Michael Benson (孙可豪) Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, Gb

Bristol, Gb

Senior leadership of hybrid academic administrative function. Oversight and senior responsibility for all short programmes, including student exchange, summer schools, study abroad programmes and faculty training programmes. Leadership of 26 members of staff. Management of £1.5m+ in annual funding and budgets. Responsible for delivering £4m in annual income, as well as developing new recruitment channels, delivering financial sustainability and diversification into our institutional budgets.Please get in touch if you'd like to collaborate with Bristol - I'd be happy to discuss how we can work together.

Bristol, Gb

I am responsible for all aspects of the University’s portfolio of recruiting, strategic international research and transnational education (TNE) partnerships, as well as wider external stakeholder engagement.I am the University’s expert voice on partnership development and relationship management. Working collaboratively with academic and professional colleagues across the University, overseas partner institutions and external stakeholders, I am responsible for the strategic development and overall management of Bristol’s international partnerships.

Bristol, Gb

My role provides the vision, access and central coordination to enable colleagues across the university to engage with recruiting partnerships that provide our Schools with critical pipelines of talented international students.I am responsible for driving forward projects to enhance international activity including identifying and promoting opportunities for recruiting partnerships, advising academic schools on opportunities and facilitating international partnership development.

London, Greater London, Gb

As the internal lead for international employability and international internships within King's College London I was responsible for the creation and development of our flagship Global Internships Programme - sourcing short-term internships for hundreds of King's students by engaging world-class providers, leveraging alumni relationships and leading a team of 6 to strategically engage international employers for the first time in King's history.Within six months I had developed the programme framework, secured international internships across the globe and launched a comprehensive campus wide student engagement campaign with 600+ applying in the first year.The programme, a first within the UK sector to deliver international internships at scale, was awarded the AGCAS Award for Internationalisation, voted for by my industry peers.Throughout my time at King's I was also invited to presented at various panel events around the theme of international employability, including Association of Careers Advisory Services Conference 2016 and Global Internships Conference 2016.Working collaboratively with fellow University of London institutions (UCL, SOAS, City, Goldsmiths) I helped spearhead the delivery of the Global Careers Series. Connecting students from all participating institutions with access to employment opportunities from across the globe. • Utilised top-tier change management abilities to implement & coordinate an institution-wide employability initiative• Appointed into a new role, sourced links with employers, government and alumni overseas, secured 330+ internships• Planned and led viral campus-wide student marketing campaign, increased applications by 1150% against targets• Worked collaboratively, leading the development of award-winning joint projects with competitors across the UK• Developed personal brand & industry reputation, invited to present on employability at conferences in UK & the USA

Ho Chi Minh City, Vn

• Promoted to this role due to consistent effort voluntarily developing the company website in my spare time• Implemented expert SEO knowledge across website to increase Organic Search Traffic by 55% within 1 year• Led company-wide taskforce to completely redesign our company website, increased Conversions by 65% in 6 months• Altered Ad Copy, determined negative keywords & effective ad targeting, CTR increased by 30%• Transitioned website development team to incorporate Scrum agile methodology

Ho Chi Minh City, Vn

Each year at CRCC Asia I consistently acquired an expanded remit of responsibilities, including sales and marketing, website development and the senior management and leadership of our Australia office and operations.In my role I enabled over 1,000 students from across the Asia Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) to complete short-term international internships in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China.• Due to overperformance relocated to open Sydney office alone, first office opened without presence of Directors• Maintained work-load of three diverse roles simultaneously, each created in response to consistent proactivity• Appointed legal Company Director, line managed 10 colleagues, oversaw monthly budgets and office recruitment• Created quarterly performance reviews & targets to incentivize office, the process was then expanded company-wide• Forged partnerships with the Australian government and university partners in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong

Ho Chi Minh City, Vn

• Responsible for managing recruitment process for over 1,200 annual applicants from interview to placement• Solely increased year-on-year sales growth for Asia Pacific region by 238%, generating £560k in annual profit• Utilised excellent communication skills to transform the Asia Pacific region from the smallest to largest within 6 months• Continuously researched & improved my sales approach, converting ~50% more applicants than other regions• Implemented company wide transition to Workbooks CRM, proactively & collaboratively devising new processes

Redwood City, Ca, Us

- Impressed across departments, offered full-time position following three-month placement- Researched expansion into South Asian market for China’s largest social networking service- Liaised with clients McDonalds, HP & Dell with their integrated sales/marketing campaigns- Produced award-winning copy for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness awards 2011

Lancaster, Gb

- Sustained relations with diverse alumni through telephone fundraising campaigns- Developed strong communication skills through 15 calls/hour to international alumni- Call Team raised a record-breaking £60k in contributions in our initial six-week campaign- Frequently awarded coveted title of Overall Campaign Champion and also Caller of the Week

Lancaster, Gb

- Accountable for providing front-end IT customer support to 17,000 students and staff- Trained to use in-house software, file fault reports, and maintain 100+ printers- Quick to develop communication skills dealing with overseas clients and computers

Lancaster, Gb

- Assisted with planned Visit Days, which attract over 6,000 attendees annually- Volunteered for responsibility to oversee parking arrangements for 2,000 students- Quickly promoted to more integral areas during Visit Days due to previous effectiveness

- Maintained a Centre of 20 PCs, for use by 200 Campers aged 6-17- Tailored approach to level of Camper expertise, requiring strong communication skills- Responsible for the welfare, and social cohesion of Campers as a Bunk Counsellor

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

- Promoted to Supervisor, youngest within the store, due to strong interpersonal skills- Supervised a team of 30+ operators, trained employees, handled customer queries- Worked in a variety of departments due to strong transferable skills and malleability

Leading Collaborative Teams

Transition To Leadership

Prince2

Ba, Politics And International Relations

Intermediate Level, Mandarin Chinese

A-Levels, Business Studies A, English Lang & Lit A, Computing A, Law A, General Studies A

Gcses, Mathematics A*, English Language A*, Science A*A*