Experienced Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the SME, global partnership and non-profit sectors. Providing strong business development and operational leadership for a specialist education consultancy in the field of academic literacy.

Reporting to the Office Managing Partner, worked with the Sydney Leadership Team to build and execute programs and initiatives to support the go to market strategy for the Sydney office.

Responsible for driving best practice bid and proposal behaviours and activities across the Australia and New Zealand Pursuits Team and the wider business. Led a national team of professional bid managers in implementing bid strategies and communicating strong value propositions to drive our market agenda. Acted as Pursuit Manager for large and complex opportunities and had oversight of highly complex pursuits and proposals to ensure they were client centric, on brand and positioned the firm to… Show more Responsible for driving best practice bid and proposal behaviours and activities across the Australia and New Zealand Pursuits Team and the wider business. Led a national team of professional bid managers in implementing bid strategies and communicating strong value propositions to drive our market agenda. Acted as Pursuit Manager for large and complex opportunities and had oversight of highly complex pursuits and proposals to ensure they were client centric, on brand and positioned the firm to win. Led initiatives to continuously improve the value the Pursuits Team delivered to the business, including knowledge sharing and training. Show less

Established UK & Ireland National Pursuit Manager team, including recruitment and performance management of six team members. Led the team in developing and implementing winning pursuit strategies compliant with firm guidelines. Co-founded the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) area pursuit manager network, bringing together colleagues from 13 sub-areas to share best practice. Facilitated pursuit team meetings and contributed to overall strategy development (devising key themes and… Show more Established UK & Ireland National Pursuit Manager team, including recruitment and performance management of six team members. Led the team in developing and implementing winning pursuit strategies compliant with firm guidelines. Co-founded the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) area pursuit manager network, bringing together colleagues from 13 sub-areas to share best practice. Facilitated pursuit team meetings and contributed to overall strategy development (devising key themes and messages to support the campaign) for major or highly complex pursuits. Show less

Project managed strategic pursuits with priority clients for both long-term and short turnaround projects. Coached teams on writing persuasive proposals and preparing for client meetings/presentations. Worked closely with Partner and Director group to manage multiple inputs and ideas and produce a compelling, coherent and compliant proposal.

Project managed global audits for three priority accounts, being the single point of contact for account teams and the client. Coordinated key account activities, bringing together all service lines for knowledge sharing and to leverage opportunities and contacts.

Coordinated a range of economic research projects from a number of funding bodies (national and international), forecasting and allocating budgets for research networks and monitoring research contracts to ensure delivery of project objectives. Organised symposia, conferences and workshops throughout Europe and negotiated budget allocations with funders and academic organisers.