Ross Banerjee

Non-Executive Director As Board Member at South Yorkshire Probation Trust, working with the executive team and fellow Board members, I contributed on matters of strategy, business planning, financial, corporate governance and operations. The main aims of the Trust are protecting the public and reducing re-offending. It is one of the top performing Trust in the Country, having received one of the best Offender Management Inspection results and reduction in re-offending rate of 13.61% against a national average of 0.03% reduction. Project & Incubation Director Working for Oxford Innovation Ltd during 2006 - 2010 I managed the Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Centre, Rotherham-Sheffield, and the Digital Media Centre in Barnsley. Consultancy As freelance manufacturing and Kaizen consultant I have skills and expertise to provide; 1) Practical hands-on support to SMEs for business plans including budgeting, marketing strategy and sales development 2) Kaizen and Lean manufacturing consultancy, having worked for Kaizen Institute of Europe with Masaaki Imai and fellow UK, European and Japanese consultants. 3) Incubation and Innovation centre management in the areas of; o Centre operations management o Writing of business and marketing plans including budgeting o Writing of new bids o Incubation support to early stage businesses o Customer first accreditation process Specialities - Innovation Centre management - Experienced business mentor - Consultant Kaizen Institute of Europe - MD & business owner - Manufacturing Director at Thorn EMI - Chartered Engineer with an MSc - Commercially astute and is accredited to the National Business Link Consultants Register, the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS), and Technology Means Business (TMB).