Dave Farquharson Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Lightning Reach is a financial support portal which enables access to a range of personalised support (e.g. grants, benefits, help with their bills) - all in one place.Backed by leading investors such as the Joseph Roundtree Foundation, Barrow Cadbury Trust and the Big Issue Invest, we aim to empower anyone to access support to build financial resilience and wellbeing.Our platform can be used by a range of organisations to streamline or enhance the support they offer to individuals in (or at risk of) financially vulnerable circumstances.

London, England, United Kingdom

I like making silly products which give people a laugh. Sold nearly 10,000 products to date.

London, England, United Kingdom

Partnerships Lead for the north of England and Scotland, creating partnerships with some fantastic innovative councils such as Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Aberdeen, West Dunbartonshire and North Yorkshire.Beam is the world’s first crowdfunding platform for homeless people.Funded by the Mayor of London and the UK's leading tech entrepreneurs, Beam has proven a powerful new model to help homeless people get into work.Beam has been covered widely including by the BBC, The Times, The FT, The Independent, London Evening Standard, Sky, Time Out and others and has been named by The Guardian as one of the most important social tech innovations of 2018.www.beam.org

London, England, United Kingdom

Invigorate is the UK’s first insights-led growth platform helping innovative scaleups and their investment partners grow faster.

London, United Kingdom

Sydney, Australia

Procurement lead for the Digital team supporting agile squads.

Worldwide

Sabbatical spent travelling to 14 countries in the Middle East and Asia.

London, United Kingdom

Focusing on: Digital, TV Ad production, Rewards & Incentives (customer acquisition & employee incentives) and Market Research

Munich Area, Germany

6 Month Secondment at Sky Deutschland.Focused on: Establishing procurement in the greenfield area of content production by building a legacy of solid relationships. Led to Sky DE Procurement’s first involvement in projects, along with Sky Group Procurement’s first involvement in a Sky Original Drama. Led multiple tenders in Sky Sports.

London, United Kingdom

Focused on: Optical transponders capex project, CDN, P2P circuits, OB, mobile dongles.

London, United Kingdom

Focused on: Rewards & Incentives category for customer acquisition, SRM for creative agencies and supported tenders for postage and retail stands.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Lead in redesign of loan distribution packaging to meet internal & external needs resulting in improved product & a cost saving of 44% on previous years spend, resulting in a J&J Platinum Encore Award.• Significant member of the Synthes integration Team, merging two warehouses & transfer of over 2000 loan sets, resulting in a J&J Silver Encore Award.• Designed & produced monthly UK Commercial Dashboard identifying areas for improvements resulting in highlighting £1.2m savings potential.• Connected and worked with Marketing to Re-fresh UK loan business brand.

Chartered Institute Of Procurement & Supply

Completed all CIPS exams to obtain MCIPS status. Graded Merit or higher in all exams.

Business With Logistics And Supply Chain Management Ba, Business And Supply Chain, 1St

Awarded The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport prize for Best Student. Times Higher Education 'UK Business School of the Year'.

International Business Management, European Union Policies

A semester abroad studying European Union policies that covered European law, politics and economics

Education record

Government and Politics - A History - B Maths - C Passed the Army Officer Selection Board resulting in being awarded a scholarship.