An experienced, competent, enthusiastic Executive and Non-Executive of considerable experience who rose from being a nurse and public health specialist to the role of NHS Trust CEO, who then moved into the private sector to gain further experience in more diverse management spheres initially in the PFI arena and then independent healthcare before moving into the Not-for-Profit sector.

I have excellent communication, networking, and interpersonal skills. I built my career through managing change, refocusing services to deliver new methods of care delivery, and assisting with strategic development and growth. I continued this pattern within the independent sector having been a Director, CEO, NED, and a chairman in many organisations within care and education sectors.

My proven leadership development and change management skills have delivered growth and success in each of these organisations. I have been involved in Commercial Due Diligence and Exec Chair, Chairman, Interim CEO work that has proven to be both challenging and rewarding.

I am skilled in strategic leadership and planning, managing highly complex commercial projects, operations and logistics management, management of major organisational change and budgetary management of organisations with up to a £180M turnover pa.
Extensive skills and insight into cross agency working which in today's market proves invaluable in planning service developments and partnering arrangements with the public and private sector.

I have excellent presentation and negotiation skills, combined with the ability to influence individuals and teams to ensure delivery of business objectives and strategic development is managed in a lean, agile, and sustainable way.

Excel when engaging with a board and key stakeholders and provided key challenge and oversight into short-, medium- and long-term strategies, bringing strong business growth strategy experience, where often a subtle change in thinking can result in dramatic changes in fortunes.

Key skills include:

• Key stakeholder management
• Leadership development
• Critical thinking
• Success mindset
• Due diligence
• Business strategy