Andrew Raby

As well as being a high achieving Business Development professional with extensive experience in partnership building and assessing client needs, I am also self-motivated and experienced in fast-paced target-driven environments.

I am an experienced Project Manager, team builder and leader, comfortable working at the most senior levels of large organisations, often to tight deadlines, managing my own workload while fulfilling stakeholder expectations and routinely achieving demanding targets and KPIs.   I can recruit, train and coach the highest quality staff, assimilate technical information, and implement complex processes and procedures.

EMPLOYMENT

Oct 2022 - Oct 2023 Remarkables Media

Project Manager/Producer- Consultant (Temporary)

• Managing a team of specialists in the pre-production and production of film and video content.
• Liaising with locations, suppliers, universities, local authorities to staff, plan, and execute complex logistics.
• Recruiting and overseeing student and graduate workers on various projects.
• Controlling budgets of over £750k over the year on various projects to ensure delivery within cost parameters.
• Managing my own, and others’ time to ensure delivery in accordance with timescales.

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 Elsa Media

Project Manager/Producer- Consultant (Temporary)

• Managing a team of specialists in the pre-production and production of film and video content.
• Liaising with locations, suppliers, universities, local authorities to staff, plan, and execute complex logistics.
• Recruiting and overseeing student and graduate workers on various projects.
• Controlling budgets of over £500k over the year on various projects to ensure delivery within cost parameters.
• Managing my own, and others’ time to ensure delivery in accordance with timescales.

Oct 2019 - Oct 2021 North Yorkshire County Council

Growth Hub Manager (Temporary Contract)

• Managing a team of Business Relationship Managers to support all businesses, particularly small to medium enterprises in the York and North Yorkshire area.
• Responsible for managing a budget of over £1m for staff costs, online support services, procured support.
• Setting the business support strategy for the area, including marketing of that service as well as the subjects covered, and delivery methods.
• Liaising with local authority colleagues, central government, ministers, civil servants, universities, larger business, support providers, and others to deliver a seamless and unified support service for all businesses.
• Developing the online offer through Covid pandemic to ensure delivery of support continued and was available to all.
• Increased the department budget from £250k pa to over £1m pa through partnerships with local authorities, universities, and central government grants.

Jan. 2018 - Sept 2019 FERA SCIENCE LTD

SME ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR (Temp. Contract)

• Recruited in to ERDF funded project to redesign and deliver improved SME engagement and support.
• Leading a team of PMs and BDMs to achieve stretching delivery targets through process re-design.
• Offering a range of high impact scientific innovation and testing services to industry.
• Company lead, alongside the CEO on engagement with regional LEPs and Local Authorities and selected central government departments.
• Increased delivery on my project 1200% in first 12 months in post.
• Developing legacy plan to include business incubation, SME engagement, partnerships across the region with LEPS, corporates and stakeholders for mutual benefit.

May 2015 – Jan 18 DREAMCHASER FILMS / ELSA MEDIA

CONSULTANT ASSOCIATE PRODUCER (Voluntary)

• Project managing elements of ‘Best British Film’ winner Scott & Sid (UK National Film Awards 2019).
• Liaising with stakeholders to maximise regional support for the film.

July 2009 – Sept 2017 LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

• Consistently achieved commercial income targets in excess of £300,000 p.a. by Project Managing university research and enterprise projects. Writing business cases; defining output targets; building delivery teams; identifying and developing potential commercial opportunities; finding, engaging with and liaising with commercial partners.
• Represented the university of a variety of boards of governance and Local Authority bodies in Leeds, Wakefield, Selby and Calderdale.
• Personal Development:
• Selection and Interview Training; Disciplinary & Grievance Training; Equality & Diversity for Managers; Finance for Managers; Institute of Leadership and Management Level 3
• April 2015 – June 2016  LEEDS CITY COUNCIL secondment @ 0.5 FTE

Business Growth Manager

• Seconded to Leeds City Council to act as a Business Growth Manager for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Local Enterprise Partnership.
• Locating and contacting high growth SMEs to discuss support which might be available to them through the LEP and elsewhere.
• Building a local network of intermediaries to refer in clients for support

Nov 2009 – Nov 2011 CONNECT HOUSING ASSOCIATION

BOARD MEMBER and TRUSTEE (Voluntary)

• Providing leadership and control for the association with commitment and energy.  The Board plays a leading role in business planning for Connect, establishing and upholding the Vision and Values of the Association.

Sept 2002 – July 2009 BARCLAYS BANK plc 

MORTGAGE TEAM LEADER

REGIONAL BUSINESS BANKING MANAGER

• Leading on the Barclays Mortgage Sale Centre's business change programme, through the move from voluntary regulation though the introduction of FCA conduct regulation.

Business Banking:

• Servicing existing portfolio of around 270 businesses with turnover up to £40millon and a lending book of around £27 million.
• Responsible for analysing financial reports in order to compose lending propositions and applications.
• Advisor to businesses on growth and development/relationship building.
• 5th highest performer nationally as Business Banking manager, new business acquisition (181% of target) 2007.

Mar 1998 – Sept 2002 YORKSHIRE BANK.

BUSINESS BANK MANAGER

  Various sales and retail management role roles include the management of teams of up to 25 people.  Consistently achieved sales and service targets and 100% positive appraisals throughout.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Feb.  2000: Certificate Of Mortgage Advice And Practice

May 2013: Prince2 Project Management Practitioner

April 2015: Institute Of Leadership and Management, Level 3: Effective First Line Manager
 

EDUCATION

Morley High School, Leeds. 8 ‘O’ Level passes

Park Lane College, Leeds, 3 ‘A’ Level passes

1991-1994 University Of Leeds, BA (Hons),  Philosophy:  2:1 with Honours

Courses included: Computing; Formal Logic; Reason & Argument; Ethics.

2016- 2017 University Of Hertfordshire.  MA in Global Film And Television

Part time distance learning programme