Experience

I have worked as a facilitator, trainer and coach since 2003, following the publication of 'Getting on Brilliantly'. Before that I had a hugely enjoyable career in education - see below for details of my employment history and public appointments.

Employment History

1989-03 Principal Tower Hamlets College

In 1989 I was appointed to create a new college for Tower Hamlets, East London from the annexes of neighbouring colleges. The circumstances were challenging. We inherited 3 near derelict buildings, 100 demoralised staff and hardly any students. The team I led:

Developed and led a strong and committed staff
Encouraged an ethos based on shared values and focused on results
Merged with two other organisations
Saw student numbers grow from less than 1000 to over 8000 and achievements exceed national averages
Directed an imaginative £40m building programme to time and budget
Managed a £30m turnover consistently rated financial health status “A”
Moved the college from the bottom of the education league table to a nationally recognised ‘Beacon’ with above average results.

1989-89

London Borough of Hackney (to conduct post-16 review)

1985-89

Principal Hackney Adult Education Institute

1983-85

Senior Lecturer Curriculum and Centre Development, Hackney Adult Education Institute1978-83 Coordinator for English as a Second Language, Hackney Manor AEI

1974-78

Part time lecturer in English as a Second Language Industrial (Language Training Unit)

1967-71

Freelance Film Editor

Public and Voluntary Appointments

2010

Trustee Toynbee Hall

2006

Adviser to the Rayne Foundation (on Refugee Fellowships)

2005

Member Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration

2003 – 5

Member of Crick Committee on Citizenship –

“Life in the U.K.”

Chair Professor Bernard Crick

2000 – 2

Member Moser Committee on Adult Basic Education –

“Skills for Life"

Chair Lord Claus Moser

1998 – 2000

Member of the “Independent Enquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Chair Viscountess Ruth Runciman

1999 – 2000

Member of Lane Committee on Student Support.

Chair Cllr. Graham Lane

1992 –

Chair UK/Bangladesh Education Trust UKBET (UKBET is a small charitable trust working to improve education in Bangladesh and for the Bangladeshi community in the UK).

1990 – 2008

Member of the All Souls Group

Experience

I have worked as a facilitator, trainer and coach since 2003, following the publication of 'Getting on Brilliantly'. Before that I had a hugely enjoyable career in education - see below for details of my employment history and public appointments.

Employment History

1989-03 Principal Tower Hamlets College

In 1989 I was appointed to create a new college for Tower Hamlets, East London from the annexes of neighbouring colleges. The circumstances were challenging. We inherited 3 near derelict buildings, 100 demoralised staff and hardly any students. The team I led:

Developed and led a strong and committed staff

Encouraged an ethos based on shared values and focused on results

Merged with two other organisations

Saw student numbers grow from less than 1000 to over 8000 and achievements exceed national averages

Directed an imaginative £40m building programme to time and budget

Managed a £30m turnover consistently rated financial health status “A”

Moved the college from the bottom of the education league table to a nationally recognised ‘Beacon’ with above average results.

1989-89

London Borough of Hackney (to conduct post-16 review)

1985-89

Principal Hackney Adult Education Institute

1983-85

Senior Lecturer Curriculum and Centre Development, Hackney Adult Education Institute1978-83 Coordinator for English as a Second Language, Hackney Manor AEI

1974-78

Part time lecturer in English as a Second Language Industrial (Language Training Unit)

1967-71

Freelance Film Editor

Public and Voluntary Appointments

2010

Trustee Toynbee Hall

2006

Adviser to the Rayne Foundation (on Refugee Fellowships)

2005

Member Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration

2003 – 5

Member of Crick Committee on Citizenship –

“Life in the U.K.”

Chair Professor Bernard Crick

2000 – 2

Member Moser Committee on Adult Basic Education –

“Skills for Life"

Chair Lord Claus Moser

1998 – 2000

Member of the “Independent Enquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Chair Viscountess Ruth Runciman

1999 – 2000

Member of Lane Committee on Student Support.

Chair Cllr. Graham Lane

1992 –

Chair UK/Bangladesh Education Trust UKBET (UKBET is a small charitable trust working to improve education in Bangladesh and for the Bangladeshi community in the UK).

1990 – 2008

Member of the All Souls Group