Chris Clifford

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ABOUT CHRIS CLIFFORD

An experienced senior director with a proven track record of growing business and generating income in the education sector.Highly effective apprenticeship collaboration on bridging the gap between education and industry with a co-delivery methodology using the expertise of both sectors to deliver an outstanding provision that ensures learners are work ready and industry relevant.Provision of outstanding leadership for employer activity including partnerships.Specialisms & Key Skills Solution Focused Senior Manager Design, Restructure and Implementation of Teaching and Learning standards Excellent negotiator and communicator Outstanding leader and management skills resulting in high results High level of expertise on curriculum, apprenticeships, funding and sector changes Excellent understanding of Financial Management Highly effectively organisation skillsKey Achievements Successful £8M bid for STEM centre ESF Launch of National Microsoft and Autodesk Academy Programme Successfully grown SSA 4 from Grade 3 to Grade 1 in 18 months Increased apprenticeship growth by over 35% and generated over £1.2M in additional income.With nearly 20 years experience in the armed services and through many years of training and development, I consider myself to be resilient under pressure and to be a rigorous and systematic thinker. I have lead many teams during my working career of varying sizes and diversity and I believe there is a significant difference between good leadership and good management.I have had the opportunity to deliver several high-profile presentation, including to the LEP Network, Northern Powerhouse, Future Decoded and as a guest speaker at the Microsoft Education Conference in Seattle on the subject of Microsoft academies and apprenticeships. I