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Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Available for full-time/interim roles as a commercial & project manager.

United Kingdom

Designing all Sales and Marketing activities for Nucore's SkyTRAACS & TRAACS 'back-office' integrated data analysis & reporting solutions to travel organisations worldwide. Visit www.nucore.in for more details & for an online demo please message me here.

Europe

The ameliaRES system is a robust PSS complete with reservation, flight, fare & inventory management. Travel agent / Public web booking & check-in + call centre booking portals with a full DCS. ameliaRES & ameliaCARGO solutions are currently in use by a range of LCC, VLCC & Full Service airlines worldwide. For more information on ameliaRES, visit.

Malta

Evaluating pre-start-up commercial feasibility for the Malta-based passenger airline. If you are in start-up mode & would benefit from independent, experienced business development, sales, pricing & distribution insights then please message me.

United Kingdom

Managing Airline Metrics' Sales & Business Development responsibilities via direct sales & partnering with 3rd Party GSA's worldwide.

Addis Ababa / Amsterdam / Belgrade

Project managing 3 back-to-back Etihad Airways route launches as a part of EY Sales Operations team. Specifically focusing on delivering the integrated commercial plan for each launch project (ADD, AMS, BEG).

UK

For family reasons

Bahrain

Strategic development of network-wide quality sales revenue.

Muscat

Commercial responsibility for all sales areas across South Asia and Far East

Libya

Design and delivery of sales and marketing strategies in Libya; Reorganising reporting structure in order to maximise efficiency and effectiveness in competitive but growing market. Modernising thinking and service standards to differentiate QR from the crowd.

Islamabad

Managed all commercial activities as Country Manager for Pakistan & Afghanistan based in ISB. The assignment was cut short when BA cancelled the route for security reasons.

Dhaka

Managed all BA commercial activities in Bangladesh & held POA - drove significant CoS reduction & modernization programmes of all sales & customer service operations.

Cairo

Managed the complexities of BAs varied interests across Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia & Sudan. Designed & delivered a major programme to reduce standard commission in Egypt - a strategy subsequently followed by all airlines in that market. Terminated large GSA agreement & took that work in-house at no extra cost. Launched Red Sea routes.

Jeddah

Managed all political, commercial & security-related challenges as BA’s senior representative. Delivered significant efficiencies via a review & reorganisation of the entire business model. This required the negotiation of a major outsourcing contract which strengthened the airline’s commercial position, reduce overheads & improved route contribution &.

London, United Kingdom

Negotiated & performance-managed a portfolio of large business and leisure agencies.

Diploma Business Administration, Management Studies

Sponsored by BA to study while working full-time in UK & Ireland Sales.

Advanced Professional Diploma In Managed Care, Management Studies In Field Of Healthcare While Working For Bupa

Sponsored by BUPA to gain an Advanced Professional Diploma in Managed Care at Leeds University Management School