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Peter Ralphs

Managing Director at ChamberExpertise
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Seasoned executive with expertise in business development, project management, and strategic planning.
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Orwell, England, United Kingdom, GB
Skills
  • Business Development
  • Project Management
  • New Business Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • Change Management
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Peter Ralphs is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in business development, project management, and strategic planning. He has held various leadership positions in prominent organizations, including ChamberExpertise Ltd., Young Chamber UK, Southern Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Self Employed. He has also worked with notable companies such as BICC Plc, Heartwood Furniture Ltd., and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Peter holds a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Leicester and has completed executive programs at Harvard Business School and Hendon College London.

Experience

  • ChamberExpertise
    • Managing Director
      • Jul 2013 - Present

      ChamberExpertise Ltd. (a subsidiary of Low Associates) offers commercial consultancy & programme management services to chambers of commerce and business support agencies overseas creating custom built project teams drawn from its community of experienced specialists.

  • Young Chamber UK
    • Southampton, United Kingdom
    • Development Director
      • Feb 2011 - Dec 2013
      • Southampton, United Kingdom

      Young Chamber UK is dedicated to helping young people develop their career plans and employability skills whilst still at secondary school through engaging with local employers facilitated by their local chamber of commerce. Government funding ceased in 2008 and the programme was converted to cr...

  • Southern Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and ...
    • Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    • Chief Executive
      • Feb 2007 - Dec 2010
      • Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

      Formerly East Mercia Chamber before boundary changes transferred the Walsall Division into Black Country Chamber in 2004. Remaining divisions re-formed to become Southern Staffordshire Chamber with limited membership service provision. Appointment as Chief Executive with limited resources and a...

  • Self Employed
    • Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, UK
    • International Consultant & EU Project Leader
      • Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      • Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, UK

      Self employed, qualified project leader under contract to Transtec Brussels; BDA Consultants; British Chambers of Commerce. Overseas programmes included Organisation Development Alexandria, Egypt (EBIS Programme); Quality Standards Assessment Turkish Chambers Network (TOBB/EC); Establish Archit...

  • Liverpool Chamber of Commerce & Industry
    • Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
    • Chief Executive
      • May 1997 - Dec 2004
      • Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

      Major City traditional chamber challenged to modernise and take on a leadership role in economic rejuvenation of the sub-region. Considerably widened the breadth of services provided including Information call centre, micro business associations, new entrepreneurs scheme, ChinaLink trading facil...

  • Southlands Ltd (UK) and BFM (France
    • Heathrow, London, United Kingdom and Paris, France
    • Managing Director
      • Feb 1995 - Apr 1997
      • Heathrow, London, United Kingdom and Paris, France

      European distribution arm of HL&H Forestry (subsidiary of Anglo American, RSA). Companies responsible for sales and shipping of timber components from South Africa and Brazil into EU mainland. Acted as an offshore operation reporting to Johannesburg - investing revenues into offshore joint v...

  • Heartwood Furniture Ltd.
    • Knowsley, Merseyside, United Kingdom
    • Managing Director
      • Mar 1986 - Jan 1995
      • Knowsley, Merseyside, United Kingdom

      Led a MBO from parent BICC Plc to re-locate and establish Heartwood Furniture as an independent design and manufacturing company. Employment grew from 67 to 185 by 1988 as the company successfully developed a strong brand reputation for innovative quality design. Heartwood won own brand contrac...

  • BICC Plc (now Balfour Beatty Plc)
    • Group Head Office London, United Kingdom
    • from Graduate Trainee to Divisional Director
      • Sep 1969 - Feb 1986
      • Group Head Office London, United Kingdom

      BICC was a diverse multinational group of companies principally manufacturers of electrical and electronic components and major infrastructure civil engineering contractors. Joined as a graduate trainee with successive appointments in Business & Market Research; Marketing Services; Corporate...

Education

  • Harvard Business School USA
  • Hendon College London
  • McKinsey Consultants London
  • University of Leicester

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