty of Business , Law & Politics my prime role was to maximise opportunities for mutually profitable collaboration with organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Working closely with the Business Engagement Manager and Faculty Director (Business Engagement) I assisted in the achievement of the Faculty's key performance indicators to significantly increase the level of commercial income generation. I developed operational plans for business development and worked in close partnership with appropriate members of the academic staff and professional service teamsThe role was outward-facing, meeting regularly with clients whether actual and potential, and ensuring that the Faculty’s profile is enhanced via attendance at appropriate local business events . I ensured that enquiries were dealt with promptly and professionally and that client needs were met through effective account management, enabling positive and valuable long-term relationships to be developed and nurtured.I have a sound entrepreneurial track record and possess the ability to think in an innovative way. One of my key strengths is networking with senior business leaders across various sectors and connecting individuals to create opportunities via cross fertilization of ideas, approaches and practices

The aim of my role is to help graduates achieve their entrepreneurial goals and make their business ideas reality The University of Hull is hugely proactive in enterprise and with the collaboration of the HEI institutions across the Yorkshire & Humber region we are all united under the Graduate Entrepreneurship Project to help graduates develop ideas, provide a wider range of resource for graduates to draw upon and assist in providing events to ensure that these young graduate companies can receive maximum exposure across the regionAll types of entrepreneurs get involved with the project from students turning hobbies and skills into a full time career, to wealth creators set to attract investment and build regional companies. If you know of any student who has an idea for a new business venture but needs help and support to move it forward then the GE project can provide the expert advice needed, coupled with the fantastic facilities available at the Enterprise Centre at the University for incubator business start ups – what better place to be a ‘budding entrepreneur’ than in Hull.Please get in touch if you would be interested to know more about the project, or if you would like to know more about possible workshop delivery and business mentoring opportunities.

Provided fabulous flowers catering for every budget and delivery available each day both locally, regionally, nationally and worldwide, as well as interior plants for offices and homes. Corporate flowers were a speciality.

The business provided a freelance telesales and training service. In 1999 NVQ status was achieved and we were the first training centre in the UK to offer the new telesales standards via the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry Education Board.