2001-2002 MBA - Masters of Business Administration
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, England
1998-1999 Post-graduate Diploma in Marketing (CIM)
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, England
1993-1997 BA (Honours) Business Studies
The University of Huddersfield, England
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, England
1998-1999 Post-graduate Diploma in Marketing (CIM)
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, England
1993-1997 BA (Honours) Business Studies
The University of Huddersfield, England
CAREER HISTORY
Employer: British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS)
Location: Manchester, England
Position: Manager
Dates: 09/04 – 04/07
Day-to-day management of the BBTS, a professional membership society for medical and scientific professionals involved in haematology and blood transfusion (1,800 members). Responsible for; day-to-day management, financial management, marketing and communications, committee management, charity and company responsibilities, event management and overall professional development of the Society. I improved professional support to trustees, committees and members, and increased transparency, accountability and communication throughout the Society. I also improved communications by instigating a professional re-design of the website, designing new content and project managing the site re-build. I also re-branded and re-vitalised the BBTS newsletter (now Bloodlines) by taking over the management and production editor responsibilities for the publication.
Employer: British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS)Location: Manchester, England
Position: Manager
Dates: 09/04 – 04/07
Day-to-day management of the BBTS, a professional membership society for medical and scientific professionals involved in haematology and blood transfusion (1,800 members). Responsible for; day-to-day management, financial management, marketing and communications, committee management, charity and company responsibilities, event management and overall professional development of the Society. I improved professional support to trustees, committees and members, and increased transparency, accountability and communication throughout the Society. I also improved communications by instigating a professional re-design of the website, designing new content and project managing the site re-build. I also re-branded and re-vitalised the BBTS newsletter (now Bloodlines) by taking over the management and production editor responsibilities for the publication.
Employer: South Ribble CouncilLocation: Preston, England
Position: Communications Manager
Dates: 09/03 – 09/04
Providing the lead on internal and external Communications, PR and Marketing, including managing the Council website, intranet, FORWARD newspaper, bright ideas scheme, and managing the Council press office. I improved the management and performance of the press office by raising the profile of the team (weekly briefings with the Chief Executive), introducing clear targets and performance monitoring, developing improved stakeholder relations and improving the quality and quantity of press coverage.
Employer: St. John AmbulanceLocation: Nottingham, England
Position: County Executive Officer
Position: County Executive Officer
Dates: 12/01 – 09/03
Responsible for; staff management, property management, marketing and communications, financial management (t/o £600k, Assets £1.5m), legal issues, charity and company responsibilities. Day-to-day management and development of the commercial first aid training business (t/o £300k). I stimulated increased growth in commercial turnover (up 15%), through improving marketing and communications, developing the portfolio of training courses offered, expanding the customer base, and securing new contracts, including a new 3-year contract with Nottinghamshire Police to train 2,000 staff in First Aid and Health & Safety.
Responsible for; staff management, property management, marketing and communications, financial management (t/o £600k, Assets £1.5m), legal issues, charity and company responsibilities. Day-to-day management and development of the commercial first aid training business (t/o £300k). I stimulated increased growth in commercial turnover (up 15%), through improving marketing and communications, developing the portfolio of training courses offered, expanding the customer base, and securing new contracts, including a new 3-year contract with Nottinghamshire Police to train 2,000 staff in First Aid and Health & Safety.
Employer: St. John AmbulanceLocation: Nottingham, England
Position: Marketing & Appeals Director
Dates: 09/99 – 12/01
Extensive public speaking, media relations (TV, radio, and newsprint) and general communications. Managing funding applications, leading new fund-raising campaigns and events. I designed, managed and executed a joint fund-raising campaign with a local newspaper. The joint ‘Start-a-Heart’ project aimed to buy community based defibrillator machines and became a benchmark project for St John Ambulance, fund-raising and facilitating over
£100k support, enabling the placement of over 40 AED machines, which helped save 4 lives within the 1st year.
Employer: Lincs & Notts Air AmbulanceLocation: Nottingham, England
Position: Fund-raising & Marketing Manager
Dates: 09/97 – 09/99
Responsible for raising over £350k for the new ‘Air Ambulance’ service, through extensive public speaking,media relations, promotion, campaigning and marketing. Day-to-day activities included establishing andmanaging a team of volunteer supporters, organising fund-raising events, liaising with the local media, givingpresentations, writing fund-raising applications and establishing a County base for the Air Ambulance charity.Achievements included securing a £100k cause-related marketing campaign with a national finance company,gaining corporate media sponsorship of the Air Ambulance helicopter, sponsorship for charity lease cars,sponsorship of office accommodation and equipment.
Responsible for raising over £350k for the new ‘Air Ambulance’ service, through extensive public speaking,media relations, promotion, campaigning and marketing. Day-to-day activities included establishing andmanaging a team of volunteer supporters, organising fund-raising events, liaising with the local media, givingpresentations, writing fund-raising applications and establishing a County base for the Air Ambulance charity.Achievements included securing a £100k cause-related marketing campaign with a national finance company,gaining corporate media sponsorship of the Air Ambulance helicopter, sponsorship for charity lease cars,sponsorship of office accommodation and equipment.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I.T Skills: I am fully IT literate and experienced using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, aswell as a number of bespoke IT systems (membership databases, event management databases, abstractmanagement systems and web content management systems).
Training courses: Disability Awareness, Managing Stress, Managing Attendance, Project management,Dealing with Capability, Managing Poor Performance, Basic Health & Safety, First Aid at Work, ManualHandling, City & Guilds NVQ C23 & C24 (Teaching/Training skills).
Additional Achievements: I received a distinction level award for my MBA thesis (20,000 words) examiningpublic attitude, intention and behaviour to learning cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). I was the youngestever person promoted to County Executive level at St. John Ambulance.
Voluntary Work: I have undertaken voluntary work for Oxfam, BHF and Nottinghamshire Hospice andorganised and participated in number of fund-raising events and activities for a variety of charities.
I.T Skills: I am fully IT literate and experienced using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, aswell as a number of bespoke IT systems (membership databases, event management databases, abstractmanagement systems and web content management systems).
Training courses: Disability Awareness, Managing Stress, Managing Attendance, Project management,Dealing with Capability, Managing Poor Performance, Basic Health & Safety, First Aid at Work, ManualHandling, City & Guilds NVQ C23 & C24 (Teaching/Training skills).
Additional Achievements: I received a distinction level award for my MBA thesis (20,000 words) examiningpublic attitude, intention and behaviour to learning cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). I was the youngestever person promoted to County Executive level at St. John Ambulance.
Voluntary Work: I have undertaken voluntary work for Oxfam, BHF and Nottinghamshire Hospice andorganised and participated in number of fund-raising events and activities for a variety of charities.
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