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Gary Foord

Gary Foord

Great Haywood,Staffordshire

Summary

Having spent the first years of my professional career earning my living through sporting performance, I have a very clear understanding of commitment, presentation, value for money and accountability. I transferred these skills into coaching younger athletes, with success at world and Olympic level. With a desire to travel less, I opened my own business and was successful enough that after 20 years, one of the world’s leading bike brands bought my cycle store and employed me in a role to assist in the development of similar businesses. Leading by example is something I find rewarding, and with a good and varied career to date, will look forward to adding value within a new challenge.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work history

Community Development Lead

Specialized Retail UK
Dorking, Surrey
09.2022 - 12.2024
  • Carried out day-to-day management duties accurately and effectively.
  • Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines with a focus on maximizing investment.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed to support colleagues in achieving combined success.
  • Efficiently ran my own daily programme with accurate reporting.

Retail business owner

Self employed
Stafford, West Midlands
02.2002 - 09.2022

I founded and developed a cycling retail business with a focus on financial performance alongside a significant local community inclusion. This was a great success resulting in a business aquisition by one of the worlds leading bike brands.

National Cycling Coach

British Cycling.
Manchester, Greater Manchester
01.1999 - 02.2002

I had full responsibility for the development and training of Olympic standard athletes through major championships around the world. This was a coach led programme with significant accountability, enabling me to continue and fine tune the skills I had learned as an Olympic athlete myself.

Professional athlete

Scott International.
Zurich, Switzerland.
05.1993 - 12.1998

Professional Cyclist representing a number of global brands, culminating in me competing for Great Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Sports Science

Brighton University
Eastbourne
09.1988 - 05/1991

Skills

Computer and communications literate

Confident presenter

Calm under pressure

Good at operating in a fast paced environment

Target driven

Team player whilst enjoying leading

Good at prioritizing

Affiliations

  • A keen cyclist, runner and general outdoor person.

Home life.

Married with three high achieving children.

Timeline

Community Development Lead

Specialized Retail UK
09.2022 - 12.2024

Retail business owner

Self employed
02.2002 - 09.2022

National Cycling Coach

British Cycling.
01.1999 - 02.2002

Professional athlete

Scott International.
05.1993 - 12.1998

Bachelor of Science - Sports Science

Brighton University
09.1988 - 05/1991
Gary Foord