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Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Hounslow House

Working on strategic programmes as part of the Transformation team to realise the strategic objectives of OneHounslow. Project managing the development and delivery of Hounslow's;* Commitment to adopting a Community Wealth Building economic approach* Programme of work to reduce physical inactivity levels in the borough* Programme of work to improve the.

London Area, United Kingdom

Fixed term contract as a hybrid Business Analyst / Project Manager.D-flo specialises in innovative, sustainable customer communications solutions for the travel industry and beyond.

London, United Kingdom

• Travel industry business professional with excellent programme and information management skills.
• Providing business consultancy services to a variety of travel industry clients that include; travel management companies, specialist tour operators, cruise and ferry operators.
• Facilitating and conducting project planning and analysis phase activities including: o investment logic mappingo project scope identification and analysiso business process mappingo documenting current state data and.
• providing project management services on a variety of projects running simultaneously

London, United Kingdom

• Overall responsibility for the delivery of all company projects. Managing the implementation and improvement of the proprietary travel management system.
• Initiating a project to create a centralised datastore and reporting hub along with decommissioning the legacy systems.
• Introducing the application of best practice information management principles to the business information assets.
• Leading the Business Information and Technology team
• Workload management – maintaining focus on priority tasks and features
• Performance management - identifying skills gaps, mentoring and coaching staff

London, United Kingdom

After 4 years in New Zealand I decided to return to the UK with my family.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

• The Evidence, Data and Knowledge group is responsible for gathering, synthesising and communicating data and information on the New Zealand education system. I reported to the group manager Data and Information.
• Delegated business ownership responsibilities for the replacement Identity and Access Management solution programme of work - utilising AGILE methodology.
• Delegated business ownership responsibilities for Ministry systems including the register of all education institutions in New Zealand, the national student enrolment system and the national standards assessment.
• Developing business cases for Treasury budget bids using the Better Business Case (BBC) methodology
• Enabling the successful centralised capture of key education datasets including enrolment, achievement and engagement data.
• Business process mapping, requirement gathering and continued business improvement implementation within the business group.

ICE specialises in managed IT and consultancy services predominantly for the travel industry. On a temporary contract / consultancy basis, I assisted with the development of business requirement documentation for the air component of a travel management system.

London, United Kingdom

After returning from travelling and while preparing to relocate to New Zealand, I returned to assist with a number of business critical IT projects. Including; enhancing the connectivity between the back-office travel management system and the website / online booking system, implementing improvements to the travel management system; auditing hardware and.

London, United Kingdom

• Topdeck is the world’s leading youth tour operator, specialising in coach tours for the 18 to 39-year-old market. Carrying more than 50,000 clients annually to destinations world-wide. During my tenure as general.
• Overseeing the operation of all European, Middle Eastern, African and North America based tours to ensure profitability.
• Setting annual budgets and monthly reporting on sales and profitability to the MD and Board of Directors.
• Line managing 7 senior managers including recruitment, training, mentoring and coaching
• Overseeing the management of 45 London office-based staff and over 200 Europe based road crew.
• Final approval on yield management, tour pricing and changes to itineraries.

• Analysed company accounts and operational expenses to ensure profitability
• Introduced and implemented companywide policy changes
• Overall responsibility for operations of the tours in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America
• Overall responsibility for the online and offline marketing strategies
• Developed and implemented the tour risk management policy
• Developed and implemented the crisis management plan

• Managed offline and online marketing in the UK, Europe, North America and South Africa
• Managed online and offline advertising contracts
• Managed the Tucan Travel brand development
• Developed new travel styles, itineraries and products
• Managed the online booking systems, payment systems and ongoing reservation system development
• Managed the worldwide brochure production and brochure production team

I led groups of like minded travel enthusiasts around the countries of Latin America, Cuba and the Caribbean. I learnt a great deal about the cultures, history and politics of developing nations, as well as the way people interact with alien environments and each other within those environments. Dealing with ever present political unrest, natural.

Bachelor Of Commerce And Administration, Double Major Management And Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts, French Language And Literature