I have over 25 years business development, coaching and management experience across all industry sectors, helping both start-up and established high-performing businesses with the potential for growth achieve their ambitions. I have provided specialist innovation support to SMEs across the North-West on numerous private/public funded growth programmes.My current role as Innovation Advisor for GM Business Growth Hub is to support Greater Manchester based businesses to innovate and collaborate with local and National expertise.Experience includes: working with clients on a range of innovation-led projects, including: proof of market/concept through to commercialising new products and services; developing an innovative culture and building the team/future team, intellectual property, improving and streamlining systems and processes to provide strong foundations for growth, new business generation techniques and innovative routes to market, coaching and mentoring senior management teams and business leaders