An entrepreneurial and innovative senior executive with a solid track record directing operations and developing, evaluating, and implementing creative business opportunities within some of the world’s largest companies. Strategic thinker and visionary planner with extensive experience increasing business value by building strategic partnerships, driving innovation and new ways of thinking, and developing strategic agility and strong innovation capability. An inspirational leader with a global mindset and ability to effectively lead and mobilise cross-cultural teams to achieve corporate goals.Believes people are at the heart of every organisation and a prime source of competitive advantage. Committed to drawing the best out of every person and helping next generation leaders succeed.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS► Developed business strategy for large UK wholesale banking client spanning 50 countries. Saved client €93M in global IT assets over three years.► Founded and grew an international not-for-profit association from inception to 12K members. Directed merger to form an NPO establishing the largest Association of Enterprise Architects in the world.► A key player in the development of a new partnership strategy recognised by key industry leaders as “one of the most remarkable partnership strategies in the services world.” Increased total revenue US$1.5B and total contract value with 32% to $26.5B within one year.PROVEN COMPETENCIESInternational Operations Management | Cross-Cultural Leadership | Talent & Team Building | Strategic Planning & Execution | Develop Strategic Response to Digital Disruption | Innovation Management | Business Development | Building (Digital) Partnerships | Executive Leadership Development | Business & Technology Transformation | Change Management | Organisational Psychology | Executive CoachUNIQUELY QUALIFIEDGraduated from two prestigious global business schools - INSEAD (France, UAE, Singapore) and Tsinghua University (China).