An experienced business professional with extensive knowledge of strategic and operational management and sales who has worked extensively with SME companies to achieve business development.

Career History:

Self-employed Business Advisor/ Mentor

Key Responsibilities –

• supporting new, established and High Growth businesses throughout the West Yorkshire Region; carrying out a diagnostic to identify needs; agreeing and monitoring development plans; sourcing appropriate specialist support where required and providing ongoing business support and mentoring
• assessment of Business Advisors against the SFEDI standard framework, supporting and guiding them throughout the process in order to achieve a positive outcome

Project Management

Key Responsibilities-

• to investigate the opportunities to increase market potential within the healthcare and environmental sectors; identification of key national accounts in order to increase and diversify sales and development of potential new clients

Managing Director – manufacturing and distribution

Key Responsibilities-

• overall strategic and operational management; leadership of management team and staff development; budgeting; product and sales development and implementation of ISO 9002 and Investors in People