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Macclesfield, GB

Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom

Macclesfield, Cheshire

Assisted a number of start-up organisations in aviation industry

Delivered reports / advice on a variety of strategic topics for a company transitioning from a smaller, family-led organisation to a more structured, ‘corporate’ environment

Farnborough

Managed the organisation immediately after its acquisition; an unsettling period for the staff and business;Provided stable leadership and direction to the team and management group (c. 70 staff, turnover £25m), including flight- and ground operations, engineering, finance and HR; enabling them to focus on delivering consistent service to the company’s.

Surbiton, Surrey

Developed and delivered a 100 page Feasibility Study; a strategic new product for this major player in Europe’s Air Charter Broker sector

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Overall responsibility for Germany's 2nd largest executive jet airline; encompassing P&L, operations (flight ops, maintenance, crew training, ground ops, safety, quality), sales & marketing, finance, HR and IT

Surbiton, Surrey

Set up subsidiaries in Germany & Brazil - managed whole project including pre-project research, incorporation of legal entities, recruitment of personnel, negotiation of office leases and fit out.

Paris, France / Crawley, West Sussex

Member of the global Trading Board, managing the operations in France (Air Partner’s 2nd largest operation) and Sweden. Total responsibility for P&L, sales, account management, marketing, finance, human resources and administration; an annual overhead budget of several million €s

Crawley, West Sussex

Lead the sales effort for the Airport Systems Division breaking into the German market. Built relationships with airport / airline customers, played a central role in formulating the responses to competitive tenders and ‘closing the sale’. Lead a regional and head office based sales, marketing and account development team with responsibility for Europe.

Bramhall, Cheshire

Lead Business Development - Servisair’s expansion into Europe, managed the responses to competitive tenders and played a central role in acquisition and joint venture negotiations. Additional responsibilities included, for a time, complete responsibility for the management of the Head Office commercial department of 25 staff and overall P&L responsibility.

Head up the Business Development unit, to give a more direct focus to the winning of new business and the development of existing business, both from UK and overseas airline and tour operating sectors.

Developed a European network of sales offices, based on the marketing of destination-based charter airline capacity and increased the company’s customer and supplier base.

Project – Seat Sales – Set up a small specialist team to counter a threat to the strategic position of the in-house airline. National Accounts - Formulated, developed and managed an educational programme for travel agency staff. Overseas Senior Representative - responsible for up to 25 representatives.