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As an Executive Director I was responsible for all commercial activities within IPE - Europe's leading source of information for the pension fund community. Additionally I ran a team of 30 staff in varying roles and I took joint responsibility for the day to day management of the company.I was responsible for the sales and marketing teams across the business. Under my leadership, year-on-year revenue grew 13%. 2017 and 2018 each saw record company-wide revenue for the business. My responsibility extended to ensuring strong and deep relationships across the European asset management community in addition to building on our unparalleled relationships with pension funds.I took significant involvement in formulating a strategic role to ensure the company’s growth over the coming years.

With annual turnover of $789 trillion, Euroclear is one of the world’s largest providers of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, ETF and mutual fund transactions. This was a contract role in which I was responsible for growing the use of Euroclear's FundSettle platform among pension funds and other institutional investors.

As Regional Director and Head of Sales (EMEA) for Russell Indexes, I was the founding director of the division and introduced Russell Indexes to Europe. I established Russell as a new provider in the region by building relationships with - and securing adoption of the indices among - asset managers, ETF providers, structured product desks, pension funds and investment consultants. In negotiating and closing commercial terms with clients and prospects, I built the revenue of the division to ensure that EMEA made a significant contribution to the bottom line of Russell Indexes globally.I led the business development and marketing function of the group to include press relations, speaking at industry conferences, appointing an advertising agency and allocation of advertising budget. I was responsible for building strategic relationships and initiated the relationship with Chi-x for development of co-branded indices. I conceived the CHERI™ (Chi-x Europe Russell Indexes) brand name.Under my leadership the team grew to include additional sales expertise, client service, marketing and administrative associates.

Set up division as Head of Licensing and Sales for S&P Index Services (Europe). Client base included structured product manufacturers and asset managers across the region. I grew revenue for the region 5-fold. I established the marketing plan and developed the advertising schedule, maintaining relationships with industry publications.