"After working in over 70 countries in a range of senior governmental, business, educational and charity environments, I am dedicated to helping purpose driven organisations thrive…growing both financially and with increased impact."Core skills:• Over 23 years in a variety of CEO roles, and a further 10 running his own business• An expert in organisations driven by social purpose and clear values• Strong political and influencing skills• Numerically and financially robust – purpose and values cannot be delivered without a strong, sustained financial performance.• A systematic and evidence-based decision maker• A ‘change agent’ and turnround specialist, excelling when there is a target to be achieved, or an existential risk to be overcome.• Substantial experience of working in discreet and classified environments.• A pragmatic and inclusive leaderEvidence of impact:• London and Whipsnade Zoos: I took over when it was in a very public financial decline and during governance crisis. Reinvigorated their mission around conservation, radically cutting costs, boosted the quality of its zoos and science. Four years later, it was creating a sustained operating surplus of 10-15%.• The Countryside Alliance: Reinvigorated revenue-generating membership benefits, doubling numbers to 140,000• Wilton Park (Foreign & Commonwealth Agency): Re-engineered its strategic relevance to the FCO - “A front-line asset for UK foreign policy”…Sir Simon Fraser - turning a systemic deficit into surplus and reducing its reliance on UK funding from 60% to 15%.• The London Chamber of Commerce & Industry: Reversed a 20-year decline in membership to make it one of the fastest growing chambers in the UK (community of 7k businesses) , turning an underlying operating deficit of £250k into a £1m surplus with an ongoing 30% increase in productivity.