Daljit Kaur Sehmi Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Strategy, business transformation and PMO advisory and implementation. Working with senior leadership teams, small and large corporates to create clarity, prioritise objectives, plan and deliver the steps of changes. Including voluntary and pro-bono project work.

London

Member of the ExCo, I lead the PMO Department at London’s largest owner and operator of hotels: c. 5,000 rooms across a £1.2bn estate in prime central London locations. I led and managed the refurbishment of The Cumberland Hotel to the new Hard Rock Hotel London: 900-bedrooms, three F&B outlets totaling 422 covers, including the new Hard Rock Cafe Oxford.

London, United Kingdom

Following Mothercare’s successful Rights Issue in 2014, the Director of Strategy personally invited Daljit to join a team being formed to create and deliver the UK Store Refurbishment Programme. This project, the largest programme of investment in the UK turnaround, is transforming the store portfolio with £60m of investment and supporting the return of.

London, England

Talent pool attraction, selection and staffing. Internal project work.Relationship management with Eden McCallum's network of independent consultants.

London, United Kingdom

Talent pool attraction, staffing and selection as well as relationship management at Eden McCallum, the leading firm of independent consultants. Management of internal strategy project work and reporting.

London, United Kingdom

Independent consultant specialising in corporate strategy and due diligence.For a global retail client formulating and implementing their Omni-channel strategy- with a focus on their Toys Category

Victoria, London

• Formulated and executed strategic plans to increase client companies’ global capabilities, and produce pragmatic, high-impact, and rapid results.
• Played key role on UK Rail Network’s Franchise Bid Support Team, performing quantitative analysis to gather inputs needed to build historical revenue forecast and forecast models.
• Managed and conducted primary research for retail companies commercial due diligence; prepared presentation based on key findings from interviews with market participants.
• Strategically facilitated merger between two established childcare retailers and conducted 100 day plan, oversaw the associate team.
• Attended and organised workshops with the client and interfaced regularly with the client to ensure that the merger process was conducted as smoothly as possible.
• For a financial institution; undertook a strategic review built numerous detailed project-specific models, conducted extensive research on clients’ behalf, and logically created and analysed expansive databases.

Canary Wharf, London

• Uncovered and presented high-return acquisition opportunities in England and Ireland for two Spanish banks.
• Investigated and delivered strategic options for a Dutch insurance company.
• Researched and developed optimal approaches to maximise return on investments (ROI) on major corporate finance mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
• Performed financial, valuation, and risk adjusted return analysis.
• Built financial models including discounted cashflow models.
• Directed design and production teams in report and presentation preparation.Key Achievements

Ma(Hons), Economics & Management

Activities and Societies: President, Treasurer, Sponsorship Director & Returning Officer – Oxford Management Society Finance - Strategic.

Prince2 Registered Practitioner, Project Management, Passed - Prince 2: Foundation And Practitioner

Education record

A-Levels: Mathematics (A), Economics (A), Biology (A) AS-Level: Chemistry (A) GCSE's: 5 A*'s, 6 A's