Education and professional status

* Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

* MSc in Management

* BA (Honours) in Business Studies

 Consultancy Experience

* Organisational Development consultancy work to support a primary care trust (PCT) in the north-west of England to become a world class commissioner

* Design, development, and facilitation of post-graduate management and leadership action learning programmes for health and social care organisations in the north-east of England

* Facilitation of a Department of Health funded Action Learning project on the modernisation of Pathology services in the north-east of England

* Facilitation of a Department of Health funded Action Learning Set on the modernisation of Renal services in the north-west of England

* Design, development, and delivery of a Facilitation Skills programme for health and social care organisations in the north-east of England

* Support with the delivery of a leadership development programme for university staff in the north-east of England

* North West Region Education Consultant for the Institute of Healthcare Management

* Facilitation of action learning sets for information management staff in health care organisations in the north-west of England

* Facilitation of various action learning sets for primary care trust (PCT) staff in the north-east of England

* Facilitation of team away days for various organisations   

Career experience

* 2003 – 2006: Action Learning Facilitator (across the NHS and Social Care in County Durham and Tees Valley) - directed and led the development, implementation, and evaluation of an action learning approach to support service and performance improvement, and workforce development in health and social care in County Durham and Tees Valley

* 1991 – 2003: Senior Management roles in Organisation and Workforce Development and Human Resources in NHS organisations (Primary Care Trusts, Community Health Services, Health Authority) in the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre areas of Lancashire

* 1989 – 1991: Recruitment and Training Manager in a large engineering company

* 1987 – 1989: National Training Manager for a recruitment consultancy

* 1985 - 1987: Manager of a recruitment consultancy branch in Central London

* 1982 – 1985: Management trainee/department manager in Marks and Spencer

 Specialisations 

* Action Learning Sets and Programmes

* Leadership, Management, Team, and People Development Programmes

* Service Improvement and Organisation Development Programmes