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Paul Rumble, founding director

Our founder, Paul Rumble, created The Other Stuff Limited in Autumn 2000 to develop a career in general management and operations which began with his studies for a degree in Business at the University of Westminster.

Paul's experience at Cranks in managing the operations of a dynamic organisation has given him a sound grounding in organisational structure, business process re-engineering and personnel development.

At Mobart, his responsibilities increased to include the general administration and support of the office and its staff, IT management, supervision of the sales team and event management (including the company's representation at industry exhibitions in London and Nice). He was also involved in Mobart's acquisition of Blanx Ltd.

His time with The Broadcast Partnership was short as he was asked to join one of the directors to assist her in founding her own business, Helen Harrison & Company. Paul was responsible for the formation and management of the financial systems, the administration of the business, and also took a major role in client handling.

Paul used his merger integration and company foundation experience at CGI London, where he was responsible for the business process, personnel and IT integration of the merger between CGI and Ingleton Thomas. He also undertook his first major office move and architectural refurbishment.

As Head of Management Resources at Haygarth Group, Paul had operational responsibility for providing all support resources for the business. This included: office/facilities management for two sites; IT&T strategy/management; HR admin/strategy; health & safety; company secretarial; car fleet management, strategy and policy; expenditure budgeting and control; recruitment, training and supervision of all administrative personnel.

Paul gained experience in change management and organisational restructuring at Fluke. As Operations Director he was responsible for the general management of the business in four countries (UK and Scandinavia) and was Company Secretary for Fluke (UK) Ltd. He also undertook the role of European HR Director on an $8million project to geographically realign the business, creating four regional call centres and closing nine country offices, including his own.

The nature of Paul's working methodology throughout his career is that by project managing the implementation of correct processes, systems and procedures, he effectively ensures that the time needed to "manage" these tasks is reduced. By offering these services on a project-by-project basis, Paul understands that win-win solutions are possible for both his clients and his company.