Russell is our Managing Director and Principal Consultant and founded the business in 2003; he prides himself on remaining a personal source of contact for each and every Greenborough client, ensuring the needs of the project are delivered to the highest standard by the team. Russell has worked for over 35 years in a number of business environments, from multi-national plcs, right through to start-ups. He has worked in both private and public sectors, and, almost uniquely, has spent 20 years at the interface between the two.

He has developed and managed a number of successful businesses, both for himself, and others, and relishes a challenge. Current roles, in addition to leading Greenborough, include Director of 10×10 Business Services and Chair of the Regional Advisory Board of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.  He is Non-Executive Director for 3 external businesses and undertakes regular speaking engagements.  Russell is also a retained business advisor to a number of SME businesses and public projects.

Russell  achieved Highly Commended at the East Midlands Institute of Director’s Annual Awards (2019) to go with his Runners Up at the Great British Entrepreneurs’ Awards.

“Russell took the time to listen and understand the business and what it needed to propel it forward. Last week we finally secured the funding for expansion that we needed all thanks to the guidance and good advice from Russell – something that seemed like a minefield at first was made to feel simplistic and straight forward.” – Sion Roberts, Eagle Eye Innovations Ltd

Rachel is an accomplished bid and proposal writer with a proven ability to lead teams to develop successful responses to a range of opportunities including SSQs, EOIs, ITTs, DPS Frameworks, RfQs, RfPs, RoATP and RoTO applications, commercial contracts, grant funding, award and kitemark or quality endorsement applications.

Extensive experience gained in the public sector in identifying, leading on, preparing and managing complex EU and UK tenders and contracts, mainly within the Education sector (£90m+).

Michelle is our Head of Business Development, charged with leading on the identification of new funding streams and for driving our marketing and business development activities.  She is the energy and expertise behind our strategic relationships with funders and innovative businesses, and acts as the link between the two.

Michelle has worked in the public sector for over 12 years and joins us following a highly successful career with the University of Lincoln.   Michelle was responsible for helping secure external funding income for commercial research and knowledge transfer activities along with developing long term strategic partnerships. As well as being a vital member of the team running the 10by10 Business Accelerator Programme, Michelle was the inspiration behind the set-up of the programme.

“Michelle’s feedback was extremely valuable and really helped us to understand exactly what the evaluators wanted to see from an application. Without Michelle’s support I think the outcome could have been much less positive” – Leo Scott-Smith, Tended

Paul is our Head of Operations, responsible for the delivery of our business support programmes, including Grants4Growth, the Gainsborough Growth Fund and The Innovation Programme for Greater Lincolnshire, and for ensuring that we meet our contract objectives. Paul’s diverse business background covers significant time in retail, financial services and healthcare insurance and, since joining the team in 2013, he has managed multiple projects.

Jan is our Project Administration Manager. With extensive experience in business administration, Jan manages our public funding claims processes, ensures we are compliant with our contract terms and conditions and leads the administration support for Greenborough.

Jan is often the first point of contact for email and phone enquiries, as well as responding to business support enquiries from EMIN and its clients.

Stuart joined the Greenborough team as our Innovation Manager, leading the content of our innovation support programmes.  He has vast experience  in helping businesses to innovate to drive productivity.  He also works with a significant number of graduate start-up businesses.

Derek is our Head of IP and has led ProspectIP since February 2007 where he was primarily responsible for major aspects of ProspectIP’s management and operational performance, providing expertise in the development and delivery of a range of services to the company’s range of clients. Prior to joining ProspectIP Derek was the co-founder and Commercial Director of Reagent Mine Limited and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kalibrant Limited. Both companies operated in the life science and biotechnology arena. His responsibilities included company strategy and technology development including product management, formulation of the commercialisation and  IP strategy, and its exploitation. He helped secure £6m start-up and development capital from blue chip venture capitalists with other executive directors and successfully protected the technology with 12 granted patents in Europe, Far East and the US.

Rebecca is an accomplished marketer with over 15 years’ experience in the industry. Rebecca enjoys nothing more than supporting ambitious businesses with assets and strategy required for growth. Rebecca’s expertise lie in multi-channel campaigns that ensure products or services provided are effectively communicating to the target customer. Rebecca provides clarity and focus to a marketing campaign to ensure a business is always meeting the needs of their customer base.

Rebecca will often work closely with our clients on strategy, consultancy and ensure messaging and designs are on brand.

Olivia is responsible for ensuring the seamless execution of day-to-day operations at Greenborough Management. From overseeing incoming communications to coordinating meetings and events, Olivia serves as a central point of contact, facilitating smooth interactions across all departments. Working closely with our Marketing Director, Olivia ensures clear and efficient communication of tasks and messages throughout the business.

Olivia possesses strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and creativity to contribute effectively to both areas of the business.