David Harries Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

1700 business leaders playing golf and networking at over 83 golf courses in the UK and in the USA, UAE, Sweden and Spain. Opportunities for building synergies, new revenue streams and cost savings on products and services. Most importantly, enjoying lasting friendships.

Worlds-Largest Networking/Golf community of Business Leaders

North-West, Uk

FORE Business is the World’s largest Golf/Networking community. Approaching 1700 business leaders attached to 90 Golf resorts or Golf courses of great repute across the UK (including Northern Island), we have generated over £35M worth of member-to-member business in the 6 years of operation. Business relationships are developed on golf courses and at pre-golf meetings at Group and National events and further cemented via a dedicated Business App and closed-member social media channels. As Regional Director, I have the privilege of overseeing 11 Golf Courses in the North-West. We are always looking for Business Owners, Directors and Partners, who play golf, to join our rapidly growing community. Message me for an invite and join me as my guest, at one of our meetings of your choice… and whilst you’re there, enjoy a free round of golf with us!

Uk

We provide:• A more compelling and comprehensive means of shortlisting the Best Candidates.• A significantly faster, more cost effective, and convenient process that gives HR and Line Managers time back to re-dedicate to other parts of the business, and• A modern candidate experience that enhances the brand and promotes progressive organisations. Thus, gone are: • Scheduling issues to fit interviews around diaries and other commitments.• Sitting through countless interviews of people who you know in the first 3 mins don’t make the grade, but to protect the brand and to show impartiality and fairness, you have to sit through anyway.• Lengthy waiting times to fill vacancies (and the cost of temp staff whilst replacements are found).• Costs of travelling, meeting rooms and ancillary related HR costs, and• Doubts about the authenticity of CV’s or even phone screening…who did write that CV or who really is on the other side of that phone?...all gone!InterviewPeopleOnline is therefore applicable to organisations of all sizes from all sectors, local and international, who want to save money and get people into productivity faster.

Europe, Usa, And The Uk

I lead a growing team of self-employed Brand Ambassadors earning strong residual incomes, selling and distributing a range of high-quality CBD Products. Kannaway have pioneered triple-lab testing to ensure safety and quality of their products, with each batch carrying independent validation. They have received accreditation from the US Hemp Authority and their Pure Gold CBD Oil is on the US Prescribers Digital Reference. In a UK market already exceeding £400M and growing exponentially, this is the fastest growing business opportunity with which I have ever been involved, in over 40 years in business.

The Interim Management Association wanted to launch an independent Membership Organisation for interim senior executives. Engaged to research, design, develop, launch and run organisation. Researched requirements with stakeholders; developed brand name/product offering/membership criteria/website; researched, developed & implemented benefits package; initiated partnership agreements with Open University, CBI, and Daily Telegraph; developed / produced bespoke skills training videos; designed website; and initiated membership drive. Succeeded in launching Organisation in 8 months and achieving 340 members in 1st year.

Ran Change Management Consultancy, developing bespoke change solutions in the areas of process re-engineering, people change issues and organisational restructuring. Helped organisations, including Carl Zeiss Lens (UK), Royal Mail and a host of SME's drive through change and minimize the productivity loss associated with major change.

Uk

Pru Retail needed to address poor customer service and high costs of running UK training to its 6000 sales force. Engaged to turnaround poor morale and performance of National training department and reduce operating costs (120 staff; £25M annual budget). Restructured and streamlined processes for design / delivery functions to eliminate non-value-adding steps; implemented new metrics; restructured physical layout; implemented new accountabilities; and redeployed and retrained critical personnel. Succeeded in saving £5M in annual expenses, delivered a 33% increase in training output within 9 months and received 50% customer and 90% staff satisfaction ratings.

Uk

Prudential Corp decided to launch an Internet Bank. Engaged, as part of senior management team, to design, develop and launch £83M bank (EGG) and specifically to engage Retail sales force to sell mortgages and deposits for Bank. Negotiated sales strategy with (hostile) senior Pru Retail management; developed incentive and communication strategy; project managed development and implementation of product and sales skills training programme; coordinated training for in-house call-centre team; and launched new venture to 5000 sales force and 1000 sales management. Succeeded in launching to budget in 9 months and hitting all post-launch 1st quarter sales targets.

Uk

Prudential Retail needed to be able to quickly deal with problem issues arising throughout its 600 strong UK branch network. Engaged as part of a 5-man ‘rapid resolution’ team to turnaround failing or under-performing branches. Liaised with senior local management; analysed and diagnosed issues (people, process, organisational, sales, compliance, disciplinary); and designed, trained and implemented bespoke solutions. Successes included saving 5 branches under imminent threat of compliance closure, and improving sales performance in over 15 branches by up to 120%.

Uk

Newhall needed to transform its operating model after losing its charity link. Engaged by new MD initially to lead UK sales operation and latterly to reduce costs and re-define sales model. Re-designed & streamlined operating process, with in-built metrics; selected & downsized from 150 to 50 full-time & 10 000 to 5000 p/time workforce; retrained & redeployed people into new roles; and initiated and implemented new sales management practices and incentives. Succeeded in reducing sales force within 3 months (twice as fast as requested), producing 43% reduction in direct costs and 25% increase in sales performance, whilst transformational restructuring was taking place.

Trinidad And Tobago

S&R Agencies, a Caribbean FMCG wholesale distribution business, needed to improve its revenue and profitability in order to attract buyers. Engaged by parent company to reduce costs & improve sales & profits. Analysed product range & operating practices; reduced costs through redundancies & streamlining processes; developed own brands to increase range & margins; re-negotiated margins with overseas suppliers; developed marketing / advertising campaigns to stimulate sales; and revamped sales & incentive processes. Succeeded in improving margins by 30% and sales by 50% and in positioning company for subsequent profitable sale by group.

Trinidad And Tobago

Responsible for importing range of FMCG goods from European and North-American principles (including OTC pharmaceuticals, Food and Alcohol, Books and Magazine and general agency products). Warehoused, sold and distributed to wholesale SMEs and conglomerates across Trinidad and Tobago and also to several Eastern Caribbean countries.

Loyola University New Orleans

The Institute Of Marketing

Leicester Polytechnic, Business And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Golf; Debating