Duncan Adams

About

Duncan helps leaders and boards sharpen their story and win over the people who matter most to them.

He’s spent most of his career leading marketing and communications in further and higher education. He was Group Director at Warwickshire College Group, one of the UK’s largest FE groups, and at London & South East Education Group, now Elevare. He was also Director of Business Development at Bader College on the Herstmonceux Castle estate, and interim Director of Communications and Governance at Victim Support.

On our projects he brings strategy, repositioning, brand development and stakeholder engagement. He also brings a calm head for crisis communications. He knows how colleges and charities work from the inside, and he knows what a board needs to see before it says yes.

He sees governance from the other side of the table too. He’s a trustee of St Wilfrid’s Hospice and the Association of Colleges Charitable Trust, and he helped steer Greater Brighton Metropolitan College through intervention and financial recovery.

EXPERTISE: Strategy and repositioning · Brand development · Marketing and student recruitment · Stakeholder engagement · Crisis communications · Governance and fundraising

QUALIFICATIONS: BA (Hons) Media Production, Bournemouth University

TRAINING: Gateway Entrepreneurial Leadership Programme, Babson College · Introduction to Executive Coaching, Academy of Executive Coaching

GOVERNANCE: Trustee and Trading Company Director, St Wilfrid’s Hospice · Trustee, Association of Colleges Charitable Trust · Former Governor, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College

ROLES: Founder, DJA Advisory · Founder member, EastbourneCan