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Coventry, United Kingdom

Strategy and Growth consultancy to SMEs and Business start-ups

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Internal consultant to this Russell Group universityRelaunched Global Alumni engagement programme • Introduced CRM system providing instant access to data • Chair TEF Student Outcome and Learning Gain working group • Member International Strategy GroupWMG, University of Warwick, is a world leading research and education group, transforming organisations and driving innovation through a unique combination of collaborative research and development, and pioneering education programmes.As an international role model for successful partnerships between academia and the private and public sectors, WMG develops advancements nationally and globally, in applied science, technology and engineering, to deliver real impact to economic growth, society and the environment.WMG’s education programmes focus on lifelong learning of the brightest talent, from the WMG Academies for Young Engineers, degree apprenticeships, undergraduate and postgraduate, through to professional programmes.An academic department of the University of Warwick, and a centre for the HVM Catapult, WMG was founded by the late Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya in 1980 to help reinvigorate UK manufacturing and improve competitiveness through innovation and skills development.

Wokingham, United Kingdom

• Delivered record profits for the Group • Restructured the organisation with focus on high quality delivery and productivity improvement • Secured 25% market share of energy efficiency grant funding from UK Energy Suppliers • Launched new products focused on low-carbon and renewable technologies

Wokingham, United Kingdom

• Strategic review of the Group prior to taking over MD role from the founder of the company.• Implemented systems to control the allocation of grant funding from top-6 energy suppliers• Never let an energy company down in delivering agreed carbon savings.

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

• Launched Westbury Direct – over £4m profit pa • Launched Space4 Ltd – award-winning manufacturer of energy efficient houses • Led industry-leading research project Housebuilding as a Manufacturing Process

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

• Established a new marketing team at Head Office • Reduced customer acquisition costs by 12% within 6 months • Centralised Product Design as a Head Office team saving over £1.5m pa • Promoted to the main board

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• Combined sales order processing, IT, factory scheduling, distribution into new Logistics team • Improved delivery success from 34% to 98% on-time-in-full within 4 months • Reduced manufacturing costs (packaging costs reduced by 12%) • Reduced investment in working capital - (finished stock reduced by 24%)

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Innovation

Full-time MBA

Master'S Degree, Corporate Finance, Distinctions In Financial Strategy, Investment And Portfolio Management

Engineering Doctorate, Business Strategy

Research into modern methods of construction and manufactured housing. Visited factories in Europe, USA and Japan before leading.

The Executive Program, Business Strategy, Honorary Graduate

Spent my Harkness Fellowship year as a Visiting Fellow at this global top 50 business school located in Seattle USA. Visiting Lecturer.

Msc, Natural Resource Management

Wildlife and Fisheries Management Thesis - Woodland lepidoptera surveying as a proxy measure for plant diversity

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biochemistry, Studied For One Year

Activities and Societies: Exploration GroupEntered the 2nd year Biochemistry course, reluctantly withdrew in the midst of a non-academic.

Ba, Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Oceanography, Ecology, Genetics

Bed (Hons)

Activities and Societies: Founder Chairman of Mountaineering ClubEnvironmental Science, Economic Geography, Psychology, Philosophy, Theory.

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