Business, management and leadership training and coaching

Assessor & Associate Training Consultant• Approved assessor marking level 3-7 assignments in Leadership, Management, Finance, Business Planning for internal and nationally accredited programmes• CMI and ILM approved trainer in finance, management and leadership skills

Finance, planning and retail operations

Strategy - Leadership - FinanceDelivering and assessing BTEC Level 2 and 3 training in management and team leading

Acted as Company Secretary and clerk to the Governors Initiated and led projects with a budget of £1M to modernise and improve the School's teaching facilities and dormitories, including relocating and/or refitting the library, science laboratories, swimming pool, theatre, art school and classrooms Redesigned chart of accounts to introduce department budgets and to bring production of management and annual accounts in house, thereby improving knowledge and skills and saving money Initiated improvements to the computer network and hardware provision enabling better communication and better access to information Established Health and Safety Committee consisting of teaching and support staff Initiated a project to supply the School's water via a borehole improving the supply and saving costs of around £20k per annum Introduced the payment of suppliers by BACS, brought payroll in house and established a fee direct debit scheme Operated training courses for staff in health & safety, first aid and minibus driving (MiDAS qualified instructor) Introduced operations manual detailing all aspect of administrative work Established support staff appraisal scheme

Redesigned chart of accounts to improve record keeping and reportingResponsible for setting monitoring and controlling a budget of £8M per annumEstablished a Health and Safety Committee consisting of teaching and support staffActed as Company Secretary for Eastbourne College Enterprises Ltd reporting to the main boardResponsible for day to day operation of administration and accounts, personnel, cleaning, grounds and transport

Established a budgeting and forecasting system within the faculty which was adopted across the CollegeIntroduced a newsletter for staff keeping them in touch with events in a faculty which covered 3 sites and numerous outreach locationsManaged a budget of £3m, maintaining records for presentation to Board and FEFC

Managed evening provision consisting of vocational, academic and interest coursesIncreased student numbers by 15% over 2 year period

Established West London agency from standing start in 1991Completed a number of sales of repossessed businesses for Allied Irish Bank

Accepted onto the Bank's Management Development Programme in 1982Experienced in branch banking, securities, lending, property and trainingProject managed a major training initiative; Corporate Sector Project) to train 2,500 managers in the sector in understanding customer needs and in assisting the clients by satisfying those needs. Managed a budget of over £3M each year in delivering residential classroom training and distance learning to the audience. Project helped to re-establish Barclays as the market leader by 1990As a Corporate Lending Manager in a busy West End branch (Portman Square), responsible for a portfolio of 200 business customers ranging from small retail outlets to fast growing plcs

Platoon “best soldier” award in 1984Took part in 2 major NATO exercises – “Spearpoint” and “Lionheart”Represented Territorial Army in Nijmegen Competition March 1984