1. 26 Market Street
Long Sutton
Lincolnshire
PE12 9DF UK
NIGEL R GANT
MCMI
M: +44 (0) 7760 754619
T: +44 (0) 1406 363476
E: bonnacon@aol.com
PROFILE
o Methodical, disciplined and impartial in problem solving with a record of success in identifying and
selecting the correct options
o An enthusiastic and diplomatic mediator in both team and individual contexts
o A multi-role trainer, and training programme designer/evaluator with thirty years’ relevant experience
o Resource Investigator / Monitor Evaluator / Teamworker
KEY SKILLS
o Ability to encourage, support and develop others
o Ability to differentiate problem from symptom
o Methodical, disciplined, thorough and tenacious in approach
o Long term strategic level planning
o Real-time decision making
RECENT CAREER KEY SUMMARY
Lead Trainer, Wingland Foods, Sutton Bridge, Lincs March 2014 – to date
Trainer, Wingland Foods, Sutton Bridge, Lincs January 2012 – March 2014
Company Director (2) 4 and 20 Blackbirds C.I.C. October 2010 – to date
o Responsibility for finance, logistics and transport
o Head of volunteer training
Company Director (1) February 2009 - June 2012
o Responsibility for finance, buildings and transport
o Locum counsellor, weight loss and long term weight management
Partnerships Manager - Police April 2008 – February 2009
o Head of Community Safety
o Management of Architectural Liaison Officers, Crime Reduction Officers and Mobile Police Station
crews force-wide
o Multi-agency liaison with partners under the Crime and Disorder Reduction Act, including Local
Government Authorities, Primary Care Trust, Fire Services, Victim Support organisation, National
Probation Service
Key achievements
o Force-wide evaluation of departmental personnel, management structures, finance and resource
allocation processes, essential to strategic force re-structuring planning

2. o Introduction of “mutual exchange” joint training with partner agencies resulting in closer
operational liaison, better understanding of organisational roles and responsibilities,and cost-
saving
Command & Control Centre Training Manager -
Police
April 2006 – April 2008
Key Achievements
o Recognition of the tutor role as an integral
part of the training structure and held up
as good practice by Her Majesty’s
Inspector of Constabulary,
o Separation of specialised control room
training from generic Force training
programmes and creation of dedicated 24/7
training and support structure personalised to
each individual staff member.
o Introduction of staff rotation to maintain
broad spectrum skill levels.
o Creation of task-structured one-day
exchange programmes between control room
staff and operational officers/supervisors
Activities and Responsibilities
o Head of the Personnel Training &
Development Team for all grades of officer
and staff working within the Force Control
Room environment
o Responsibility for the long-term strategic
developmental training of staff entering and
leaving control room posts, including
specialised curriculum design
o Senior Management Team responsibility for
ensuring performance against Force and
Government targets.
o Responsible for the introduction of “new
concept” structures to reflect the variable
requirements of shift, room, and Force-
based training obligations, including tutor,
modular and supervisor development
programmes
o Responsibility for the specialised training
required by all staff in control room posts
including budgetary control.
o Evaluation of the effectiveness of delivery
and “fitness for purpose” of all training
courses and techniques
Control Room Manager – Police October 1999 – April 2006
Key Achievements
o Development of highly effective real-time decisive decision-making skills
o Oversaw smooth transfer of control room functions to new equipment in a new building on a new
site successfully managing staffing, technical, and logistical issues whilst maintaining business as
usual.
Activities and Responsibilities
o Management, including responsibility for effective deployment of operational police resources
o Personal responsibility for the specific deployment, command and control of specialised, armed
response units
o Direct line management of Control Room staff
o Chief Assessor for Potential Recruit Selection Centres

3. Divisional Manager - Police September 1996 – October 1999
o Responsibility for divisional management and performance against targets
o Responsibility under the Police & Criminal Evidence Act for custody detention reviews in relation to
arrested persons and for reprimands, final warnings and formal cautioning
o Operational command of spontaneous and pre-planned incidents requiring on-scene command
including such as Public Order, Demonstrations and Firearms deployments
Investigative Interview Techniques Trainer - Police January 1995 – September 1996
o Responsibility for designing, delivering and evaluating a highly specialised prisoner interview
course
o Delivering this course to external agencies
such as Norfolk Fire Service to assist staff
tribunal procedures
o Ongoing assessment of course content and
relevance by responding to case law and
legal directives
o Senior Assessor for Police Recruit Selection Centres
Custody Manager - Police April 1993 – January 1995
o Responsibility for the personal welfare, access to legal rights and correct treatment of
approximately 10,000 detained persons annually
o Supervision of Custody Staff
Operational Supervision - Police April 1990 – April 1993
Force Trainer – Police April 1988 - April 1990
o Responsibility for the demonstration of, and training in, unarmed defensive tactics and new
defensive equipment as introduced from time to time such as the PR-24 baton
o Responsibility for delivering a full range of training courses to staff Force-wide, including initial and
induction training to new civilian and uniformed staff, and Custody Officer, Traffic law, Enquiry
Office and Senior Constables Refresher courses
o Assessor for Potential Recruit Selection Centres
National Force Trainer – Police February 1987 – April 1988
o Initial basic law and procedure training of new recruits from Regional Police Forces
Operational Patrol and detective roles - Police February 1979 – February 1987
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member – Chartered Management Institute
Corporate Member – Association for Heritage Interpretation