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London, Gb

Dundee, Perth And Kinross, Gb

Leading the design and development of the Agricarbon product roadmap

Milton Keynes, Gb

Marketing automation designed and built by marketers. User friendly, price efficient, and - dare we say it - Fun!Kulea.ma does for Marketing Automation what MailChimp does for email marketing; but where email stops, we’re just getting started...Kulea is here to reinvent the marketing industry by removing the disparity between enterprise businesses and SMEs, breaking down the barriers so that it’s no longer just the big spenders that are realising the advantages of marketing automation technology.

London, Gb

Responsible for screening, designing and building scalable, impactful ventures that tackle some of the largest problems facing humanity. Through ARK we are delivering a unique triple bottom line: Making an impact through our ventures, delivering financial returns from exits, and donating 90% of ARK profits to reduce poverty.

London, Gb

Worked on venture ideation and design projects that tackled the issues of online disinformation and mental health of caregivers.

LiveHive built a “one stop shop” online video platform for independent coaches to run and manage their online / hybrid class businesses. We successfully raised SEIS seed funding and built out a 9-person team to launch our no-code pilot. Took decision to wind up business in late 2022 after failing to find product-market fit as pandemic induced behavioural changes unwound, and discretionary spend on online learning fell dramatically.

Cape Town, Western Cape, Za

Key member of Executive Leadership Team, working in a wide ranging role that included delivery of consumer and retailer support to SLAs and KPIs; client onboarding and major project management; operational and regulatory responsibility for all payment services and banking operations; provision of internal and external MI and analytical services; fraud management and reporting; EPOS API integration process; and scoping internal engineering projectsKey achievements:• Delivered 66% efficiency improvement from UK based support team in 2019, and further 70% cost reduction through offshoring to new South Africa team during 2020 lockdown• As designated EMD Individual, worked with Compliance team to write and implement new client money safeguarding process that complied with enhanced FCA requirements for regulated E-Money Institutions, and was subsequently signed off by external auditors• Scoped, led and worked closely with engineers to deliver new payments service to enable integration with new payments partner and c. 80% cost reduction vs incumbent• Negotiated and delivered early stage partnership with Visa to explore further development of card driven, basket level data enhanced, loyalty proposition Yoyo Wallet makes mobile relevant for retail.

Independent consulting business, working individually and as part of larger teams to support clients to tackle significant business issues and evaluate new opportunitiesKey achievements:• Created 2 detailed and fundable business cases from 100+ ideas for UK celebrity chef licensing business through 8 weeks of opportunity screening, evaluation, elimination and refinement• Developed strategy and financial model for major UK logistics company to mitigate and replace expected loss of profit from upcoming regulatory changes to high margin business unit – final recommendations included operating model changes to reduce existing business costs & extend longevity, and detailed evaluation of alternative new market segments with significant revenue potential• Led a team to size the market, identify & quantify opportunities, and develop a high level roadmap for a major UK life insurer looking to re-enter the D2C investment and protection market. Project work helped client secure approval for significant investment in D2C opportunity

Cape Town, Western Cape, Za

Developed core proposition for Yoyo Wallet by drawing on deep understanding of mobile and payments spaces to build a proposition that delivered payment and loyalty solution for consumers, retailers and brands. Led product development of Yoyo platform and app through Seed rounds 1 and 2, while also responsible for day to day operational managementKey achievements:• Worked with CTO and Designer to build customer journeys, specify requirements to development partner for platform and app functionality, and design critical EPOS Integration API for EPOS providers• Managed launch project, and achieved launch of beta service within 6 months of initial funding, then subsequently led migration to in-house development team• Recruited early team members across engineering, product and operations

London, Gb

Examples of recent projectsMarket sizing and competitor review for leading UK women's lifestyle website facing declining revenues:Successfully defined and sized core market using innovative analysis, identified key trends and competitor's strategic responses, performed revenue and profitability analysis to provide industry benchmarks and identified 3 viable options for business to pursue.

London, London, Gb

Zopa puts people who want to lend in touch with credit-worthy people who want to borrow, and because there's no middle-man both benefit. Since launch in 2005 it has become a safe and trusted place for social lending, with over £5B lentLed the creation and design of Zopa to first round funding and launch by relentlessly improving the highly innovative concept with detail and evidence, then continued to design and develop successive generations of the Zopa proposition to account for customer feedback and business prioritiesKey achievements• Launching the world’s first P2P lending platform• Development of new revenue streams: PPI commission and introduction of lender fees• Improvements to market liquidity leading to better borrower conversion rates

Gb

Worked closely with senior management team on project based assignments, including group and business unit strategy, international expansion and new business opportunities.

Boston, Ma, Us

Worked on a variety of projects including the launch of the UK's full service internet bank, personal and corporate banking strategies for a major UK retail bank, and the introduction of generic credit cards to a major UK retailer.