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Cowes, Isle Of Wight, Gb

WightFibre provides phone, TV and broadband services to homes and businesses on the Isle of Wight. WightFibre's purpose is to make the Isle of Wight one of the best connected places on the planet with world-class digital connectivity second to none. The WightFibre Gigabit Island Project has deployed full-fibre broadband to over 70,000 homes and businesses across the Island, 85% coverage. Ultimately the project will see over 80,000 homes connected to our ultrafast, future-proof, resilient and secure network.

Burbank, Ca, Us

In addition to my role as Finance Director for the UK and Nordics, from December 2019 I was the European Twentieth Century Fox Finance Lead for the integration of Fox and Disney, involving the transition of people, processes and systems to a combined entity. I led, motivated and engaged teams, managing change through a prolonged period of volatility and uncertainty across 6 European territories. The transition successfully completed, my role was made redundant in September 2020.

New York, Ny, Us

My responsibilities increased to include the Nordic region (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) from September 2017. I managed teams of 11 in London and 7 in Stockholm, with combined revenue of c.$200m.I was a UK Board Director and Company Secretary from April 2018. I was also a UK Company Pension Trustee and Board Director in Sweden.

New York, Ny, Us

I was responsible for all aspects of the Finance function including commercial planning, market insight, deal analysis and due diligence, budgeting and forecasting, statutory and US Head Office reporting, SOX and compliance.

New York, Ny, Us

I was a business partner to the Sales & Marketing teams, managing a team of 6. My responsibilities included budgeting and forecasting at a title, category and customer level; market insight; and deal/pricing analysis. I created the customer profitability reporting and forecasting model. I travelled to Japan, Australia, Germany and France to help assemble and develop the local Commercial Planning teams.

Hayes, Middlesex, Gb

Entertainment UK (EUK) was Europe’s largest distributor of home entertainment products (Music, Home Video, Games and Books) with 4 distribution centres, providing value-added category management services to leading retailers and internet companies. The digital division provided digital and data services. Part of Woolworths Group plc, with turnover £1.3bn. I managed a team of 30, business partnering with the Supply Chain, Sales, New Business and Trading teams.EUK went into administration with the failure of Woolworths Group plc in November 2008. The administration was run by Deloitte and assisted by Gordon Brothers. I was the most senior member of Finance retained through the administration period, working alongside the remaining Board members and administrators, leading the Finance team through this challenging period. I modelled various scenarios, attempting to sell the profitable business, whilst recovering debtors, resolving creditor disputes and liquidating inventory.

Hayes, Middlesex, Gb

- Sales & New Business - responsible for deal analysis, customer terms support, sales forecasting/budgeting and customer profitability - managed a team of 5- Inventory & Overheads - chaired the Stock Steering Committee and created the Stock Disposal Team - responsibilities increased to include all overheads and accounts payable in addition to supply chain - managed a team of 9- Supply Chain - responsible for budgeting, forecasting and reporting distribution costs across 4 warehouses; and inventory, including internal stock controls - managed a stock markdown/disposal budget of £11m and modelled site strategy proposal saving £1m p/a- managed a team of 3- Trading & Promotions - responsible for margin and promotional analysis - managed a team of 5

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Bsc, Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics And Economics

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