Tina Lucas Email & Phone Number

Macclesfield, GB

Auckland, NZ

• The Cognition Learning Group is a group of twelve learning companies and brands: Cognition, Wavelength Learning, Aspire Development and Begin Bright. As Group CEO leads end-to-end operations of all group companies.
• Reorganised group structure for optimal commerciality whilst maintaining mission, expanding into Australia, Pacific Islands, UK and the Middle East.
• Attained sustainable growth across all businesses and markets, launching new enterprises and services in collaboration with major clients across governments and industry and meeting growth objectives 2 years early.
• Established an agile, connected, and innovative work environment across all companies by executing digitalisation and modernisation strategy, enabling access to systems and flexible working across all global locations.

New Zealand, Australia And The United Kingdom, NZ

Australia, New Zealand And United Kingdom, AU

Halifax, West Yorkshire, GB

Sydney, New South Wales, AU

• Established market proposition for the UK and Middle East as well as prepared company blueprint to achieve sustainable growth and profitability. Successfully launched operations for clients in new markets, executing.
• Achieved profitable growth and diversification across domestic and international clients and revenue streams.
• Successfully advised and delivered major education transformation and infrastructure projects in collaboration with government clients and consortium partners.

• Steered a range of tasks, providing leadership for the transfer of entire assets/staff as well as development of new legal and operating entity of this new Mutual Trust (Part of the Governments Mutual Programme)..
• Ensured migration (TUPE) of 400+ staff, property, and assets from local authority in August 2013 by developing new Mutual Trust and corporate infrastructure.
• Delivered commercial proposition, mitigating 20% public sector funding cuts and reducing costs by £3M within first 12 months by implementing large-scale transformation and business change project.
• Managed successful transition to new executive management team in August 2014.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Directed several functions, such as management of overall operations, business development, recruitment of senior team and trustees of new trust, oversight of negotiations, establishment of operating infrastructure.
• Employed entrepreneurial expertise to setup new operational entities from the ground-up by overseeing all development and governance activities.
• Ensured development and successful launch of a new trust by leading entire functions and leading negotiations with stakeholders including Unions.

Sheffield, GB

• Sourced and secured high-value skills contracts by directing end-to-end organisational activities and leading business development activities. Headed operational and implementation boards, while owning control over all.
• Secured £100M+ of new contracts in first 12 months by driving business development activity and leveraging robust negotiation expertise.
• Successfully transformed business, executing staff and asset transfer from 17 outgoing providers and procurement / management of supply chain, consisting of 25 new suppliers.

London, Westminster, GB

Steered all aspects of strategic and operational leadership of the division. Worked with investors on growth blueprint. Managed and maintained end-to-end business development, high stake negotiations, operational delivery, and new business implementation. Oversaw strategic client management across UK and International government departments, agencies, and.

Bachelor'S Degree

Ma/Med, Leadership And Management