Mark Beard Email & Phone Number

Stroud, Gloucestershire

Improving the health and wellbeing for a broad mix of private clients, groups and businesses.Motivator, core development specialist and sport specific trainer. Additionally worked with Stroud District Council as Lifestyle Champion for their Healthy Workplace Scheme.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

I am responsible for the planned expansion of this enterprising young business and creating new opportunities for First Aid and Health & Safety training courses within the commercial, education and industrial sectors across the UK.

Stroud, Gloucestershire

Provided specialist Spinal Rehab, Nutritional and Core Development services to compliment the range of chiropractic and sports therapy services for patients at the clinic.

I was retained to carry out a consultancy exercise on behalf of the owner of a specialist, national employment agency group. The company is a £1.1m t/o enterprise that has been in existence for about 9 years. About 3.5 years ago the owner took a decision to franchise the business in addition to retaining in - house activities and there are currently 9.

NHS Strategic Health Authority (Workforce Development Confederation)

As one of five Co-ordinators in AGW, I had specific responsibility for the Swindon & N. Wilts. region. This comprised three NHS trusts - a PCT, an acute trust and an ambulance trust. The role was both facilitative and pivotal in that it provided the forums for health and social care organisations, including those from the independent and voluntary sectors.

Prior to this and contained within my CV, I worked within Lucent Technologies across a number of business divisions with a brief to establish, develop and improve all recruitment operations. This involved working closely with divisional managers/directors and in close partnership with HR in order to gear up recruitment, put appropriate methodologies in to.

Interim assignment to re - engineer the company’s Search and Selection business, providing clear direction for future development. This included establishing terms and conditions of business, fee structures, methodologies and the use of external researchers. Also established a cross - Atlantic relationship for high level Search assignments and put in to.

Ramsey Hall is an independent and highly acclaimed Search and Selection consultancy business that provides professional recruitment and assessment services to a broad cross-section of companies in the UK and abroad.Joint Managing Director Significant achievements include: -Founded this business along with one partner and steered it to rapid solvency.

Travail Employment Group became a franchise operation and through the medium of a Ltd. Company and along with a Partner who provided much of the finance, I took a franchise area in the South of England. After approximately four years of successful trading I sold the business to a fellow

One of twelve recruitment Consultants who negotiated contracts for software 'contractors.' My particular brief was the Real-time, Technical and Defence register and my area of operation was primarily in the South. At the end of my first year's service, I was offered the opportunity to spearhead the Company's expansion into the 'permanent appointments'.