Steve Elliott Email & Phone Number

West Midlands

I am responsible for business development and client service. Ensuring we deliver our promise of big agency experience and exceptional service at competitive prices.

West Midlands

Providing specialist care in an environment which delivers both emotional and practical support and development of service users. Based in the West Midlands, New Outlook has a long standing and established history specialist care services to people with sensory impairment and complex needs.

Grayling, wholly owned by Huntsworth a UK listed plc, is the world's second largest independent communications group with 900 staff in 75 offices in 45 countries specialising in Public Relations, Public Affairs, Investor Relations and Live Communications.Role:Full P&L responsibilityUK management board participationNew business bid preparation, pitching and closing contractsClient liaison and relationship developmentProvide professional advice on live comms activitiesKey achievements: Annual average gross revenue line of circa £1.3mSecured four year exclusive contract worth £1m+ per annumDeveloped media relations/experiential capabilityImplemented re-branding following parent group merger300 individual live events and experiences each year 65,000 delegates/guests/consumers, 25 live clients.

RS Live)RS Live was the specialist live communications and events business within Grayling Group. I was recruited to a newly created position to create and deliver a period of business transformation.Role:Strategic business review and competitor analysisProduce business and marketing plans for short, medium and long term objectivesDevelop and implement new business strategy and marketingLead the establishment of an upstream market positioningGenerate and deliver new market opportunities Key achievements:Development of a new marketing, branding and positioning campaign Significantly increased the scale and volume of the business from £4m to £10m+Opened new London officeSecured four UK Government framework agreementsSecured a series of major projects, in the UK and overseasTook financial stake on minority share management buy-out

The University of Warwick Science Park provides property for knowledge and technology based businesses including start-ups, small to medium sized enterprise and international companies. They provide assistance in start-up financing, technology transfer, networking opportunities and marketing programmes for entrepreneurs and SMEs.Role:Management of an EU funded programme to develop technology based businesses Recruitment of potential entrepreneurs onto the programmeProgramme facilitation Research of new product opportunities for programme participants. Key achievements:Identification of approximately 150 potential products and servicesRecruitments of 35 prospective entrepreneusysSupport to 17 existing 'incubator' projects

Established own business communications consultancy providing clients with a range of services around an employee communications / business improvement theme.; Business developmentProject managementProgramme content development and delivery

Self Employed freelance business consultant

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation; The Company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 IndexRole:Manage organisational changes following privatisation. Design, creation and management of a 'business awareness' programme Employee engagement in an understanding their new business environmentImplementation of a CEO led programme of 'empowerment' Key achievements:Delivered around 60 individual programmes involving 2,500 staffCreated 10,000+ improvement suggestions and recommendationsSecured board level involvement at all programme eventsEstablished and delivered a Group CEO led implementation conference

Reporting to the Finance Director of both West Coast and Midlands divisions Provision of a full management accounting service to the divisional zone executive teamsSupport the network of 30 departmental budget holders. Manage an annual budget of £200m operating expenses and £75m Capex.

Mba, Business

MBA

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