Grant Read

General Manager

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Wimborne Minster, England, United Kingdom

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Timeline
About me
Chief Executive of ACH
Education
- Henley Business School
  2011 - 2011
  Leadership Development
- Dorcan Technology College
  1991 - 1996
- Hult Ashridge Executive Education
  2010 - 2010
  ALMR Ops Awards Masterclass Business & Leadership
Experience
- SFI Group plc
  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003
  General Manager
  Operating pubs, restaurants and bars nationally
- Caffe Nero
  Jan 2003 - Jan 2006
  General Manager
  Operating stores in the South Coast Region
- Enterprise Inns plc.
  May 2007 - Sept 2011
  Regional Manager
  Full operational responsibility for a region of over 50 sites across Wiltshire, Hampshire and Southern Oxfordshire, with a multi-million pound profit and loss account and complex budget. Recruiting, managing and motivating retail partners to deliver industry beating results. Ensuring maximum profit potential through portfolio and asset management alongside provision of excellent customer service. • Finalist in 2010 Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers ‘Operations Manager of the Year’
- Nando's UK & IRE
  Sept 2011 - Jul 2022
  Regional Managing Director
  Creating lasting happiness for our people, customers, communities, suppliers and founders
- Crumbs - Charity
  Nov 2015 - Jun 2019
  Trustee
  www.crumbs.orgEstablished as a disability training charity, CRUMBS has, since 1997, developed a workplace, pre-employment programme of learning.Training is undertaken through dedicated baking/ cooking/ service delivery programmes, which is accessed by a mixed-disability workforce - unique in this area.All of our trainees are local adults with mental illness, learning disabilities, stabilised addiction or acquired head injury.Emphasis is on skills and confidence: improving health and employability. Show less
- Cranborne First School
  Jun 2017 - Jul 2021
  Governor - Chair of Resources Committee
- Affordable Housing & Healthcare Group
  Aug 2022 - Nov 2024
  - Chief Operations Officer
    Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
  - Group Operations Director
    Nov 2022 - Aug 2024
  - Director Of Operations
    Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
- Redjay
  Mar 2024 - now
  Founder
- Age Concern Hampshire
  Nov 2024 - now
  Chief Executive Officer
  Our teams work to support older people across the region. Our dedicated team of staff and volunteers have been providing services to promote wellbeing and support to elder people and their carers since 1985.
Licenses & Certifications
- Full Member
  The Institute of Leadership & Management
  Jun 2023
  View certificate
- Member
  Chartered Institute of Housing
  Jun 2023
- Business coach
  ILM
  Nov 2019
Volunteer Experience
- Trustee/Director
  Issued by The Crumbs Project on Nov 2015
  Associated with Grant Read
- Governor - Chair of Resouces Committee
  Issued by Cranborne First School on Jun 2017
  Associated with Grant Read