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Senior Communications & Marketing Executive with over 20 years’ experience delivering successful global branding, marketing and communication strategies that elevate business performance and raise shareholder value.Hands on, Executive level experience across the full range of marketing disciplines. From strategyand planning, through to brand proposition and identity creation delivering proven creative development and execution to deliver results.Skilled in providing strategic direction, leadership and support to the wider organisation and across the entire comms remit - including, strategy, planning, media relations, branding, event, and digital.Experienced team leader. Passionate about relationships and people, I have been keen tosupport, mentor and develop teams and individuals to strengthen capabilities and increase effectiveness.Introduction of robust lead generation processes with detailed analytics to measure performance ofall outreach, event and digital communication. +68% increase in sales leads generating £22m in wonopportunities in 2023Creation and and introduction of Global Brand identity utilising muilti-channel approach to drivesuccesfull adoption and greater control across the business.Delivery of transformational communication programme finding creative, compelling and practicalways of motivating and engaging with stakeholders - pivotal to a 25% upturn in profit in 2018Introduction of Group Sustainability Model and framework strategy positioning the organisation strongly in this discipline - generating in excess of +8 million Euros in Global savings p.a.Successful ownership of Group attendance at Drupa 2016 exhibition showcasing broad portfolio ofproducts and services. 3 separate group stands (by sector), +2000m2, footprint, +2m Euro budgetDevelopment and delivery of group digital strategy generating in excess of 2 million-page views tocorporate website each year and +40,000 new followers to digital platforms from initial standing start

Listed skills include Marketing Strategy, Packaging, Print Management, Digital Printing, and 24 others.