Director, Executive Coach and Management Consultant at Mile One - Developing leaders, organisations and brands
Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Associate at Change Consulting Limited
- Associate Consultant at Hemsley Fraser
- Senior Associate at Retail Acumen
- Joint Founder at jaykayjay.org
- Associate at Avanza Partnership
- Director, Executive Coach and Principal Consultant at Mile One Limited
- Senior Associate at European Logistics Consultants
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- Senior Associate Consultant at Arc Retail
- Global Head of Supply Chain and Logistics Development at The Body Shop
- Director at ACWL Group
- Regional Manager at Dragon Data
- Systems Consultant at Rothwell Computer Systems plc
- Systems Consultant at Kennet Computer Services Limited
- Education
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- University of Cambridge
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Patrick Ballin’s Summary
Mile One helps to develop leaders, organisations and brands.
I have an unusual blend of hard (global supply chains, systems, projects) and soft (coaching, leadership development, change management) capabilities which allows me to help organisations and leaders at multiple levels: individual behaviour, team dynamics, business process, systems, strategy and change.
I've come from the retail world, where I worked for over a decade in senior positions at The Body Shop; current clients include many well-known retailers as well as international charities, business schools and consultancies.
I'm a visiting lecturer at the University of Brighton, where I have run seminars for post-graduate, MBA and second-year business studies students on business operations, quality and change management: and I have also taught at Cranfield School of Management and Warwick Business School on global team working, supply chain and communications.
This year, I have been developing the ReWork service for the charity Retail Trust. We aim to help people to restart their retail careers after redundancy. My work there has included writing a free online guide - you can follow the link below to have a look - and setting up free telephone coaching and career cafés for managers who have been made redundant.
Every few months I host The Extra Mile, free events in London and Sussex for independent coaches, trainers and consultants to meet, share ideas and learn from each other. These sessions allow us to top up our own professional development and get fresh and useful ideas from our peers.
The Extra Mile next takes place in Brighton on 31 July and then in London on 18 September. Contact info@mileone.co.uk for further details.
Patrick Ballin’s Specialties:
Global team working, developing leaders, career coaching, outplacement, strategy development and implementation, supply chain optimisation, global projects and change, new markets and channels, culture and diversity
Patrick Ballin’s Experience
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Associate
Change Consulting Limited
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
Change Consulting provides change management, coaching, leadership development and strategic HR consultancy to blue-chip organisations, particularly in the retail and financial services sectors. We are currently supporting the delivery of leadership development and retail process resources for one of the top UK supermarket chains.
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Associate Consultant
Hemsley Fraser
(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
Hemsley Fraser is part of Demos, one of the largest training organisations in Europe. I work with Hemsley Fraser on learning design and delivery, both on open programmes and client specific assignments.
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Senior Associate
Retail Acumen
(Management Consulting industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
I work regularly with Retail Acumen (formerly Arc Retail) on category management, merchandising and systems projects for clients in the UK retail industry. At its Retail Conference in London in September 2009, I will lead the panel Q&A sessions, quizzing industry experts on this year's theme of "Responsive Retailing".
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Joint Founder
jaykayjay.org
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Philip Cunningham and I set up jaykayjay.org to develop the use of social networking to support people with serious illnesses. It's a social venture, based on our own experience supporting a friend through a terminal illness, and we are working with organisations such as the Charity Learning Consortium to advance the concept.
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Associate
Avanza Partnership
(Management Consulting industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Avanza Partnership provides change management consultancy and training to leading private, public and non-profit sector organisations all over the world.
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Director, Executive Coach and Principal Consultant
Mile One Limited
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Mile One provides executive coaching, leadership development and consultancy services to private, public and non-profit sector organisations in the UK and internationally.
We work with a network of associates, experts in their own fields, who provide added capability and skills for large or specialist assignments.
Mile One Limited was founded in 2006 and incorporated as a UK private limited company in October 2007. We follow the Ashridge Code of Conduct for Executive Coaching. -
Senior Associate
European Logistics Consultants
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
ELC provides consulting services in Logistics and Supply Chain development.
It is represented by a number of leading national supply chain consultancies including LCP Consulting in the UK and Programa in Israel.
I work with ELC as a senior associate to develop the supply chain, logistics and information systems capabilities of international clients, primarily in the retail and CPG sectors. -
Senior Associate Consultant
Arc Retail
(Management Consulting industry)
September 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Arc Retail is a thought leader for retail supply chain in the UK.
As chair of the conference round tables in 2007 & 2008, I have helped to facilitate the exchange of information between groups of senior retail managers from the UK and Europe. Topics that I have facilitated to date include global supply chains, multi-channel retailing, space management, supply chain optimisation and retailing luxury brands.
As a senior associate, I also worked with Arc to develop its retail consulting practice in the UK and recently worked on supply chain process development for a major supermarket retailer in the UK. -
Global Head of Supply Chain and Logistics Development
The Body Shop
(Public Company; Retail industry)
September 1992 — September 2006 (14 years 1 month)
After entering The Body Shop in IT management, I moved to Supply Chain and Logistics Development, responsible for the development of supply chain strategy for 52 countries. The work involved large-scale change across multiple projects and cultures.
My work at The Body Shop took me to Asia Pacific, USA, Canada and much of Europe. I also had a leading role in the selection and implementation of business systems including SAP, a global extranet and an advanced replenishment system.
I coached a number of members of staff at The Body Shop, consulted, mentored for an outside charity and contributed to internal and external learning and development programmes. I was responsible for running the Global Systems Executive and the Supply Chain and Logistics Forum, bringing together colleagues from all over the world.
For four years, I served as a Trustee for The Body Shop Foundation, a charity supporting environmental, human rights and animal protection projects. -
Director
ACWL Group
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1984 — September 1992 (8 years 9 months)
Director responsible for setting up and running the group's software services business (Amethyst), designing and developing bespoke and packaged systems for the Apple Macintosh and Windows platforms and working with blue-chip clients, mainly in West and Central London.
During 1990-1991 I was also acting Financial Controller for the group, oversaw the implementation of new business systems and helped integrate a PC retail business which we had acquired. Over the eight years I was with ACWL, we built the business from 9 to 60 employees with a GBP 20m turnover.
I was also a monthly columnist for Apple Business magazine, a visiting lecturer at Southall ITEC and a judge in the Young Software Designer of the Year Awards - the prize was awarded by the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. -
Regional Manager
Dragon Data
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
July 1983 — December 1983 (6 months)
Responsible for developing the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 business throughout the South of England
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Systems Consultant
Rothwell Computer Systems plc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1983 — June 1983 (3 months)
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Systems Consultant
Kennet Computer Services Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1982 — March 1983 (1 year 1 month)
Patrick Ballin’s Education
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University of Cambridge
MA , Natural Sciences , 1978 — 1981
Member of Selwyn College.
BA with part II in Zoology, graduating with upper second class honours.
Awarded MA in 1982.- Activities and Societies:
- Amnesty International, Cambridge Students Union, COLS, Fisher House, Girton March Ball (R&B band), Student Community Action, The Teilhard Review (international magazine)
Additional Information
Patrick Ballin’s Websites:
Patrick Ballin’s Interests:
executive coaching, career development, outplacement, leadership, global teams, culture, diversity, supply chain, logistics, multi-channel retailing, information systems, technology, internet, financial management, strategy, project management, programme management, business development, change management, NLP, Myers-Briggs, MBTI, CSR, business ethics, talent management, social enterprises, social networks, charity, NGO
Patrick Ballin’s Groups:
Amnesty International, Charity Learning Consortium, NLP Reunited Network, Teabag Talent, The Extra Mile
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InternetRetailing - for leaders in e-commerce and multichannel retail -
Retail Industry Experts -
Retail Industry Professionals Group -
Linked 2 Leadership -
The Retail Conference -
Cambridge University Alumni Group -
Talent Management & Leadership Development / Employee Performance Management -
Supply Chain Today: Continuous Improvement, Technology Innovation, Executive Jobs, Education 10,000+ -
PPS Associates -
Kintish Business Networking Skills -
The Retail Conference Sponsors Group -
ReWork Career Coaches -
Retail Acumen
Patrick Ballin’s Honors:
Professional Development:
Charisma and Self-Presentation, CIO Development, 2008
Advanced Coaching Course, Ashridge, 2008
Certified NLP Practitioner, ITS, 2007
Profilor & Executive Profilor Certification, PDI, 2006
MBTI Step 1 (INFJ) and Step 2 Certification, OPP, 2006
Building Global Leadership, Roffey Park Institute, 2005
The Body Shop Global Leadership Programme, 2004 - 2005
Other:
As Joint Founder of The Body Shop Amnesty Group, awarded The Body Shop Values Award, 1995
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