Alastair Oatey
Business Director at WESLEY HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE- Claim this Profile
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Harriet Sturdy
Alastair led our team through a very happy four years, despite the wider travails of the world at the moment. He was instrumental in restructuring the Federation to maximise its effectiveness and ensuring that all staff he was responsible for felt valued and listened to. He established excellent systems during the pandemic which meant that the whole team was closely supported and able to work efficiently. Alastair is extremely responsive to any questions and his skills in leadership are clear to see. What was most highly valued was the care and commitment he showed to the whole team, how patiently he dealt with such a wide range of issues, financial, ethical, technical and organisational and how key he was in establishing successful flexible working patterns. With a very dry sense of humour and utter commitment to his colleagues, I consider myself extremely fortunate to have worked with him at the CTF.
Harriet Sturdy
Alastair led our team through a very happy four years, despite the wider travails of the world at the moment. He was instrumental in restructuring the Federation to maximise its effectiveness and ensuring that all staff he was responsible for felt valued and listened to. He established excellent systems during the pandemic which meant that the whole team was closely supported and able to work efficiently. Alastair is extremely responsive to any questions and his skills in leadership are clear to see. What was most highly valued was the care and commitment he showed to the whole team, how patiently he dealt with such a wide range of issues, financial, ethical, technical and organisational and how key he was in establishing successful flexible working patterns. With a very dry sense of humour and utter commitment to his colleagues, I consider myself extremely fortunate to have worked with him at the CTF.
Harriet Sturdy
Alastair led our team through a very happy four years, despite the wider travails of the world at the moment. He was instrumental in restructuring the Federation to maximise its effectiveness and ensuring that all staff he was responsible for felt valued and listened to. He established excellent systems during the pandemic which meant that the whole team was closely supported and able to work efficiently. Alastair is extremely responsive to any questions and his skills in leadership are clear to see. What was most highly valued was the care and commitment he showed to the whole team, how patiently he dealt with such a wide range of issues, financial, ethical, technical and organisational and how key he was in establishing successful flexible working patterns. With a very dry sense of humour and utter commitment to his colleagues, I consider myself extremely fortunate to have worked with him at the CTF.
Harriet Sturdy
Alastair led our team through a very happy four years, despite the wider travails of the world at the moment. He was instrumental in restructuring the Federation to maximise its effectiveness and ensuring that all staff he was responsible for felt valued and listened to. He established excellent systems during the pandemic which meant that the whole team was closely supported and able to work efficiently. Alastair is extremely responsive to any questions and his skills in leadership are clear to see. What was most highly valued was the care and commitment he showed to the whole team, how patiently he dealt with such a wide range of issues, financial, ethical, technical and organisational and how key he was in establishing successful flexible working patterns. With a very dry sense of humour and utter commitment to his colleagues, I consider myself extremely fortunate to have worked with him at the CTF.
Credentials
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Chartered MCIPD
Chartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentJan, 1992- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Wesley House Cambridge
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Director
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Aug 2015 - Present
Wesley House is a postgraduate theological college in Cambridge. I am responsible for all the professional services at the College, including financial management, support services, accommodation, maintenance, marketing and publicity, IT, and HR. Data Protection Officer. Wesley House is a postgraduate theological college in Cambridge. I am responsible for all the professional services at the College, including financial management, support services, accommodation, maintenance, marketing and publicity, IT, and HR. Data Protection Officer.
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Harston & Newton Community Primary School
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United Kingdom
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chair of Governors
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2012 - Present
Responsible for the effective governance of our local primary school. Responsible for the effective governance of our local primary school.
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The Cambridge Theological Federation
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer
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May 2018 - Jul 2022
The Cambridge Theological Federation is a partnership of twelve theological educational institutions in Cambridge. It has academic agreements with Anglia Ruskin University, Durham University and the University of Cambridge through which it can admit students to various degrees.As Chief Operating Officer, on a flexible part time secondment from Wesley House, I managed the central professional services team and was responsible to the Office for Students as the Federation’s Accountable Officer and Prevent lead; responsible for managing the partnership agreements with ARU, Cambridge and Durham universities; and I created and oversaw the Federation’s financial planning and budgets.
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ABBEYGATE CINEMA LIMITED
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United Kingdom
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Entertainment
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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Jan 2016 - May 2017
Owner of an independent cinema in Bury St Edmunds Owner of an independent cinema in Bury St Edmunds
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Managing Director
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Mar 2008 - Nov 2015
Newman Online was a subsidiary company of Picturehouse Cinemas, which developed and supported the software used by Picturehouse and other cinemas in the UK and Norway. Newman Online was a subsidiary company of Picturehouse Cinemas, which developed and supported the software used by Picturehouse and other cinemas in the UK and Norway.
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Picturehouse
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United Kingdom
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Entertainment Providers
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director of Operations
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1998 - Nov 2015
Picturehouse Cinemas operated 24 cinemas across the UK and was a stand-alone division of Cineworld PLC. I progressed through the company from shop floor to being the Director of Operations in which role I was part of the Senior Management Team, working alongside the Managing Director, Finance Director and Programming Director. Between us we had responsibility for the management of a business that turned over £38m, employed 820 staff and had 3.1m visitors in my last year there. 750 of the staff were in teams I was responsible for.
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Cinema Manager
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May 1997 - Apr 1998
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Personnel Coordinator
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Jan 1997 - May 1997
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National Portrait Gallery
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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200 - 300 Employee
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Personnel Officer
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Feb 1993 - Dec 1996
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Education
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1988 - 1991
University of Oxford
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1991 - 1992
Thames Valley University
Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management
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