• International commercial, creative & academic skills with leadership & change management experience

• Driven ambitious change towards business strategies & goals

• Senior leadership of public institutions & corporate entities for market success

• Extensive experience of academic development; further education, undergraduate & postgraduate.

• External validation, examiner, Chair & Panel member

• Direct brand identity within an international stage to market share advantage

• Luxury PR sales & marketing in collaboration with top Fashion & Design brands

• Industry-led projects with leading corporate players

• Secured enterprise funded projects, with governmental network association & steering groups

• Leadership of diverse teams to success (sales, creative, academic, technical, administrative)

• Mentorship & coaching to drive profit & manage risk in a dynamic global context

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Corporate Board Experience 

Chair, Vice Chair, Member

• Company Director

• Board of Directors (Group, Ltd)

• Board of Governors

• Audit & Risk Committee

• Governance Review

• Scheme of Delegation

• Nominations (Fit & Proper)

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Global Executive

B2B & B2C expertise, market analysis & due diligence site visits

• Europe; Italy, France, Spain, Portugal

• China, Asia Pacific; India, Singapore

• MENA; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Marrakesh

• Americas; Washington, Mexico

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Capital Management​

• Company Accounts (£20m)

• Estates Relocation (£16m)

• Estates Expansion (1000 sqm) & Capex Funding (£2.5m)

• Estates Renovation (£2m)

• HEFCE Met2020 (£2.4m) Fashion Academic Development’

• ERDF (£160k); ‘Digital Design & Manufacture’

• EPSRC/ LDA (£200k); ‘Rapid Production within Fashion Jewellery’ EOS

• ‘Postgraduate AutoDesk Suite’ (£200k)

• Jewellery Sector Investment Plan (£120k)

• ‘Digital Training for Jewellers’ RCF (£80k)

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Academic Board Experience 

Chair, Vice Chair, Member

• UK Standing Committee on Quality Assurance

• Academic Board

• Learning & Teaching Committee

• Quality Committee

• Institutional Audit

• Exam Board

• Annual Monitoring Board

• TDAP Taskforce

• Portfolio Working Group Planning Group 

• Research & Enterprise

• Design REF Chair 

• Reader/Research Fellow appointment

• Practice-based Research

• Arts & Humanities Research Student Progress Group

• Internationalism

• Student Employment

• ICT Strategy

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International Academic​

• Europe; France; Paris / UK Partnership/ Validation advisor; Spain; Bilbao, Alicante, Valencia / Validation/ Partnership Advisor 

• China; Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Keifeng, Shijiazhuang, Hebei / Partnership Scoping / Invited Speaker/ Exhibition

• Asia Pacific; India; Mumbai / Conference Speaker

• Americas; USA; Washington / US Middle States Partnership & Distance Learning Review