Interview
Rebecca Bekkenutte, Managing Director at Gateley Global, shares some insight into her role.
I am the Managing Director for Gateley Global. My role is very dynamic and diverse and covers both private and public sector work. I support non-UK owned businesses that are looking to either set up and/ or grow their presence in the UK. I also generate opportunities across the firm through business development activities and respond to public sector tenders to deliver managed services programmes such as inward investment services. I also place marketing initiatives for local authorities and LEPs working with local government bodies and national organisation such as the Department for International Trade.
My daily activities will depend on what my clients need, what tenders are live and whether or not we have any activities to perform for tenders the team has won.
Over the last three months, the team has been very busy in writing a large multi-submission tender; creating a delivery service from scratch in lines with a set budget and mobilisation plan. I have also been leading on the writing and submission of several other local government tenders (although on a much smaller scale). I have been involved with ‘Meet the Expert’ calls with Turkish entrepreneurs looking to grow their business in the UK, and I have been running a series of ‘UK insight’ webinars aimed at American businesses in Texas who may be considering expansion into the UK and/ or Europe.
So far, the highlight for me while at Gateley has definitely been the tendering and submission process for a multi-million pound public sector tender. I led on the inward investment service line, and I had to create a full-scale plan on managing a team, creating a team structure and functions, propose a delivery time-scale and performance outcomes. I also created innovative solutions to delivering the client’s suggested leading indicators.