GOAL:To use my commercial skills and experience within the education sector to help maximise the learning opportunities for students.PAST EXPERIENCESchool Governor and Chair of Finance Committee for 9 years at an outstanding non selective secondary school in London.A Managing Director with significant strategic development experience covering high level sales and business growth within the Education and Training sectors over the last 20 years. Significant experience of achieving organic growth, contract tendering and delivery, relationship management and fund-raising. Full P+L responsibility.Experience of working within the School , FE College, University, Professional Training, Management Training and Vocational Learning and Funded Learning sectors. As a director and then as Managing Director helped to grow World Challenge from £300K to £8m prior to its subsequent sale to a major PLC. I was part of the management team at HomeDirectory that raised £4.5m for a technology business from a FTSE 100 company. Whilst MD at Course-Source we won the contract to provide the learning management platform for the largest e-learning project in Europe to deliver basic IT skills training to the NHS as part of the NHS modernisation programme. At 3C Consultancy i worked with the Learning Skills Council, FE Colleges and several Universities on impact measurement and performance measurement.U-Aspire was an ISO 9001 certified technology-led Education Innovation company working in a globalised environment providing certified qualifications to aspirational professionals and students in the emerging economies. In addition, it provided consultancy services and thought leadership to our international partners and clients.London School of Accountancy and Management provided undergraduate, graduate, professional and vocational education and training to professionals working in the City of London and international students.