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.
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...
Government Is Not a Risk-Free Customer: Governance, Risk and Leadership in Regulated Markets There is a phrase I hear regularly by entrepreneurs, third sector leaders and general founder conversations and investor discussions: “At least government is a safe customer.” It’s usually said with confidence – sometimes with relief. Often with...
Transparency Builds Trust. And Trust Builds Business. Today, more than ever, transparency is the language of leadership. Not the polished words in reports. Not the headlines on your careers page. But the lived experience of how your organisation behaves-internally, externally, and publicly. And if your business wants to grow, attract...
Apprenticeship Strategy, Procurement & Workforce Planning 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. So how does Apprenticeship Strategy, Procurement & Workforce Planning affect...
