Experience

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  YMCA Northumberland

  • Ashington, England, United Kingdom

  • Trustee

    • Aug 2021 - Present
    • Ashington, England, United Kingdom
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  YMCA North Tyneside

  • North Tyneside

  • Board Trustee

    • Jul 2017 - Oct 2020
    • North Tyneside
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  Carol Groombridge Consulting

  • Retired

    • Jul 2007 - Apr 2020

    Provide full range of business consultancy to the Healthcare sector in particular to Dentists, GPs and Vets. Key specialities, financial management information systems including bespoke Key Performance Indicator dashboards.

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  Association of MBAs

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Vice Chair, Director and trustee

    • Nov 2008 - Feb 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    Trustee and vice chair of Association of MBAs.The Association of MBAs, whilst a foundation as a membership organisation, has an annual turnover of circa £3m the majority of which is earned from the accreditation of Masters in Business Administration programmes in approx. 200 top Business Schoo...

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  Business Link County Durham

  • Durham, United Kingdom

  • Marketing and Communications Manager

    • 2004 - 2007
    • Durham, United Kingdom

    Recruited to lead and develop a new department focused upon marketing and communicating the services to small businesses available in County Durham. This included the delivery of bespoke events, developing communications with a complex network of business support providers throughout the county. ...

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  One NorthEast

  • Project Facilitator - Marketing

    • 2005 - 2006

    Seconded during post at Business Link to provide leadership on the Regional Marketing and Communications for the Regional Business Support Network

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  Wearside First Credit Union

  • Sunderland, United Kingdom

  • General Manager

    • May 2002 - May 2003
    • Sunderland, United Kingdom

    Recruited to lead what was the largest credit union development at the time in the UK. Responsible for enhancing the application to ensure that it met Financial Services Authority very robust regulations and requirements and recruiting a team and sourcing and refurbishing premises for a head offi...

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  Quadrant Recruitment

  • Manager

    • 1998 - 2002

    Led a team of recruitment consultants and ran all day to day operations including performance management, business development and marketing and communications.

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  Barclays Bank plc

  • North East England

  • Small Business Manager

    • Apr 1970 - May 1998
    • North East England

    28 year career in banking with 12 years in management. A varied career some of which was outside main stream branch banking working within the Regional Office with roles in HR and as Regional Income Improvement Manager.The last 4 years of my career in Banking was as a Small Business Manager for D...