Ruth Carter Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

With over 21,000 Members across its global community, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is a professional body that exists to promote the Art, Science and Practice of building services engineering, by providing first class information and education services and promoting the spirit of fellowship which guides its work. CIBSE promotes the profession of building services engineering by accrediting courses of study in further and higher education and is the standard setter and authority on building services engineering. The Institution provides the voice for the profession, is consulted by government on matters relating to construction, engineering and sustainability and is represented on major bodies and organisations which govern construction and engineering occupations in the UK, Europe and worldwide.

London, Gb

Actuate UK - the engineering services alliance - is the umbrella body for UK engineering services. It brings together the leading trade, technology and professional bodies within the multi-billion-pound sector: BESA, BSRIA, CIBSE, ECA, FETA, LEIA, SELECT and SNIPEF. We speak with a single, shared and authoritative voice to affect positive change in the built environment.

Red Fox Advisory is a specialist consultancy working with global B2B and B2C companies to drive growth, acquisition plans and transformation strategies for both physical and digital products. The primary focus is on developing and executing business, brand and product strategies including content development, sales and marketing and pricing strategies. Supporting company leaders through business mentoring and coaching as well as acting as a senior executive for interim leadership roles.

Orange, California, Us

AIMed is an international, knowledge provision business providing high quality and targetted information to medical professionals around advances in technology.

Kingston Upon Thames, London, Gb

The information hub for the events and media industry with global brands in exhibitions and publishing

Inclusive Companies is the premier cross industry network harnessing best practices & innovation to drive inclusion and responsible for the world-leading National Diversity Awards and the Top 50 Inclusive Companies register.

Klimmen, Nederland, Nl

Empowering women in the exhibition industry whilst helping to nurture the next generation of female leaders.

Kingston Upon Thames, London, Gb

Spearheading a transformation programme and creating a regeneration environment that would move the loss-making business to a profitable entity; successfully delivered a 49% y-o-y revenue growth and a 249% profit growth within first twelve months. Brought in by the Group CEO to lead a complex matrix operation embedded in the Telegraph with responsibility for over 100 events a year, ranging from large scale consumer shows (i.e. Ski and Snowboard Festival and Stella Live), through to market leading business conventions (i.e. the Festival of Business and Women Mean Business) and highly creative experiential events (i.e. the Telegraph Gin Experience) as well as their specialist publications. Full leadership of and responsibility for all aspects including P&L, new product development, sales, marketing, operations and strategy. Delivered a comprehensive, all-encompassing overhaul of department practices, processes and behaviours to achieve profitable position. Developed comprehensive 3-year strategy plan with full integration into the Telegraph’s wider strategic roadmap to ensure alignment with and benefitting from market reach and position. Led forensic long-tail management review resulting in a successful and profitable disposal process of non-core products. Created strong collegiate culture to significantly increase employee engagement. Increased the breadth of the management group to create a strong, commercially focused leadership bench. Fully driving the digital agenda; led the successful and profitable business migration from print dependent to digital entity both through a 'digimag' and website development resulting in a 9.2m PV product and 21% y-o-y growth in the magazine portfolio within the first year.

Headed up the UK's premier exhibition, event and publishing business servicing the public sector to reengineer the business in order to make it fit for its next stage of growth with a team of 120 individuals based in several UK locations.Introduced comprehensive management and corporate infrastructure processes including 3-year strategic review, annual budgeting, forecasting, employee assessment, pay review structure, product assessment and validation process etc.

Working in partnership with the Divisional CEO and Executive team, my role was to facilitate and embed a senior management restructure, lead the newly implemented strategic review as well as focus the Division on product and process excellence.

London, England, Gb

Developed, initiated and led a plan for the stabilisation and growth of the existing exhibition business with responsibility for teams in Australia, Hong Kong, Manila and Brazil.

Direct P&L responsibility for launch, management, growth and strategic development of the worldwide conference business for UBM. Headhunted to launch and create a profitable cross-cultural events business that worked across in excess of 60 different brands around the world with activity in 36 countries. Led over 400 employees with offices in China, India, ASEAN, Europe and the Americas.

Launched and headed a pan-divisional department within the B2B division of the then FTSE100 media group. Created the new business with the view to leveraging the position of EMAP's B2B brands and successfully developed it into a highly profitable £25m turnover operation working across 19 countries.

Gtcl (Hons) 2.1, Music

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