Gary Coyle Email & Phone Number

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London

Head of Partnerships and Chair of LEP Digital Group

London, United Kingdom

Advising and helping develop new channels to market

London, United Kingdom

Go ON UK is a charity devoted to enhancing the digital skills of the UK workforce. Chaired by Baroness Martha Lane Fox CBE, UK Digital Champion, it promotes the transformative powers of the Internet for all individuals, families, communities and organisations. As Director of Corporate partnerships, I was instrumental in developing new markets and opening new revenue streams.Key Responsibilities • Collaborated with business leaders to form lucrative strategic partnerships and generate additional sources of income for Go ON UK• Oversaw the Corporate Partnership team to identify new ways of expanding our partnership network to give us national coverage and to meet the goals of the charity• Identified better quality partner acquisition opportunities to increase revenue• Delivered ongoing coaching and mentoring to the Corporate Partnerships team to empower them to develop high-yield strategic relationships and projects • Made a significant contribution to Go ON UK’s mission through chairing a steering group on digital skills with key government and business figures from across the North East• Partnered with the government’s ‘Digital High Street’ initiative through a steering group to help deliver the scheme’s objectivesKey Achievements • Brought in £700K in corporate sponsorship over a nine-month period• Led a successful expansion programme and took Go ON UK into the SME sector• Created the first Digital Skills steering group for Local Enterprise Partnerships in the UK

London, United Kingdom

Providing strategic advice

London, United Kingdom

A Market leader in the provision of digital communication and transaction management, Escher is committed to delivering bespoke solutions to companies across the postal, logistics, retail, government and financial spheres. As Head of UK Operations, I capitalised on our strong position to break into new markets and develop lucrative strategic partnerships.Key Responsibilities • Created ‘Digital Leaders North East’, a group dedicated to improving digital skills for workers in the NE• Won a competitive tender to develop a ‘Digital Growth Hub’ in partnership with local enterprise• Oversaw a broad-based programme of operational change to deliver improvements in service delivery• Developed strategies to grow revenue and maximise operational excellence through greater connectedness with the client and their needs• Delivered further increases in revenue through developing business relationships with UK Government and business figures within the private and public sectorsKey Achievements • Streamlined operational processes to deliver reduced costs and increased profitability• Created multi-channel marketing campaigns to promote Escher’s new technology• Developed referral networks with existing customers to gain trust with their contacts and maximise market reach• Collaborated with the marketing team to Implement online marketing strategies that maximised ROI

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Chair of Digital Leaders Noth East Steering Group

FELLOW OF THE RSA

Maidstone

From my passion for using technology to foster community cohesion, I developed this pioneering community engagement platform through a pilot scheme for Tower Hamlets Council to encourage all parts of the Tower Hamlets community to have a say in improving the community they live in.Key Responsibilities • Utilised technology through ruggersied iPad-based kiosks to enable residents and council service users to communicate with various departments and to also foster community engagement• Won lottery funding through the ‘Your Square Mile’ initiativeKey Achievements • Successfully raised £125k of public money to develop the Infopoint platform• Launched a pilot ‘Infopoint’ in Tower Hamlets

Sutton Valence

Sub postmaster

Responsible for setting up the retail arm of this small postal consultancy to offer benchmarking and consultancy services to global post office networks

Kent Uk

Worked with industry-leading post office networks and associated industries to provide consultancy and advisory to large brands across these networks. Through a range of high level consulting assignments, I increased revenue and opened new lines of business in an ever-evolving technology-rich market place.Key Responsibilities • Identified new opportunities, defined strategy and built new revenue models to help clients maintain market dominance• Project managed the organisation of the ‘Global Post Office Retail Conference’ in London• Developed a post office retail benchmarking group through partnership with ten international post office networks to increase quality assurance standards• Worked with Western Union and Escher Group on numerous consulting projects• Defined strategy and delivered improvements for retail networks within a number of post office networks• Worked with post office networks to introduce new products and services across their retail outlets• Advised Travelex on an FX opportunity with the post office network and advised ICICI Bank on a banking proposition for the post office network• Worked with DHL and TNT to maximise market penetration into the UK post office network• Authored a 100-page feasibility study on the potential risks of DHL and TNT entering the UK marketKey Achievements • Developed a solid membership network from 0 to 7,500+ post offices over a three-year period• Raised £1.1M in investment from a network of 25 private investors• Created a robust brand that went against the ‘norm’ in an industry dominated by a monopoly and a trade union• Attracted high-profile advisory board members, including Lord Iain Vallance (ex-BT Chairman), John Roberts (ex-CEO Royal Mail) and Ram Giddomal (a business advisor to HM Government)• Collaborated with Virgin, Axa, DHL and TNT during the start-up phase•

Kent

Developed a business model and a highly lucrative business offering to take to market and capitalise upon the enormous upheaval in post office networks caused by the growth in large delivery firms and an ever more competitive market place.

Education record

Education record

Various Management And Director Courses, Retail