Matthew Robb

Current

• Director, Sales and Business Development Children's Services at Tribal Group
• Director, BSF and Academies at Tribal Group (Tribal Education)

Past

• Major projects consultant at Edison Schools
• Director at Matthew Robb Ltd
• Project manager, Five Year Strategy at Department for Education and Skills

• Various at McKinsey & Company

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Education

• University of Cambridge

Connections

82 connections

Industry

Education Management

Websites

• My Company

Matthew Robb’s Summary

I have a relatively unusual combination of commerical management expertise from McKinsey and general management, and education (schools) policy and practice

My approach to problems is typically medium-term and people-oriented; finding solutions through teamwork and relationship development

Matthew Robb’s Specialties:

General and commercial management, offer development, education management, school improvement and transformation, education policy, business development

Matthew Robb’s Experience

• Director, Sales and Business Development Children's Services

  Tribal Group

  (Public Company; Education Management industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Responsiblity for revenue generation in Children's Services, management of sales teams, implementation of Miller-Heiman strategic selling, bid writing, new business development

• Director, BSF and Academies

  Tribal Group (Tribal Education)

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Director of Tribal's BSF and Academies work. managed P&L and several teams covering school change and transformation, use of ICT, physical estate design, community engagement and project management.

• Major projects consultant

  Edison Schools

  (Privately Held; Education Management industry)

  July 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Managed Edison's major project work in BSF and Academies, interpreting their holistic school improvement model into physical design implications and developing LEP offers

• Director

  Matthew Robb Ltd

  (Education Management industry)

  July 2004 — April 2005 (10 months)

  Self-employed, worked on change management and organisational questions and projects for various clients, including McKinsey, Healthcare Commission

• Project manager, Five Year Strategy

  Department for Education and Skills

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  July 2003 — April 2004 (10 months)

  Was project manager seconded to the Department for the Five Year Strategy. Fascinating experience...

• Various

  McKinsey & Company

  (Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

  September 1997 — July 2003 (5 years 11 months)

  Joined as Business Analyst - rapid promotion relative to peers to Engagemnt Manager.
  Principal focus was performance management and improvement in large organisations. Specialised in performance management, leadership development and organisational development.
  
  Also significant work in strategy

Matthew Robb’s Education

• University of Cambridge

  Natural Sciences , Genetic Engineering , 1989 — 1995

  Attended Christ's College

  Activities and Societies:

  Rugby team, Ultimate frisbee, meditation, cognitive science

Additional Information

Matthew Robb’s Websites:

• My Company

Matthew Robb’s Interests:

School improvement, school transformation, school design, children's services, education policy, ICT in schools, Building Schools for the Future, Academies, project management, sales (Miller Heiman), commerical management, buddhism, meditation,

Matthew Robb’s Groups:

•    Building Schools for the Future & Academy Professionals (600+)
•    Building Schools for the Future (BSF)
•    Building Schools For The Future Networking Group
•    Jerram Falkus Construction

Matthew Robb’s Contact Settings

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