Freelance Interim Commercial Leader and Consultant. Clients and contracts have included Sales Transformation Consultant for VeryPC, Chief Growth Officer for Everest Home Improvements and High Potential Leadership Coach for La Fosse Associates.

WAM Youth helps disadvantaged young people be confident in their identity and build resilience for life. Without WAM more young people; who are in poverty, have special educational needs, have been abused, or who just don't have the support of a responsible adult, will go without the essential support and mentoring they need to become confident, resilient and happy adults.

A member of the Executive Committee reporting to the CEO. Responsible for sales, canvass, consumer finance, partnerships, business development strategy and operations. Leading a team of up to 1,000 colleagues across 37 sites. Created an optimal organisational design and recruited and developed a Commercial Leadership Team which delivered 22% year-on-year profitable growth, 38% increase in market share and fourfold increase in share price, in the first full year, and double-digit consecutive year growth.

Reporting to the Group MD with top-line P&L responsibility for all 6 million retail domestic customer accounts and sales revenue of £4bn. Products and services include energy, phone & broadband and boiler insurance. Leading sales and retention teams in excess of 1,000 colleagues across 8 locations and field based. Responsible for all 7 distribution channels, including contact centres, digital sales, price comparison websites and full P&L ownership for B2B strategic partners and commercial contracts. A member of the Executive Committee, Pricing and Propositions Committee and a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Approved Person.Delivered 5 years of double-digit growth whilst increasing margin by creating and executing a strategic growth plan inc. new routes to market, an effective organisational design and People Plan.

SLT member of one of the UK’s largest independent businesses with £600m T/O, reporting to the Group MD, initially as Sales Director before becoming Sales and Strategy Director in 2012. Responsible for creating and delivering a strategic growth plan through sales, marketing and technical pre-sales across the UK and Europe. Achieved 2 consecutive years of double digit sales growth and more than fivefold increase in operating profit, following 5 years of falling sales and profitability, through the execution of a strategic growth plan.

Associate Principal and Lead Consultant providing executive coaching and consultancy to blue-chip global brands across the world. Specialising in business development and leadership training, business strategy and transformation, coaching and consultancy. TSA Europe is one of the world’s longest running Human & Business Performance Management Companies. TSA Europe has assisted more than 60,000 people, from over 200 companies, in more than 30 countries with the knowledge, systems and tools to make immediate, sustained and measurable improvements to performance.

Sales and Marketing Director, reporting to the MD, with P&L ownership and accountability for product development and sales strategy through all B2B / B2C distribution channels, including banks / building societies, affinity partners, insurance and mortgage brokers, price comparison websites and direct customers online and via call centres. Board member, FCA Approved Person and member of the Pricing and Risk Committees.

Executive Sales Director (2007 – 2010) - Reporting to the CEO, duties included setting the future strategic direction for business growth. A member of the ExCo and permanent Board attendee. Member of the Risk, Product and Pricing Committees and an FCA Approved Person. Responsible for the branch network, call centres, B2B intermediary sales and affinity partnerships. Also Executive Chairman of wholly owned subsidiary BCS Loans and Mortgages - broking services.Various roles (1995 – 2007) - Initially Intermediary Business Development Manager, enjoying progression to Senior District Manager in 1998, Regional Manager in 2002 and Divisional Director of Retail Sales in 2005. Chelsea Building Society is the UK's 4th largest building society with assets in excess of £14bn.

Mortgage and insurance adviser before progressing to Assistant Branch Manager.