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Cotgrave, GB

East Midlands, UK

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Since 1984 various roles inc trustee, Chair of the Board & County Commissioner (lead volunteer manager). Led and developed the Scouts in Nottinghamshire. Increased membership from 7,000 to 10,000 along with ensuring financial stability.

London, United Kingdom

UK Vice Chair, Trustee, Chair of Risk Committee and member of Nominations & Governance Committee.The Scouts is the largest UK co-educational youth charity with membership continually rising over the past 13 years (420,000 to 640,000) and a turnover of £40m, giving young people across the UK #SkillsforLife.

London, United Kingdom

Worked with a portfolio of Executive and Senior Managers to enhance theirindividual leadership skills – both on an 1:1 and group basis. Working with Cohen Brown methodology delivered behavioural change in leaders and their teams.

Led a team of up to 75 geographically remote Controls Assessment Managers via 8 Controls Assessment Partners. Key activity centred on strategy development to assess adequacy & effectiveness of controls and developing plans to mitigate weaknesses. Exhibited strong influencing, leadership & management skills, coaching and team motivation.

Leading a team of 12 professionals completing focused controls testing across the Commercial & Retail Bank. Assessed impact of process and control failures. Leading a programme of investigation activity detecting internal dysfunctional behaviours and fraud impacting RBS.

Leading a team carrying out diverse investigations across the Retail Bank. Detecting internal and external fraud. Networking within the Royal Bank Group to improve processes to minimise risk, both financial and reputational. Ensuring disciplinary process followed to minimise risk of tribunals.

Within a geographical Retail Area delivering stretching financial targets relating to cash deficiencies, fraud losses and process losses. Responsible for detailed branch control review programme, national risk projects and latterly line management of the best performing team.

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for a staff of 36 and 42,000 customer accounts along with stretching financial, operational sales & service objectives. Management of change, staff motivation and coaching as the Retail arm of NatWest was radically restructured was the primary focus. Income target delivered at £4.5m as well as all sales targets.

Responsible for media contact & strategy - including media training and direction of 12 Area Public Relations Co-ordinators. Strategy for and administration of substantial Community Investment Budgets (£0.3m). Development of internal staff communication plans to 4,000 staff along with conference planning / delivery.

Various Regional roles covering sales development strategy. Relationship management within Corporate Banking and Retail Branch Banking.

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