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I lead the social housing practice at Interim Partners.The endemic social housing crisis, and high-profile rise in homelessness, have finally positioned housing as a ‘big ticket’ item needing reform in government.With the housing market in transition, a step change is required in many organisations. We work with executive leadership teams and boards to understand their complex challenges. The senior interims we provide bring the experience and expertise to deliver the change and transformation that’s critical for the housing market today.Our housing team has a proven record in providing housing associations, local authorities, ALMOS, charities, commercial subsidiaries and for-profit housing organisations with cost-effective resourcing solutions.The sector’s role in alleviating the housing shortage, building communities and delivering affordable housing continues to be redefined. Leadership is a tough proposition that calls for flexibility, fresh thinking, commercial expertise, problem-solving capabilities and transformational skills. This is where we can help.We work with leaders to understand their challenges and identify the people-based solutions that will deliver a fundamental shift in both outputs and outcomes.We help our clients:Improve operations and staff engagement by providing senior leaders with transformational leadership skillsInnovate by connecting them with individuals outside of the sector that can bring fresh thinking and transferable skills.Respond to regulatory judgements including improving financial rigour in distressed situationsSet up new delivery vehicles such as local housing companiesAchieve customer transformation through IT enabled changeDeliver all stages of mergers and acquisitions – from due diligence through to merger integration.

London, United Kingdom

Major Players are the UK’s biggest recruiter for the creative, digital and marketing industries: placing high-skilled professionals into the country's top agencies and in-house divisions, across all levels within both the permanent and freelance markets.

London, United Kingdom

Conducting full range of training, development and consulting activities using positive psychology and strengths based approaches, to the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. * Executive and leadership coaching* Leadership and management skills development * Culture and organisational change, including building more positive, energised and service-based cultures.* Assessing, selecting and developing leaders who exemplify the organisation’s aspirations, strengths, and values.* Building strong talent pipelines through succession and talent development.* Building peak performing teamsStrengths Partnership is a premier niche player in leadership and talent assessment, development, coaching and consulting.

London, United Kingdom

Undertaking a variety of management roles and leadership functions within the business, over a 10 year periodBoard level profit and loss responsibility for four business units within Morgan Hunt, a national public sector and not-for-profit recruitment company with over £95 million turnover. Leading a team of national recruitment managers; last role included responsibility for national business units comprising 40 employees, and their recruitment, retention and ongoing development.Setting yearly business strategies for existing recruitment divisions, as well as developing and researching new income streams and subsequently launching theseSetting up and leading the company's Business Development unitProviding coaching, training and mentoring of junior management staff up to director level positionsAreas of recruitment expertise include Procurement, NHS, Education & Training and Housing & Social Care.Managing the recruitment teams providing a full range of recruitment solutions to each of these markets including full managed service, interim management, search and selection as well as flexible workforce delivery. Special projects for the business included corporate social responsibility, design of management training programme, Vision and Values, Agency Workers Directive implementation, and the development of Morgan Hunt's managed service product: Greenroom.

Carrying out therapeutic activities with acquired brain injury client group

Msc, Organisational Psychology, Distinction

Bsc, Psychology