VP Business Development responsible for sales and marketing strategy definition and delivery.Over 20 years experience in the mobile communications and consumer electronics industries.I have extensive international experience in product and segment marketing including many blue chip corporate relationships.International experience extends to China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Europe and the US.As a passionate relationship manager capable of motivating teams to deliver to exacting targets I have very clear notion of what success looks like.Commercial experience of negotiating multi million dollar contracts at global accounts including: Nokia, Intel, Vodafone, etc. Specialties:• Strategic marketing• Business development• Thought leadership• PR and marketing communications• Mobile and wireless systems• Consumer electronics• Semiconductors

CSR plc is a $1.2bn fabless semiconductor company specialising in wireless communications. The Mobile Business Area contributes approximately one third of the company’s revenue and leads the strategic development direction.Achievements• Successfully managed a worldwide marketing function delivering $300m of yearly revenue from the majority of the world’s leading handset & handset platform manufacturers (for example, Nokia, Samsung, RIM, Intel, nVidia, etc.). Negotiated and signed a contract with Intel with a forecasted revenue exceeding $500m.• Sat on company’s Leadership Team defining strategic direction, annual and five-year plans. Contributed to monthly CEO report, quarterly results and analyst’s packs. Sat on joint Business Unit and Sales alignment task-force with particular responsibility for setting account management strategy and half yearly sales objectives.• Key in defining and proving, with initial success at Intel, platform partner business model.• Successfully balanced the demands of supervising a dynamic high energy team with the account management responsibilities of the company’s largest customer, Nokia. Effectively grew Nokia as lead customer and introduced four generations of product line with estimated revenues exceeding $400m to date.• Extensive overseas business experience within the USA, Asia (China, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) and Europe developing and maintaining commercial relationships with OEMs, ODMs, partners and operators.• Strong demonstrable relationships with world’s leading handset OEMs: Nokia, Samsung, RIM, etc; platform manufacturers: Intel, nVidia, Spreadtrum, Leadcore, Marvell, etc; operators: Vodafone, AT&T, Sprint, China Mobile, Orange, etc and developers: Microsoft, Google, etc.

Defined and delivered strategic relationships with the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers, mobile phone platform manufacturers and network operators.