Personal ProfileAn experienced and dynamic project manager with a proven track record of new business development, developing corporate relationships, operational and project managementExperience• Over 30 years’ experience of the third sector as a manager and fundraiser, building and leading geographically dispersed teams across the UK• Ten years sales experience in the retail sector, including all aspects of store management• Formerly ‘Head of Community Fundraising’ at Help the Aged• Formally National Operations Manager for Charities Aid Foundation’s field operations• Ten years payroll giving experience working with charities, corporate clients, Professional Fundraising Organisation’s (PFO), and The Association of Payroll Giving Organisations (APFO) • Successfully secured and developed new business relationships for various charitable organisations with:• Mitchells & Butlers, Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries, Skipton Building Society, Foster Care Associates, Pendragon, Fred Olson, Ventura, Manchester University, GFI, Sodexo, Compass Group UK, Northumbria Police, Millward Brown, UK Mail, Corporate Express, Beaverbrooks, Liverpool City Council, Gateshead Council and Dudley Council to name a few.• Accomplished Account Manger. Successes in developing historically difficult relationships • Successfully managed various business projects with corporate and charity clients including Compass Group UK , Barnardo’s and Workplace Giving UK• Project managed the re-launch of Compass Group’s payroll giving scheme. This campaign was short listed in the category of ‘Best Use of Payroll Giving’ at the IoF Fundraising Awards in 2006• Project managed the integration of Barnardo’s payroll giving fundraising activities to the Charities Aid Foundation resulting in a complete restructure of Barnardo’s payroll giving field operations