The Founders & StaffShare Board
The four founders are without exception, mature, experienced and
impressive in business matters at all levels- with extensive practical
knowledge gained through business administration, business start ups,
marketing and sales as well as founder management and director roles in
Technology, Publishing, Human Resources, Design and Media.
The drive and determination invested in this business was triggered
through one simple idea to find some way to level out employment
peaks and troughs and by doing so.....cut operational costs and save more jobs.
The idea grew over 16 months and would not be put down - not without
trying it out - and so StaffShare Limited was incorporated in May 2008. With the bold objectives to help reduce unemployment and try to encourage SMEs to find low cost skills, it seemed a natural step to demonstrate our open, honest and socially responsible business agenda and so on universal approval the Company declared itself a Social Enterprise early the following year.
Like all big new ideas it needed imagination, cash and enormous
energy to design, test and gradually develop the core business
concept into a smooth and effective on-line process- where the
customer had to be placed at the very centre of the service- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The present range of StaffShare services is narrowly focused,
but this will broaden over time. For now it does exactly what it
promises and already some major private and public sector organisations
have been quick to spot the rather unique advantages The Skill Exchange
can offer their HR departments- in some cases joining up as Members for
both redeployment and recruitment services.
Naturally we are always looking to include new tools and new ways to
support the sourcing & transfer of skills between Members on both
sides of The Skill Exchange which we all now call "StaffShare".
The Founders hope you find the search and the on-line service efficient and
practical - if not, please do let them know!
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Andrew Burke Managing Director
andrew@staffshare.co.uk
Age 48, Andrew joined Amino as Chief Executive Officer in June 2008, having served as a non-executive director since January 2007. Previously Andrew was chief executive officer of BT Entertainment where he devised and ran BT Vision, the company’s TV-over-Broadband initiative, chaired their Premium Rate Services activity, pioneered their Digital Media Services and led their relationships with the media world. Prior to that Andrew was chief executive officer of eVerger, a $100m investment fund. Andrew is also chairman of Crisp Thinking and a non executive director of the IT Forum Foundation. As well an impressive track record across the technology and communications sectors, Andrew brings strategic planning, leadership and financial capabilities to the Board of StaffShare.
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Phil Flaxton Business Development Director
phil@staffshare.co.uk
Phil has been CEO of Work Wise UK since 2006 after 10 successful years as CEO of InterForum. With an impressive and extensive leadership career in both private and third sector organisations, Phil’s strong and persuasive personality and his unique ability to connect people has helped many organisations across many industry sectors. His experience includes National Representative Organisations, Information Technology and Communications, Business Publishing, National Press and Private Enterprise. Phil has held main board Directorships and Non-Executive positions in the Private and Not-for-Profit Sectors, Information and Communication Technologies and today continues to lead strategically within Workforce & Change Management. Phil’s ability to ‘engage and motivate’ and then deliver on his concepts and ideas, make for a valuable asset to StaffShare’s customers and the company’s overall business objectives.
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David Lennan HR & Operations Director
david@staffshare.co.uk
David is Chairman of Work Wise UK & Event Chairman and has enjoyed a career in both the private and public sectors, holding executive roles, in national business representative organisations, local government, financial services and human resource development. He has held Personnel Director roles in several organisations and specialises in helping businesses create growth through streamlining and productivity improvement.
His past roles include Chief Executive of the Agricultural Industries Confederation and Director General of The British Chambers of Commerce. As a Director at Surrey County Council, he led the modernisation programme, and during his time with Nat West Group he held roles which included Head of UK Development, Deputy Director of Personnel and Director of Retail Insurance. David now runs the Business HR team and has developed the company into a leading provider of personnel services to the SME business community. David was appointed to the board of the IT Forum Foundation in 2003 and was strategically involved with the development of the Work Wise UK initiative becoming its chairman in March 2006. David’s remarkably solid skills and experience across many aspects of today’s complex and changing HR practises and legislation, provide a valuable resource to the board of StaffShare.
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Richard Stephens
Marketing Director richard@staffshare.co.uk
Richard has extensive knowledge, broad experience and many connections within the advertising, marketing and design industry.
After roles in design studios, creative consultancies and an advertising agency, he founded Creative Direction Consultants in 1980. Today he is MD and owner of this highly successful award-winning design & marketing consultancy with annual income in excess of £5.5 million. The agency delivers on-line and off line marketing services to international brands covering the technology sector, and specialist HR services in Internal Marketing and in store (PoS) environments. Richard was a founder member / honorary chair in the not for profit UK Government IT steerage group InterForum and provides useful advice to WorkWise UK. Richard’s interests are in the delivery of well tailored and cost effective marketing and web-based services that ‘automate business and enrich customer experiences’-cost-effectively and ‘on demand’.
Occasional 'relaxed' sailor, scuba-diver and photographer, Richard’s drive and passion have played an essential role in setting a new and dynamic web strategy for the Company. As marketing head his creativity will enhance the StaffShare brand and services.
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