Zak Mensah
Chief Executive Officer @Birmingham Museums Trust
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Executive Officer @Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham, GB
Zak is Co-CEO jointly responsible for setting our direction as part of the executive. Zak is excited about helping people to make a ruckus. Zak has been a freelancer, staff development officer, Head of Digital, and Head of Transformation. In addition to helping his own organisation, Zak shares his skills and expertise as a regular public speaker and trustee of the Association for Cultural Enterprises.
EDUCATION
Coventry University
1st Class BA Multimedia Computing
SKILLS
ABOUT ZAK MENSAH
Since 2006 I have successfully delivered large scale change programmes for a number of organisations that place people, resilience, and technology at the core of their mission. I think the cultural and creative industries sectors have a key role in improving citizens\' lives both through collections but also collaborative engagement. To be effective we must act as a cultural business which means focusing on real citizens\' needs by creating and running great services that connect them with culture. CORE SKILLS: Leadership ∙ Strategic business planning ∙ Relationship Management ∙ Financial and Contract negotiations ∙ Profit & Loss management ∙ Cost reduction ∙ Project management ∙ Digital skills ∙ Open practices Highlights so far: Being known as a sector expert for transformation including speaking at over 100 events across the world on topics including commercialisation, making change happen and using digital & emerging technology to deliver your organisation mission Significantly increased income for the Culture & Creative Industries service In addition to my main I role took on Council wide Conferencing & events for 12 months to turn around a loss making service and redesign all aspects to be effective and profitable Grew a ‘digital by default’ workforce culture from scratch becoming an ACE NPO sector lead Mentoring culture apprenticeships and Nesta Amplified programme I blog at zakmensah.co.uk and tweet @zakmensah
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