Eddie Austin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer @Operam Education Group
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer @Operam Education Group
Manchester, GB
Operam Education Group is a purpose driven organisation specialising in the acquisition and development of education recruitment agencies. Our investment strategy encompasses people, technology, and business processes to improve efficiencies and further develop service delivery. We strive to strengthen regionally intimate relationships to position our brands as the number one agency within their regions. Currently consisting of 8 well-established education recruitment agencies who have serviced their localities over decades, we are continuing to build and develop to become a leading force in the North and Midland regions. Our brands include Provide Education, The Education Specialists, Teachers UK, Key Stage Teacher Supply, First For Education, Bridge Education Recruitment,Provision Recruitment, and Horizon Teachers. Our innovative and developmental approach as well as our fundamental principles of getting to know the people we do business with; means we are very effective at placing the right teacher and classroom support staff in the right place. We believe our best commodity is our workforce and invest in their development, so we deliver a great service day after day.
ABOUT EDDIE AUSTIN
A recognised and award winning business leader, Eddie is an entrepreneur, board member and highly respected thought leader within the Recruitment Sector, the founder and CEO of Operam Education Group; his experience and knowledge within the recruitment industry spans over 30 years in the delivery of global public and private sector staffing solutions.Eddies’ aptitude to identify opportunities and ability to develop creative solutions means that he naturally drives change for improvement. He is committed to doing this both at Operam Education Group and externally through supporting various UK and International organisations; he sits on the board of ‘The Sovereign Trust’, a specialist SEND Multi-Academy Trust.Eddie has been recognised by CEO Monthly as their UK CEO of the Year, and included in the LDC, Top 50 Ambitious Leaders \'Ones to Watch List\' as well as being named in the People Groups choice of Dream Board members. He also Co-Chair\'s the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), Education Sector.An inspiring leader, Eddie’s people skills means he is an accessible source at every level, with the ability to motivate and develop his staff enabling them to reach their career goals whilst improving on service delivery. His success is rooted with the vision to improve learning capacity within the classroom, and supporting social mobility, his experience and knowledge of fast-moving emerging markets means he ensures first class stewardship of business, which he’s proven over decades, to deliver on that vision.Key Skills & Areas of Expertise: • Board Level Strategy Shaping• Leadership & Development of High-Performing Teams• Building Global Operations & Market Share• £Multi-million P&L & Budget Management • Mergers & Acquisitions• Integration & Disposals• Public and Private Sector Business Transformation & Change Management • Commercial & Financial Due Diligence • Diversification, Rebranding • Corporate Restructures & Rationalisation• Finance & Investment Raising • Commercial Contract Negotiation & Deal Brokering • Key Account Development • Stakeholder & Investor Relationship Management
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