Rita Mascia

Mentor

Winning over a million £ with my very first proposal over 21 years ago gave me an addiction to bidding from which I am still recovering. Time to start my own ‘Bidding Addicts Anonymous’ group! No, seriously, I am here simply because I like to give something back to this wonderful association and its members from whom I have learned so much. I am proud to have been certified in all the accreditations that the APMP offers.

In these past two decades I became very experienced in EU funding such as ESF, ERDF, Horizon 2020, and public sector funding in the UK. One of the key skills I have developed in this period is the ability to create and lead partnerships for the purpose to tender as a consortium. From 2012 to 2017 I’ve also had a go at running my own limited company working in health care, transport, facility management, construction, not for profit, education, and independent consultancies. It has been a steep learning curve but I am so glad I did it. Nothing better than being your own boss for learning really fast!

Nowadays I work at Altro Limited, a global company that has been featured 11 times in one of the “Top 100 companies to work for in the UK” by The Sunday Times! As the first bid manager in the company, I know what starting from scratch means. In my role of Global Bid Manager, I head the bid management function for our Transport sector in a field – rail – that I could never have imagined myself working in.

And that’s the beauty of our profession. We can work in any sector, as the world is our oyster, and we are the shiny pearls! My wish as a mentor is helping our mentees make their pearls shine brightly.

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