Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain
Educated to MBA Level with over 25 years of successful business performance in the pursuit, competitive tendering, and delivery of education services in the UK and internationally. Experienced in aligning legislation, policy and practice to support evidence-based education reform for Early Years, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Skills and Labour market systems. A strong record of delivery maximizing income from multi-million-pound public and private sector contract portfolios to client satisfaction, resulting in a high degree of repeat business, in the Middle East, Eastern and Central Europe, Turkey, and the Caribbean.
• P & L, business development responsibility for operations in the ME including KSA, Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi. to meet revenue and gross margin targets.
UK and international business development and sales leadership including developing unique market propositions to support business development strategies and targets in the ME, EU and Turkey.
Responsible for developing substantial new business opportunities and networks to grow presence in key markets, both in the UK and internationally in Asia, ME, Turkey.
Pursuit, tendering and delivery of a portfolio of EU, DFID and USAID contracts in Asia, South America, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Caribbean.
Provision of education and employment sector support in preparation for Turkey’s EU accession programme. Included preparation of feasibility studies, project design, tenders, project supervision and procurement.