Alex Taylor Email & Phone Number

Leeds, Gb

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

Endeavours Adventures is a fast growing tour and travel provider offering bucket-list group adventures, tours and charity adventures to the student, 25-30 and B2B market, including direct to charities. We provide a range of affordable, sustainable adventures around the globe and in the UK, for example trekking to Machu Picchu, Petra, the Peaks of the Balkans, National Three Peaks and Charity Skydives.Despite our initial plans being curtailed by the pandemic, in my role as Founder I helped the company survive the impact of COVID-19, emerge and grow from strength to strength, launching new and exciting opportunities and achieving high multiples of growth year on year across all metrics.Now a small team, I left my corporate job to lead Endeavours full time in September 2022, with our goal to further drive our organisational plans forward well into the future, exploring new markets and opportunities that we can capitalise on and continue to share the joy and beauty of adventure travel.

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

Start-Up Business Program Lead at Loughborough University, - Working part time alongside building my own business to support and consult on the delivery of the universities ambition to become a world leading institution for enterprise and entrepreneurship. I focus on recruiting, coaching and equipping start-up students, graduate and local business founders at idea, pre-revenue and seed round stages with a comprehensive program of support, networking and the right environment to accelerate growth and achieve their goals.During my tenure, over 80+individuals have been supported with their business journeys, with over £2.5m in investment and grant funding secured.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Account Manager - Business and Partnerships at Northern Rail, the UK’s second largest rail operator covering services from the likes of Newcastle , Manchester, Leeds, York and Liverpool.Led the companies most successful sales window of our Educational Season ticket scheme, despite the challenges faced across the industry related to strikes and service cancellations, achieving widespread praise and awareness.Responsible for the successful delivery and management of our Educational, Group and Corporate Season ticket schemes working alongside a small team. Assisting with the management of new marketing and promotional campaigns, working collaboratively with our marketing teams to reach potential customers via online and in person methods of customer acquisition.Responsible for reviewing business processes and seeking ways to improve and develop our capabilities, for example digitalisation, website development and automation.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Full-time position with Air Charter Service, the global leader in aircraft charter. Working with the operations and aircraft leasing teams. Primary responsible for managing the operation of ongoing charter flights, working with different stakeholders to manage the aircraft charter process and fulfil client requests, the aim of which being to deliver excellence service and a smooth experience. In addition, I managed short-term aircraft leasing enquiries, and supported the wider leasing team through performing daily market analysis and through calling new clients to establish relationships and generate new leads.

London, United Kingdom

Year in industry working at the ACS London Commercial Department.ACS is a Global leader in Executive, Helicopter, Cargo and Commercial charter flights.My work here involved supporting the three aspects of the commercial team; Operations, Flight Service and Sales (Brokers). With the last 6 months of my work focused predominantly on sales, including that of multiple national football teams traveling to the 2018 Russia World Cup Mr Role:Liaising with our clients, airlines and handling agents to ensure each and every charter flights sold is ran efficiently and to the highest level of service. In many cases I was able to fly out and travel as the 'flight rep' aboard the charter, giving me a first hand insight into the operations of the air transport industry and building up a strong rapport with clients, thus encouraging repeat business.

Msc, International Business, Distinction (First Class)

Modules included: International Business Strategy, Enterprise Resource Planning, Global Logistics and Supply Chain, Corporate Strategy.

Bachelor’S Degree, Air Transport Management, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Rutherford Committee RAG Representative- Helping as part of a team to raise over £1 million for the university.

High School, Various

Activities and Societies: Team Member completing project work in Uganda throughout Summer 2015, helping teach and develop a local school.