Nick Dancer Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

Led Open Finance and Smart Data policy development and advocacy:* Represented UK Finance at the UK Government’s Smart Data Council - having personally secured UK Finance a permanent seat. I also coordinated member input, and facilitated direct involvement in the council’s work programme to utilise member expertise.* Negotiated a Partnership Agreement with.

London, England, United Kingdom

I led bilateral and multilateral engagements relating to international regulatory cooperation for the UK Government. This included managing the relationship with a key OECD committee, divisions of the Commonwealth and G7, as well as other international fora.I used my regulatory knowledge and experience to shape International Regulatory Cooperation policies.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Policy and Project Lead for the Alpha phase of the "Digital Regulation Navigator" - a tool in development to help businesses navigate the UK's complex regulatory landscape. This involved leading an agile team of; BRE.
• Led engagement with Regulator CEOs and convened Ministerial Roundtables to establish what more can be done by regulators and government to stimulate economic growth and encourage investment. I set agendas, prepared.
• Permanent member of the Better Regulation Executive's Shadow Programme Board: I scrutinise and feed into the governance decisions of my directorate's 32 work packages. I collate and represent my team's views at board.
• Returned to BRE to resume my duties as Chair of the Regulators' Forum and Engagement Lead for DEFRA and DHSC. I was also part of the design team for the second round of the "Regulators' Pioneer Fund" (RPF2) and led the.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Worked with the Oil & Gas Authority to assess intervention options and devised a stimulus package to maintain activity in the North Sea. This prevented multiple insolvencies and the Government having to step in as.
• Part of a team tasked with improving the efficiency of correspondence processes across BEIS in response to the spike in volumes. This involved finding a home for queries with no clear owner, formulating responses.
• I led on responding to Parliamentary Questions (PQs -questions from MPs & Lords) and established processes for the new Correspondence Cell within BEIS’s Emergency Operations Centre. I also used my DEFRA connections to.
• At the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, I used my network of connections to coordinate DHSC and DEFRA’s inputs into BRE’s Regulatory Easements programme to feed into the Coronavirus Act 2020.

London, United Kingdom

• Whitehall Engagements & Alternatives Team within the Better Regulation Executive
• I lead the Regulators’ Forum; a quarterly event of +70 regulators. By making events purposeful and engaging, I rebuilt this largely moribund network. I developed stimulating and interactive agendas, wrote my Director's.
• I assisted my G7 Engagement Lead with managing the relationship with DHSC & DEFRA's Better Regulation Units and policy teams. From November 2019 I took over as Engagement Lead following my G7s retirement. This involved.
• To tackle specific policy areas I co-prepared and facilitated workshops for external stakeholders: The most prominent being the three MedTech Cross-Sectoral Workshops, looking at the regulatory response required to the.
• Assisted at events such as the Network of Experts and the Regulators Innovation Network. This included guiding round-table discussions, taking minutes and challenging thinking.
• As an Information Manager (IM), I coordinated the project to move BRE from multiple team and corporate sites to a single SharePoint site. This facilitated better cross-team working in line with BRE’s new Project Board.

London, United Kingdom

• Trade & Investment Negotiations Directorate (Manufactured Goods Regulation): TIN-G
• Initially “Mobilised” to launch a consultation to determine when to end the “Continuity Approach” of recognising CE Markings for goods sold onto the UK market in the event of a “No Deal Brexit”.
• Representing my policy area at the "Get Ready for Brexit" Roadshows. This involved, linking up with other directorates and departments, travelling the country to run a stall at events, answering questions from business.
• Led on conducting stakeholder interviews to collect business data to help inform the UK’s negotiating position, this involved working closely with colleagues from DIT and OPSS.
• Comms; responding to businesses queries via an inbox, producing and adapting Lines to Take, revising product guidance and producing business engagement materials for regulatory goods.
• Played a key role in building the UK’s Notified Bodies database (UKMCAB): replacing the EU's database of Notified Bodies (NANDO). This produced a critical tangible output for the.gov.uk website for No Deal preparations.

London, United Kingdom

• I ran and reformed the OISC’s Immigration Adviser accreditation scheme.
• Responsible for organising and preparing for prospective Immigration Advisers to sit Assessments Level 1, 2 & 3 and invigilating exams.
• Part of the First Contact Team. This involved answering telephone and email queries from members of the public, new advisers and existing OISC regulated firms.
• Also responsible for countersigning and processing DBS checks as well as processing New Adviser Applications.

Auckland, New Zealand

Career break: Various Temporary Jobs whilst on a "Working Holiday"

Auckland, New Zealand

• A business to business roll, working for one of New Zealand’s premier product supplier for the management of water & water-based waste.
• Oversaw a variety of tasks for a small sub-team, trained new staff and conducted peer reviews.
• Part of the Internal Sales Team, main responsibilities included: pricing strategy and preparing quotations to meet tenders for habitual clients: Civil, construction and contracting companies across New Zealand.
• Developed and implemented new processes to maximise the benefits from the introduction of the group’s new computer system. My changes dramatically improved the efficiency of Contract Pricing.

• After having demonstrated a consistently high level of competence and compliance with the Insolvency Operational Standards, my client base increased to over 600 IVAs and the frequency of audits to my work was reduced.
• I assumed additional technical responsibilities and more challenging cases, including some of our more vulnerable clients.
• I was supported by; a Credit Liaison Officer who led on my Creditor correspondence, a Payments Adviser who amended arrangements I had signed off, and an Administrative Assistant.
• Delegating effectively enabled me to take an overview of all the moving parts, plan ahead and focus on the elements that required my judgement and formal response, such as; Annual Reports, solicitor correspondence, the.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of a client base of around 300 Individual Voluntary Arrangements (a complex legally binding debt relief instrument) on behalf of an Insolvency Service.
• IVAs can last from between 5 and 7years, each having key milestones such as 6monthly reviews, Annual Reports and Equity Assessments. My client base included IVAs at all stages of an arrangement’s life-cycle, with.
• I was also responsible for dealing with any unforeseen issues that impacted upon my client’s financial situation. Understanding and interpreting a wide range of financial documents was often required, as well as.
• Other responsibilities included chairing variation meetings whereby a significant change to the initial proposal needs to be put to the creditors for their approval. This often involved direct negotiation with creditor.
• As part of a team, I was collectively responsible for helping to give clear and consistent advice to client queries when answering inbound calls. My ability to multitask proved to be essential.

• Receiving inbound calls in a corporate office environment.
• Managing and amending clients policies.
• Brands Covered: ‘Direct Line’, ‘Churchill’, ‘Privilege’ and ‘Green Flag’.
• Maintained awareness of underwriting policies & procedures, as well as the legislation and regulations governing the industry.
• I was a very successful member of a highly motivated team; regularly topping the sales board both as a team and as an individual.
• I regularly receiving positive customer feedback via the automated feedback surveys, whilst also securing a strong compliance record on monitored calls.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Working as part of a team in a highly competitive small outbound call centre.
• ‘JD Williams’ brands including ‘Jacamo’, ‘Simply Be’ and ‘Marisota’.
• Selling Insurance (and other related financial products) to existing catalogue card customers under a daily target structure.
• Developed my communication skills so I was able to gauge a customer’s reaction within seconds and adapt so I could make an effective pitch and successfully handle objections when necessary.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Saturday and Holiday job in a small independent retailer
• Face to face sales and customer service, advising and demonstrating to customers how the bespoke framing service worked.
• Manufacturing of customer orders whilst also ensuring the shop was organised.
• I was also involved in organising paper work and compiling the annual accounts, using Excel for data entry and calculations.
• With it being a small business with me as the only employee, I had to know the business as well as the owner did, as I could be delegated any task.

Ba Econ, Economics & Politics

Main discipline: Economics (Macro, Micro, Statistics and Further Maths) Secondary disciplines: Politics (International Relations.

High School, Economics

A Levels: Economics A Business B AS Levels Geography B Maths C

Gcses, 5 As, 2 Bs And 2 Cs

Activities and Societies: Chairman of the Student Council, represented the school at Cross Country Running and on the School Hockey.