Vanessa Swann Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London And Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Vanessa specialises in helping not for profit organisations with organisational development and change management, including governance, strategic business planning, income generation, stakeholder engagement and communication. As well as organisational briefs, she provides personal mentoring to CEOs and managers. CORE COMPETENCES & SKILLS• Organisational strategy and business planning• Change management• Fundraising and earned income/sustainable funding • Social enterprise development • Stakeholder engagement• Relationship management• Negotiation • Governance & Board development • Property development & premises management• Research CURRENT ROLES• Mentor, Cultivator Creative & Cultural Leadership Development Programme (Cornwall)• Consultant, Woven Foundation (formerly Artisa Foundation)• Strategic Applicant Adviser, The Fore trust (venture philanthropy for small charities)• Consultant Grant Assessor, UK Youth• Mentor, Oxford Brookes University• Mentor, Connect Freelancer Development Programme, Culture Central, West Midlands• Consultant, West Hampstead Housing Co-operative• Mentor, CEO Mentoring Scheme, Association of Chief Executives Voluntary OrganisationsCURRENT & RECENT CLIENTSInternational: Charities Aid Foundation Global Alliance/FCO (Russia); Social sector / Social change organisations: School for Social Entrepreneurs; The Fore (Bulldog Trust); Shared Lives Plus (Nesta Accelerating Ideas); UK YouthCultural organisations: Woven Foundation; Craft Central; Friends of Birmingham Museums; Culture Central, West MIdlands; Escape Arts, Stratford upon Avon; Project Arts, Hastings; Heritage Crafts Association; Arts Council Wales: Oriel Davies Gallery, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Head4Arts, Volcano Theatre, Jukebox Collective, Tribe of Doris, Petersfield Museum, Ark-T Art Centre, Ruthin Craft Centre, Blackwood Miners Institute, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pyst music serviceHousing organisations: West Hampstead Housing Co-operative

Human resource consulting: Governance and organisational reviews

A group of voluntary sector consultants, each of whom has previously been the Chief Executive of a major charity. www.experiencenetwork.org.uk

Trustee and member of Finance & Personnel Committee and Chair of Nominations Committee.

Property development consultancy

London, United Kingdom

Overall responsibility for the strategic direction and management of Cockpit Arts, an award-winning social enterprise and the UK’s only creative business incubator for craftspeople. This was a planned career move to ‘re-engineer’ the charity and transform it from solely a workspace to a financially self-sufficient social enterprise business incubator model. Key achievements were:Presented a plan to the Board of Trustees and obtained agreement to restructure the organisation, increase the customer base by 100% and increase turnover from £250k to £1m+.Created a long term strategy and plans for social purpose trading and commercial exploitation of core services to generate additional income (incl. consultancy services).Implemented the strategy, resulting in a wider range of support services and meeting Key Performance Indicator targets for growth and sustainability as well as Social, Cultural and Economic Impact measures (incl. higher average profitability for client craft businesses than comparable businesses elsewhere in the UK).Devised and implemented a financial plan together with financial controls to bring the organisation back into surplus, reducing reliance on fundraising from 40% of turnover to 10%.Developed planning and property development solutions to secure 2 permanent and viable sites, including bespoke new headquarters premises in central London.Devised and developed social programmes for unemployed young people, resulting in 100% sustainable self-employment, and the first of its kind Apprenticeship programme offering entry level jobs in the craft sector.Established a Consultancy arm with a focus on International consultancy and training, providing Social Enterprise consultancy and coaching to UK based clients as well as visiting international delegations.Left the organisation on a sound basis and with choices for future expansion.

London, United Kingdom

Project Manager, RSA Student Design Awards + RSA Art for Architecture grant scheme for artist, architect & engineer collaborations.

London, United Kingdom

Established this job creation initiative to stimulate business sector demand for commissioned art and craft in public spaces & corporate redevelopments/refurbishments.

Certificate Social Enterprise Advisor Support

Postgraduate Certificate, Business Administration

Diploma, Management Studies