Simon’s musical background brings with it not only experience and knowledge, but recognition and strong leadership skills, plus a wealth of experience on the international platform. Coordinating large scale orchestra and choir productions, and small scale intimate concerts as part of his daily routine, Simon gives me an insight about how he leads the Town [...]
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12 Julie Moore
Posted: 24th June 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50Tags: BP50, Hospital, QEHB, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Selly Oak
As the Chief Executive of University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Julie and her team have just undertaken a huge move of patients, professional medical staff and facilities to the brand new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in Selly Oak. Drawing from her front line experience in nursing, Julie has adopted a “bottom up” approach to [...]
27 Professor Nick James
Posted: 23rd June 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50Tags: Birmingham, bowel, BP50, breast, cancer, drugs, kidney, oncology, prostrate, research, university
You know, there comes a time when you meet someone that is truly the leading authority in their specialised field- for me, that time was today, with Nick. Such a wealth of knowledge and experience guide Nick’s leadership choices, and if ever there was an example of good teamwork making a real difference to someone’s [...]
The Vice Chancellor of Aston University and I could have talked for hours. Julia’s vast past industry experience includes the cutting edge in aero and automotive engineering- there’s even a titanium award made from one of the fans from a Rolls Royce engine in Julia’s office! However, Julia’s past is well documented elsewhere. What I [...]
Andrew’s family history is full of political references, people and appointments. It is obvious from our discussion that he is very passionate about his local constituency and issues affecting them, but what about nationally and internationally? How does he see his work affecting the West Midlands overall? Are there any examples of good practice that [...]
One of Birmingham’s most successful entrepreneurs, Paul has steered Bond Wolfe via an astute and carefully planned long-term growth strategy, to deliver profitable returns on their property portfolio. I took the opportunity to meet with Paul at his offices in Birmingham city centre, where he spoke to me about the importance of clear, strong and [...]
Held in a huge high-ceiling room at Birmingham Council House on the day that Birmingham City Council presented their City of Culture bid to the judging team in Liverpool, I managed to steal a few minutes of Martin’s time. Martin told me about his past history, some of the successes he and BCC have achieved, [...]
A very pleasurable and insightful conversation with David, where I gained his thoughts on the economy, strategies, potential plans and his views on current government financial policy and plans. David features regularly in specialised media features, focusing on financial strategy – it is the academic research and work completed by David and his colleagues that [...]
Coalition governments are nothing new here in Birmingham- we’ve had a Conservative/Lib-Dem local council for a while now. Paul Tilsley is the Lib-Dem councillor for Sheldon, and is also Deputy Leader at Birmingham City Council. Here, I get the chance to spend a few minutes with Paul behind the scenes, asking a few questions about [...]
The East End Foods plc Company Secretary and Director oversees the Cash & Carry section of the £100 million company. With a background in law, and now also delivering some of the marketing and PR for the company, operating from the Highgate area of Birmingham, Jason takes 5 minutes to grab a coffee with me [...]