Leading with Confidence: Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders

Subrah leads the Chamber’s Research and Analytics team that supports the Chamber’s Policy & Campaigning work by conducting research on economic issues and business policy to provide relevant and up-to-date insights including sector specific reports. As part of this, Subrah leads on the research for the development and implementation of the Greater Manchester Local Skills Improvement Plan, a Department for Education funded initiative to ensure that available post-16 technical education or training is more responsive and closely aligned to local labour market needs .

Subrah also runs the influential Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) for Greater Manchester and is the QES co-ordinator for the wider North West. As part of the Research & Analytics team, Subrah helped develop and improve the Chamber’s highly acclaimed Construction Pipeline Analysis, a methodology recommended by government and industry for  modelling medium-term demand in the construction sector and supply-side shortfalls in skills.

Wayne has been employed in the Manufacturing Industry for more than 30 years, holding various positions in Sales, Project Management, Operations, After Sales, Engineering and R&D. He has resided in Norway, UAE and Oman.

Wayne started his career at British Aerospace in Woodford, completing his Apprenticeship at Mather & Platt in Newton Heath, Manchester before moving to the Sulzer Corporation, a Swiss company with a factory located in Leeds. Here he moved onto the Board of Directors responsible for all after sales activities in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

He joined the MAN Group in 2005 to head the UK aftermarket business before becoming Managing Director in October of the same year. Wayne led a major restructuring programme turning the Company from significant losses into a profitable result in less than
18 months. In 2009 a new purpose-built Headquarters was constructed in Greater Manchester, housing a state-of-the-art Academy, one of only 13 across the entire worldwide MAN organisation. This was used to develop the skills of the existing workforce, created a
commercial opportunity to train the customer base and was utilised by many schools and colleges to give student first had knowledge of this sector.

Nick Rose MSc is a Sales Leader who specialises in coaching and developing individuals to achieve their full potential at Sharp UK.

Nick is responsible for helping to set and implement the sales strategy to navigate the business through a period of transformation and is passionate about a ‘people first’ approach. Nick considers the creation and delivery of Sharp UK’s successful Sales Academy to be one of his greatest professional achievements.

In addition to his role at Sharp, Nick takes every opportunity that he can to help promote sales as an inclusive profession for all and is also proud to be a board member at pro-Manchester.

Nick holds a master’s degree in Senior Sales Leadership from Middlesex University, has won numerous awards, has helped to raise more than £100,000 for charitable causes, and has held a Guinness World Record for organising and playing in a 72-hour long football match!

Away from work Nick is a proud parent and a keen runner, recently completing his first ultra marathon.

Gareth Burrow, Group Head of Employment and Skills at Trafford and Stockport College Group, has more than 14 years of experience in the Further Education and Higher Education sectors. Drawing on his expertise in financial sector management, Gareth is dedicated to transforming lives through education and skills development. He has led the creation of innovative training academies that contribute to the advancement of Greater Manchester’s Work and Skills Strategy. Gareth is instrumental in driving high achievement and retention rates to over 2000 adult learners and apprentices, helping to shape their futures and enhance opportunities year after year.