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Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom

Yorkshire

Guiding organisations and leaders in the private, public and charity sectors on the journey from vision to strategy, and from strategy to consistently successful delivery

Over 8 years grew Forget Me Not from £400,000 a year to £5.2million; from 6 staff to 150; from zero to 450 children and families being supported. Rated as Outstanding by the CQC, and recognised as a Times Top 100 Company to work for. Forget Me Not’s first CEO, tasked with delivering on 10 years of promises, creating a vision for the future and turning it into operational reality. Joined before the establishment of care services & the construction of the hospice. • Set up the Hospice at… Show more Over 8 years grew Forget Me Not from £400,000 a year to £5.2million; from 6 staff to 150; from zero to 450 children and families being supported. Rated as Outstanding by the CQC, and recognised as a Times Top 100 Company to work for. Forget Me Not’s first CEO, tasked with delivering on 10 years of promises, creating a vision for the future and turning it into operational reality. Joined before the establishment of care services & the construction of the hospice. • Set up the Hospice at Home service in 2011, securing CQC registration• Completed the construction of the hospice, opening to children and families in 2013• Grew income from £400,000 in 2010 to £5.2 million in 2018• Grew from 6 staff to 150 & 450 volunteers• Caring for more than 450 children and families by 2018• Rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, putting Forget Me Not in the top 1% of organisations inspected• Diversified and rapidly grew income across community, corporate, major donors, retail, public sector, lottery, and trusts & foundations. • Personally responsible for securing over £3 million from major donors & other sources. • Established a positive culture of saying yes to children and families and an organisation willing and able to do things differently to deliver this promise• Put in place robust governance at all levels in the organisation• Attracted HRH Princess Beatrice of York to support the charity and to become our Patron• Led the organisation to improve employee engagement and satisfaction year on year even during rapid growth and change, culminating in recognition as a Times Top 100 Best Company to work for in 2018• Negotiated the successful acquisition and opening of a second children’s hospice in Bury (Grace’s Place) in 2017/18 Show less

Achieved a highly successful transition from the commercial sector to the charity sector. Rapidly applied commercial skills and experience to a charity with significant effect nationally. • Increased productivity (measured through numbers of young people supported per FTE) by more than 70% over 3 years• Delivered significant organisational change within the region, moving to a structure which was adopted and implemented across The Trust as best practice• Successfully implemented a… Show more Achieved a highly successful transition from the commercial sector to the charity sector. Rapidly applied commercial skills and experience to a charity with significant effect nationally. • Increased productivity (measured through numbers of young people supported per FTE) by more than 70% over 3 years• Delivered significant organisational change within the region, moving to a structure which was adopted and implemented across The Trust as best practice• Successfully implemented a major review and change in governance, resulting in much more engaged and effective governance• Chosen to lead on and write the 5-year strategy for The Trust in England• Delivered savings in staff costs of more than 25% during 2007/08, the same year in which staff satisfaction (measured by an annual external survey) improved across all categories• Built strong, sustainable relationships with private and public sector, including the negotiation of £6million funding from the regional development agency in Yorkshire and The Humber Show less

Appointed as Chair of a college which was failing financially in order to secure its future. This was achieved through a successful merger with another local college to form Kirklees College • Responsible for providing strong and positive leadership for the board, staff and students of the college to take them through a challenging but exciting time of major change• Responsible for the development and implementation of the £30million capital strategy including negotiation with Learning… Show more Appointed as Chair of a college which was failing financially in order to secure its future. This was achieved through a successful merger with another local college to form Kirklees College • Responsible for providing strong and positive leadership for the board, staff and students of the college to take them through a challenging but exciting time of major change• Responsible for the development and implementation of the £30million capital strategy including negotiation with Learning and Skills Council and local authority for land acquisition. • Led the organisation through a change of Principal and appointment of interim Principal• Led the merger negotiations with Huddersfield Technical College and the LSC Show less

Wholly owned subsidiary of Mars Inc. New concept in veterinary and pet care as an extension of the Mars owned multinational pet food business.

Ba Hons, Economics

BA (Hons) Economics

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