I am an active and invested investor, having incubated as well as turned around a number of businesses that would be regarded as social impact enterprises in the field of skills, employability, social care, recruitment and recently digital and technology platforms.
The businesses I am directly involved with presently turnover more than £30 Million annually and employ just over 1000 people and make a difference to people daily. I am presently in leadership and board level positions in over 5 businesses including being the current CEO of Pathway Group, the Chair of Nationwide Care Services Limited, Founder and Chair of the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance and Awards, Founder of Thinkfest Limited and Managing Director of F5 Foster Care Ltd: Amongst a few others.
I’m an Honorary Associate and Entrepreneur in Residence at the Open University. I offer strategic guidance and investment insights to businesses in social care, recruitment and government funded skills and employability sector. My forte lies in crafting scale-up strategies, expertly navigating business issues and opportunities and all things people and people related matters.
Apprenticeship Strategy, Workforce, Procurement and Social Value in a Time of Change If you’re an employer in the UK today, particularly one operating in public-facing sectors, the signals are clear: the way we attract, develop, and retain talent is being redefined. The implementation of the Budget, policy changes including the...
When Charity Merges with Commerce: Why the Sector Needs to Rethink Purpose and Power Across the not-for-profit and regulated sectors-from education and housing to international aid-we’re seeing a quiet but growing trend: charities and social enterprises merging, consolidating, or being acquired. Sometimes these moves are framed as necessary restructuring. Other...
Boardroom Balance: The Dynamics Between CEO and Chair – and Why It Matters The strength of an organisation is not just defined by the size of its balance sheet or its ability to execute. It is moreover defined by the strength of the relationships around the boardroom table – and...
Foster Care and the UK National Interest Foster care in England must be understood not simply as a safeguarding function, but as a matter of national capacity, workforce resilience and public value. I write this as the Managing Director and Responsible Individual of F5 Foster Care, with direct accountability for...
