Mathew Crook Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

• Accountable for the readiness of 620 personnel. Ensuring all employees are policy compliant, deployable and able to meet the demands of UK based operational tasking’s.
• Generated £470,000 in funding from various organisations, to develop a first of its kind Strength and Conditioning Facility. Overseeing each phase of the project whilst communicating progress to various stakeholders.
• Generated and mentored an additional 16 staff, and managed a team of 31 over 14 locations nationwide.
• Risk Management for Infrastructure and Equipment and all physical activities pertaining to Physical Development.

Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for managing the health, fitness and operational readiness of up-to 300 military personnel.
• Selected by Army HQ to consult and advise the Brigade of Gurkhas in Nepal on the redesign of the Gurkha Selection Process. This was aimed at transitioning and modernising an age old selection process to bring it in.
• Change Management across the British Army as it transitioned to the (then new) Physical Employment Standards. This included managing a cultural shift through various briefings, additional training and testing of all.
• Appointed as Brigade Secretary for British Army Warrior Fitness, I was responsible for the organisation and event management of multiple Regional sporting competitions that hosted up to 20 separate Teams.
• Research and Development for the the re-design of all Physical Training and Testing for the Defence Agent Handler Course.
• Advising C-suite personnel on policy and training updates.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the operational readiness of 500 tri-service military medical staff preparing to deploy on various worldwide deployments.
• Budget management for the procurement and hire of local gym and training facilities.
• Trained as a Project Thor TtT (Train the Trainer) responsible for delivering multiple regional up-skill training to peers and colleagues.
• Organised both overseas and UK based Adventurous Training packages to develop confidence, leadership and mental resilience in employees.

Aldershot, England, United Kingdom

• This was a 9 month course that would see me transfer from the Royal Signals into the Royal Army Physical Training Corps.
• During this time I completed numerous leadership and management qualifications, strength and conditioning courses and gained multiple adventurous training leader qualifications.
• I also completed a foundation degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth. and a level 5 in Coaching and Mentoring.

Winchester, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for delivering the common military syllabus in physical development to British Army Phase 1 recruits.
• Syndicate 2IC, deputised and managed 4 other peers on behalf of the Chain of Command.
• Infrastructure, equipment and stores management.
• Preparation for Selection to transfer to the Royal Army Phyiscal Training Corps (RAPTC).
• Risk management for physical activities.
• Selected to transfer to the RAPTC.

Wales, United Kingdom

• Troop Corporal to the Light Electronic Warfare Team, and Lead Physical Training Instructor.
• Responsible for the physical preparation and testing of personnel deploying operations.
• Employed as the Cryptographic custodian on Op Herrick 12, I was responsible for the distribution, storage, maintenance, issue and receipt of all Cryptographic equipment/material in theatre.
• Appointed as Electronic Warfare Liason Officer to the Danish Army on Op Herrick my job was to liaise and assist with an interoperability exercise between Danish and British Forces EW capabilities.
• Gym 2IC - Learning to manage infrastructure and advising C-suite personnel.

Kensington And Chelsea, England, United Kingdom

Detachment Commander for the Emergency Response Team - responsible for immediate deployment UK wide to establish communications in times of national crisis.

Afghanistan

• Employed as an Electronic Counter Measures Operator in Op Herrick 9, I was responsible for fixing/installing/storing/ and managing Electronic Counter Measures equipment.
• Delivery of essential up-skill training on behalf of the Operational Training and Advisory Group.
• Close support to Brigade spearhead elements.

Birmingham

Bath, England, United Kingdom

• Radio Systems Operator - ground to air communications.
• Appointed as detachment 2IC responsible to my commander for kit and equipment maintenance, set up and establishment of ground to air communications equipment.
• Appointed as the Troop Storeman I was in charge for the issuing and receipt of all Troop radio equipment.

Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

British Army Basic and Trade Training as a Radio Systems Operator.