1. PROFILE
I am an enthusiastic enterprise educator, business acceleration coach & entrepreneur
who has launched a range of hyper local, community support, self-led arts, food
growing & destination marketing companies. I am known for growing robust,
sustainable & values driven successful teams & businesses across the UK & globally.
I have managed portfolios of over 45 successful student start up & growing SMEs
supplying 1-2-1 coaching, accelerator & one off training programmes within University
Enterprise, Research & Innovation teams & worked within corporates teams &
departments at The V&A, G-Adventures, Economy of Hours (ECHO) & Diabetes UK.
I have worked within a range of award winning enterprise educator teams at London
South Bank University, UCL and University of East London. In all roles I have co-lead on
the co-design of in & out of curriculum enterprise one off & longer start up to scale up
programmes. I work with Heads of Enterprise departments, vice Provosts, academics,
professional support teams & external freelance entrepreneurs to grow student
centred robust programmes using practical, skills based learning to boost student
& graduate start up rates. I am used to working within TEF and KEF frameworks.
I have taught for over 30 years in a range of settings from early years, primary,
secondary, adult learning, FE, HE & non-formal ‘alternative’ education settings. I have
been a guest module lead for an MBA unit in Leadership & Management at Colchester
Institute & HND IT Live Project module at The School for Engineering, London South
Bank University. I was the first female guest lecturer in coaching skills, creative thinking
& self esteem mentoring for Idea Store Adult Learning Programme in Tower Hamlets;
earning Grade 1 Ofsted in internal levelling & Grade 2 Ofsted from external assessors.
I am currently completeing Level 3 Award in Education & Training to consolidate my
experience & aim to work towards a Phd linking creativity, learning, enterprise & social
regeneration in the next 5-10 years.
I have over 15 years project & conference management experience working in complex,
multi stakeholder partnerships, generally over the periods of 2, 3 to 5
years cycles of change & regeneration. I have experience of working with local,
regional & central government, social housing & local community activist groups
using coaching as a leadership style to develop working practices that are open,
collaborative & accountable. I am used to underpinning my work linked to Quality
Assurance marks such as Investors in People, PQASSO, Our Museum & Positive
about Disability marks. I have extensive project evaluation & report writing skills.
I currently support diverse start up & mid scale clients from across the UK & globally
to seek & secure investment through crowd funding such as Kickstarter, Crowdcube
& growth accelerators such as Pi Labs. Since 2002 I have co-led & worked in
teams raising over £9 million of mixed revenue & capital funding supporting
communities across the UK including Riverbank capital campaign, Kairos Foundation
Global Match funding UK programme, DCMS Find Your Talent, HLF, ESF, Arts Council
England funding, Lottery & Reclaim Our River wins £50K via People’s Millions ITV
SW crowd funding. I am an active member of sharing economy communities such as
Economy of Hours (ECHO), Embercombe & The RSA.
My mission is to co-create win-win, coaching led solutions for learners who address real
needs in the face of fast paced change such as devolution, Brexit & climate change.
I am seeking out next level education, enterprise & coaching led leadership role in
partnership within an award winning innovative, ethics and vision driven team.
33 Chillingham Street, Liverpool L8 9RX
07941 655 856 annabsexton@gmail.com
Anna B. Sexton BA FRSA MIOEE
PERSONAL
QUALITIES
Driven to create
results & exceed
targets
Motivated to
make a genuine
difference &
contribute
Values driven
Coaching,
consultative style
Committed to
follow through
Thorough &
determined
Sensitive to
diverse & different
people esp. their
learning styles
An inclusive
relationship
builder
Willing to think &
create out of the
box solutions
Creative
Collaborative
Life long learner
Passionate
ESSENTIALS
UK citizen with
current European
passport
Cleared fully
enhanced DBS
First aid certificate
Full and clean
driving licence
Public Liability
insurance
PC/Mac literate
using Microsoft
Office, Adobe
Photoshop
2. ENTERPRISE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
2017 – to date As Learning Facilitator for School for Social Entrepreneurs NW
I am co-designing a range of short term & long term
environmental social enterprise workshops & fellowship
programmes within secondary, college & entrepreneur
self directed learning settings. I am working with Our Bright
Futures; a national programme to accelerate young people’s
leadership & employability skills & working to accredit our
programmes with John Muir Awards. I have launched a
Hackathon, am developing sold courses &
am leading in developing SSE NW social media reach across
the NW & the UK.
2017 Business Accelerator Advisor, UCL Entrepreneurship,
Enterprise & Innovation team @ BASEKX Enterprise Hub with
a portfolio of 45 + student, graduate, academic & community
tenant led SMEs across digital, creative, social enterprise,
medi-tech, media, education & STEM start ups. Supporting UCL
Entrepreneurship to develop internal & external partnerships
with a range of local, regional development agencies,
corporates, SMEs & education settings i.e. schools & local
community groups.
2014 – to date Entrepreneur in Residence, London South Bank University
co-designing a range of business growth programmes for
start up to more established student, graduate & staff
businesses i.e. Graduate Entrepreneur Scheme, Make It
Happen & Rocket Accelerator. Businesses range across
reg-tech, digital, creative industries, engineering, global
tourism, green energy, retail, B2B support services, built
environment, community hubs, sports, health & social care,
print media & food companies.
2015 – to date Echo ++ accelerator programme alumni provider via creative
start ups workshop, Q&A panel speaker, & support to tweak
ongoing programme delivery & development. Working with
food, media, printing, fashion, retail & digital education start
ups.
2015 E-Factor accelerator mentor & pitching coach programme
for University of East London student enterprise working
with food based, fashion, B2B consultancy & creative
start up ventures.
2014 – 2015 Co-designing, delivery and evaluation of ERDF funded
Investment Escalator accelerator workshops with
London South Bank University & London Small Business
Centre as part of an ERDF 3 year programme.
2011 – 2015 Founded East London Creative Business Women’s Network
with deep:black working with over 75 female led creative
sole trader SMEs running talks, workshops & networking
get togethers.
2011 – 2014 Patron, speaker, co-designer of ERDF enterprise accelerator
programmes at Centre of Excellence for Women's
Entrepreneurship (CEWE), University of East London.
KEY EXPERTISE
Sustainable
cross sector,
multi agency
partnership
builder
Successful sales,
fundraising &
income
generation
expertise
Leadership
Coach, Self
Esteem &
Enterprise
Mentor
Business
development &
community
engagement
project
management
Setting up
projects to
safeguarding &
Quality
Assurance
standards
Managing hard
to reach
excluded & ESOL
groups
Learning &
community
consultations &
report writing
Design &
implementation
of offline &
digital
evaluation
processes
Design & roll out
of community
hub websites
Charity & social
enterprise
governance
Marketing &
media relations
Away Day co-
design
3. 2011 – 2013 Co-designed, delivered & evaluated networking
workshops as part of Ladies Who L-EARN accelerator
for young BAME women in East London, run by You
Make It.
2011 – 2013 Steering group member / facilitator for sharing economy
Innovation Hub turning underused community venues
into social, community & digital enterprise hubs.
2011 – 2012 Completed 9 month business Key Person of Influence
(KPI) accelerator with Daniel Priestley, Entrevo / ILM.
2011 Finalist voted 'most likely to succeed' in Beyond
Business enterprise programme with Bromley By Bow
Centre & Investec.
2007-2011 Cultural Leadership Programme alumni via Arts
Council / MLA.
ROLES
Blackburne House Group, School for Social Entrepreneurs NW
Learning Facilitator 12/2017 – to date
UCL Entrepreneurship, Enterprise & Innovation
Business Accelerator Advisor 06/2017 – 11/2017
Colchester Institute / University of Essex
Guest Lecturer on PhD in Leadership and Management 12/2014 – 04/2015
London South Bank University
Entrepreneur in Resident 08/2014 – to date
HND IT/Digital live project tutor
Speak for Success HSBC China Student Engineering Leadership programme
Hackney Museum / Hackney Archives, Hackney Council
Wellbeing Programme Manager 08/2014 – 04/2016
Echo – Economy of Hours, East London
Member / Workshop facilitator / Echo ++ alumni 01/2014 – to date
Human Organising Project / Festival of Human Organising, UK
Business development / steering group 01/2014 – 03/2017
Mental Health Foundation - Anxiety Arts Festival London 2014
Learning and Community Involvement Curator 01/2013 – 07/2014
TEDx Newham
Co-curator / event producer 12/2012 – 07/2013
Embercombe, Devon
Team building facilitator / Community Ambassador 03/2012 – to date
Idea Store Adult Learning, Tower Hamlets
Internal Grade 1 / External Grade 2 Ofsted Lecturer 01/2012 – 08/2016
Innovation Labs, London
Steering group / Workshop facilitator 09/2011 - 12/2013
Team London Ambassador, London
World Host for London 2012 Olympics 06/2009 – 09/2012
RELEVANT TRAINING
2017
Fire safety & Fire Marshall
training
Understanding Research
Methods
2015
PREVENT Agenda training
Disability/access training
The Care Act training
2014
Equality based decision
making
Views community
database system
Dementia Awareness
2013
Mental Health training
2012 – 2013
Mastery of sustainability
2012
John Lewis Customer
Service training
2010
Greening the Visual Arts
2010
Safeguarding Children’s
welfare
2009
Consulting with Parents
2008
Consult with young people
creatively
2007
Every Child Matters
2006
Power of Purpose for
Leaders
2005
Being a better supervisor
4. Greening Brownfield Community Food Growing Space, East London
Co-founder / Director 04/2009 – 02/2011
Bow Arts Trust, East London
Acting Head of Education and Learning 12/2008 – 08/2011
Community Business Development
Education Business Development
Carbon Better, Wiltshire
Business Development consultant 11/2006 – 11/2008
Parallel Community, Cornwall
Business development consultant 11/2006 – 07/2007
The Vaults Arts Centre, Bradford Upon Avon
Business development consultant 10/2006 – 11/2007
Open To Create...
Director 09/2006 – to date
Early Years Education & Children Centres
Business Development 05/2008 – 10/2008
We Love Marlborough; hyper local arts cooperative
Director / Co-founder 11/2005 – 09/2010
More To Life, London, Scotland and US
Facilitator / Mastery Teacher / Self Esteem Mentor 07/2005 – 08/2016
Riverbank Arts Centre, Kennet Valley Arts Trust
Business Development / Donor Manager 06/2005 – 03/2007
Beyond The Valley, London
Capacity Builder 10/2004 – 02/2006
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Artist Interaction & Representation (AIR)
Institute of Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (IOEE)
Heritage Learning Association (GEM)
Museums Associations (MA)
RSA Fellowship (FRSA)
SELECTED EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Award in Education & Training PTLLS Level 3 Feb 2018 – ongoing
Fine Art Alternative MA TOMA / METAL Southend 2016 - 2017
Enterprise & Entrepreneur mentor MIOEE 2013
Welcoming Tourists and Visitors Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Pass 2012
Self Esteem Enhancement Mentor Kairos Education Foundation 2011
KPI Business Brand Accelerator Completed - ILM 2011 - 2012
Creative Leadership Unleashed Completed – CLP/MLA/ACE 2011
5. Photo Image Capture Distinction - City & Guilds 2010 - 2011
Creative Leadership Coaching Pass - CLP/ MLA / ACE 2009
Community Arts Management Wiltshire Council 2007
Management NVQ Level 4 5 units passed -ILM 2003 – 2005
BTEC Certificate in Electronic Media Pass – Bibliotech 1998
Desk Top Publishing & Technology
Fine Art BA Hons 2:1 Liverpool John 1994 – 1997
Moores University
Fine Art BTEC Diploma - Pass Ravensbourne College 1993 – 1994
A-Levels A Levels 1991 – 1993
Theatre Studies – A
Art & Design – B
Biology – C
History of Art - D
AS Level Photography B 2006 – 2007
GCSEs 10 GCSE grades A-C
including Maths & English 1989 – 1991
PERSONAL INTERESTS
I enjoy walking, caravan holidays in Wales & Devon, reading about British History & gardening. I am
currently part of bringing Antiuniversity alternative education collective & festival programme to Liverpool
linking up with Metal Liverpool & Liverpool John Moores Arts Department.
LINKEDIN REFERENCES
https://www.linkedin.com/in/opentocreate-annabsexton/ On request
