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Head of Global Partnerships and Business Development
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Steve Thomas is listed as Head of Global Partnerships and Business Development at Royal Holloway, University of London, based in United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Steve Thomas.
Steve Thomas previously worked as Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at Independent and Head of Global Partnerships at University Of Reading. Steve Thomas holds Institute Of Leadership And Management from Advance He Strategic Leadership Programme Level 3.
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I am an experienced global Higher Education leader with a proven track record in growing international student recruitment and research through global partnerships and TNE. I have over seventeen years experience of academic leadership and commercial development in HE and a strong background in financial management and risk gained in the investment banking sector. I have been recognised for my ability to lead high performing teams that achieve exceptional results, including transformational academic programmes, large-scale TNE, and high volume international student recruitment.
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Royal Holloway, University Of London
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Strategic Partnerships And Business Development
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Independent
I specialise in building global partnerships, large-scale transnational education projects and leading high performing professional and academic teams. I combine over 30 years experience in academic and commercial leadership, international HE and financial risk management.
Jun 2024 - Present
Head Of Global Partnerships
- Developing transnational education, recruitment and research partnerships with global institutions. I was strategic lead for Global Partnerships, overseeing all aspects of transnational education partnerships and their.
- leading the project board for the University's highly successful joint-institute in China, overseeing its rapid development into a gold-standard large-scale transnational education partnership with over 1500 students.
- Initiating and developing sector-leading partnerships with the top institutions in the Philippines.
- Sourcing and leading development of a wide-ranging partnership to support a leading Ukranian university through the war.
- Building a highly-successful partnerships function, establishing internal structures and processes to achieve rapid and consistent growth in recruitment pipelines.
- Representing the University at the highest levels at home and overseas, engaging vice-chancellors, ambassadors and senior government officials and corporate leaders.
Oct 2016 - Jul 2024
Deputy Head, International Study And Language Institute
To deputise for the Head of Institute and play a key role in leading the School's strategy and leadership. Academic programmes include Foundation, Pre-sessional, In-sessional English, and Short Courses. Professional functions include the Global Partnerships Office, Study Abroad and IELTS testing.
Jul 2021 - Jun 2024
External Examiner
2013 - 2017
~4 yrs
Director Academic English Programme
- I transformed a cross-institutional academic English programme to significantly improve the academic outcomes of home and international students. Key achievements include:
- Transforming the content and branding of the programme, more than tripling the enrolments to reach over 2000 students per year through School partnerships.
- Developing a highly-successful online course in partnership with FutureLearn, reaching over 1 million participants to date and adopted by schools to support underprivileged children.
- Winning two awards for collaborative excellence.
- Building a sustainable and highly-successful programme team.
Jan 2013 - Oct 2016
Course Leader
Aug 2011 - Jan 2013
University Lecturer
Jun 2010 - Jul 2011
University Lecturer
Jun 2008 - Jul 2010
University Lecturer
Jun 2008 - Jul 2010
English Teacher
May 2002 - Jun 2008
Treasury / Risk Manager
Jan 1999 - Apr 2002
Market Risk Manager
Credit Suisse / Lehman Bros / Chase Manhattan
Jan 1996 - Dec 1999
Market Risk Assistant Manager
Tokai Bank
Jan 1994 - Jul 1996
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Steve Thomas education
Institute Of Leadership And Management
Advance He Strategic Leadership Programme Level 3
Ma Applied Linguistics And English Language Teaching, Distinction
St.Mary'S University
Diploma In Engish Language Teaching
Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants
Emile Woolfe College, London
Bsc. Applied Economics
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Steve Thomas has worked for Royal Holloway, University Of London, Independent, University Of Reading, University Of Bristol, and Oxford Brookes University.
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