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London, England, GB

London, GB

Los Gatos, CA, US

Los Gatos, CA, US

Building Netflix's distribution partnerships in UK & Ireland

Los Gatos, CA, US

Leading Netflix's business partnerships across EMEA

London, GB

Responsibilities across BBCW’s digital activities, including BBC.com, Top Gear, BBC Store, games, apps and long form & short form digital video sales.1. P&L responsibility for global consumer digital businesses including BBC.com features sections and homepage, short form video publishing on platforms like YouTube, the Global iPlayer pilot and BBCW Labs.

London, GB

Responsibilities across BBCW’s digital activities, including BBC.com, Top Gear, BBC Store, games, apps and long form & short form digital video sales.1. Consumer Digital Strategy & Business Development:- Set coherent global strategy for digital activities, working collaboratively to ensure that the senior leadership team were efficiently engaged &.

London, GB

- Reshaped A&N’s digital portfolio to make it more profitable and better positioned to realise shareholder value. Worked with management teams to identify & evaluate bus dev/M&A opportunities across existing classified ad businesses and innovative new businesses areas, including Wowcher, Socialmetrix (Latam), Jobsite & Digital Property Group/Zoopla.- Led.

London, GB

Involved in all aspects of investment from deal origination and execution through to active management of portfolio companies, driving returns to investors. Achievements included:- Analysis of market trends to identify multiple investment opportunities and worked with 2 startup management teams led by Malcom Gerrie and Charles Garland to build business.

Burbank, CA, US

Senior Finance Analyst for television distribution division of The Walt Disney Company (then called Buena Vista International Television), providing financial analysis to sales teams & MD on multi-million £s of TV sales deals across UK, Nordics and Iberia territories, including major output deals with Pay TV and FTA broadcasters.

Worldwide, OO

Transitioned across to Deloitte as Andersen was acquired, remaining part of small team successfully advising major client, WPP, on tax structuring & due diligence for a number of acquisitions. I built a strong grounding in financial and legal aspects of M&A and advisory work, and an excellent understanding of business finance.o Qualified ACA with first.

Part of small team successfully advising major client, WPP, on tax structuring & due diligence for a number of acquisitions. I built a strong grounding in financial and legal aspects of M&A and advisory work, and an excellent understanding of business finance.

Set up and ran a London listings website with two partners, providing information and reviews across London’s entertainment scenes. Built team of c.100 writers to attend events across the capital, provide reviews and write content that they were able to publish through our technology platform.