Gold Leaf: interim management solutions Curriculum vitae

Simon Mitchell

"He is one of the brightest guys I know, is exceptionally hard working, and knows the education market inside out and backward. He is effective, easy to work with and will be a huge asset to your team."
Kenny Forsyth, Strategy Consultant, PWC

Key skills and experience
Recent achievements
  1. Launched Escry, an e-commerce start-up, marketing niche products to the "cognoscenti". Visit www.echocolat.com for an example of the Escry business model - and for fine hand made chocolates!
  2. Conducted an analysis of the central government education sector, identifying several business development opportunities with a potential value of over £50 million for Fujitsu Services
  3. Developed marketing strategy and wrote international marketing plan for UK eUniversities worldwide Ltd, a £100 million venture providing the capital, technology and channels to market to deliver UK higher education overseas and over the Internet
  4. Raised the profile of Epic Group plc, a leading e-learning company, in the education sector - wrote several proposals to Ufi, UK eUniversities, universities, professional bodies, government departments, publishers and broadcasters of learning - won business
  5. Wrote proposal to Kenyan Government for "[client] to implement a nation-wide, cradle-to-grave, learning experience [throughout Kenya] ... [to] catapult Kenya into the global Internet economy as a cost effective provider of online technology solutions"
  6. Wrote business plan for LearningGym, an ambitious new venture in the fast growing consumer learning market; identified and secured colleagues, development partners and investment capital
  7. Reversed 5 year decline in sales in one business sector and achieved 85% growth in the other, making Pitman Qualifications the best performing business unit in the City & Guilds Group
  8. Identified, validated and business planned brand new e-learning offering to achieve set objective of transforming £2 million unit into £10 million business - the initiative, which brings together two global brands in education, is currently being implemented across the whole City & Guilds group
  9. Identified, business planned and guided to market several other new ventures ranging in value from £2 million per annum to £20 million per annum, such as SmartScreen, an online assessment product for the corporate and agency personnel selection markets
Employment
May 2000 to present        Interim manager within the learning industry
May 1995 to April 2000        City & Guilds Group, London
September 1989 to April 1995
Qualifications
Personal details
Contact

home