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Brinkworth, England, United Kingdom

Paddlup offers the very highest level of concierge service for sellers and buyers of luxury and sports cars, focused solely on 'supercars' over £100k and considers the security and timing needs of the owners and collectors.

Reading, United Kingdom

Established classic Ferrari specialist focused on cars from the 50s, 60s and 70s with an extensive Ferrari collector and owner database. Workshop and parts focus with UK and Los Angeles workshops and UK and Atlanta parts operations.Lead for marketing strategy and planning to attract Ferrari owners to the brand with a focus on digital and social channels.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Established large-scale collector model cars for luxury automotive manufacturers, racing teams and high net worth collectors. Official licensed products for Ferrari, McLaren, Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Pagani and Lamborghini and six Formula 1 teams.Interim lead for business development utilising my personal contact base in luxury.

London, United Kingdom

17 European subsidiaries with annual turnover of $34 billion. Best in class investment in development of through the line marketing campaigns, especially new channels including digital and social media.Lead on pan-European luxury strategy and product campaigns (digital, influencer and partnership bias) managing resource from consumer insight through asset.

Woking, United Kingdom

Launch of a British sports car brand in Europe and appointment of 14 dealerships in 9 markets. Accounting for over 40% of global production in first two years with launch of McLaren 12C and over £35m turnover in first full year.Development of regional and local marketing plans with full annual marketing budget control of over £1 million. Launch strategy.

Slough, United Kingdom

Global restructure into centralised services with regional offices and headcount from 60 to 12. Retained to manage largest sales region in Europe (Southern UK) – 7 dealerships, over 400 units.Day to day sales management to ensure sales objectives met. Network development and main point of contact for retailer including new Corporate Identity roll-out and.

Slough, United Kingdom

Sustained sales growth from 490 new car registrations in 2004 to over 790 in 2008. Zero cost business model, revenue generation from event sales and corporate partnerships. Creation of member programme Fiorano Ferrari with 40 events and 50 member cars.Creation of globally-consistent Ferrari Approved pre-owned from successful UK development. Used car growth.

Egham, United Kingdom

15 dealerships accounting for over 400 Ferrari and 400 Maserati new car registrations. Product management of 360 and 550 Maranello to 575M Maranello and run out of 456M GT and relaunch of the Maserati brand in the UK with the 3200 GT introduction.The world’s oldest Ferrari importer established in 1960 and owned by Inchcape plc. Obtained the rights to.

Reading, United Kingdom

Wholly owned subsidiary of Porsche AG - third largest global market behind U.S.A. and Germany. 17 dealerships – over 800 new car registrations in 1995, 1,150 in 1996 and over 1,500 in 1997. Successful run out of 911 (993) and product launches for 911 (996) and Boxster models. Introduction of AS400 ordering systems and reporting.Product management – launch.

Oxford, United Kingdom

At the time, the UK’s third largest multi-franchise motor retailer. 35 dealerships accounting for over 6,000 new car registrations. Six months placement in both Sales and Service. One year placement creating the ‘Central Parts Division’ including implementation of Toyota ‘Kaizen’ warehouse standards.