FIS Impact Ventures is the corporate venture arm of the global financial technology company FIS✪ Supported CVC investments across data & AI, banking, payments, retail, blockchain markets✪ Led investment strategy, thesis development, research and development✪ Executed through strategy development, scenario planning, market research - 'why behind the buy'✪ IP Development: more than 50 provisional patent claims filed in retail data & analytics

✪ Advisory firm supporting early-stage startups focus their strategy, create their message and raise venture capital

✪ London-based premium omni-channel retailer that served the craft and maker market✪ Raised funding for expansion, supporting a larger retail footprint and broader product offering

✪ Match-Maker Ventures connects high-growth, high-tech scaleups with established corporations, creating impact within 12 months for both parties by working with leading-edge, ready-to-scale high-growth tech companies, and large corporates willing to leverage innovation power.

GSMA represents more than 1,200 players in the technology ecosystem. The organisation connects mobile operators and other players through collaborative programmes✪ Led international management consulting unit, reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer✪ Directed corporate strategy development, industry and innovation programs, partnerships✪ Founded an Accelerator program that matched high-growth startups to telco needs✪ Founded an Innovation Fund that invested in startups in emerging markets✪ Founded Radar, a Strategic Foresight program offering intelligence into future markets✪ Founded AI Lab in Partnership with the Turing Institute to develop applied AI use cases

Led a range of product and industry strategy initiatives at global scale, e.g✪ NFC/Mobile Wallet strategy✪ Mobile Connect, mobile identity system now scale to > 200m connections✪ Big Data strategy and sandbox✪ RCS, working with operators and Google to scale messaging✪ Strategic refresh of foundation/emerging markets strategy

✪ (Bridgewater Systems) OSS/BSS firm with Verizon as its anchor client; acquired by Amdocs for $210m. Led communications program in EMEA.

✪ Data-driven product and market strategy for clients in tech and telecoms, including financial modelling and market-entry services, driving revenue growth

✪ Founded agency, delivering digital marketing campaigns for startups and corporates✪ Technology build and marketing campaigns that helped position and scale clients✪ Tech, telecoms and media sectors, SMBs and corporate clients