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Retained as part of the global council that offer advice and guidance from an informed industry perspective, as a subject matter expert. GLG has a client bank that when the right brief comes in that fits my experience and skill set, ask me to help their client. Projects taken on and completed so far (as of 3rd October 2015) for: Citigroup, Fidelity, JP Morgan, UBS, RBC. Areas of expertise required of me so far: TTL layered Marketing; Evolving consumer consumption trends; Financial technology; New entrant launch; Loyalty Marketing; Creating Brand Equity; Competitor Risk.

Virgin StartUp, a not-for-profit company, which offers financial support, mentoring and business advice to thousands of young entrepreneurs across the UK.Virgin StartUp provides loans to entrepreneurs between the ages of 18-30 across the UK.My role is here is as Business Mentor. When Virgin issue a loan to a talented entrepreneur or start up business, Virgin assign me to help guide, shape and mould the business in its first instance. My areas of expertise called upon so far have been: Marketing - end to end customer acquisition to satisfaction. Cross Channel.Brand Positioning / Market Identification.P&L. Contract Management and Negotiation Techniques.Staff Recruitment & Engagement. A very rewarding experience to be able to help steer the next Branson.http://www.virginstartup.org/about/

Lilli Is the Future of Independent Living - We believe that regardless of a person's medical condition, ability or age, everyone has the right to maintain their independence. Using unobtrusive technology, we give people the confidence they need to remain happy, secure and self-sufficient within their homes. Unconfined by abilities, conditions, or age, we empower people to live independently, and our technology-enabled care provides security and peace of mind for their loved ones.We are scaling at pace and are constantly looking for forward-thinking, creative and smart self-starters to join our rapidly growing health tech business across our development, sales and marketing teams. Visit our LinkedIn page and get in touch with our team to find out more.

Visionable is a ground-breaking technology company on a mission: give healthcare teams the power to redesign the way they work together to deliver patient care. To provide one platform for frontline teams to use to solve the most pressing, most critical challenges our care systems face. To enable teams to preserve and better distribute precious resources, while improving health and social care outcomes. So everyone has access to the best possible care, wherever and whenever they need it. No matter what. Because when we’re all healthy, our. communities thrive, too. Visionable is working in a number of territories across the world, meeting the needs of healthcare teams in the US and India, with plans to scale across south America and Europe imminent. Visionable works in a number of other sectors also. Oil & Gas | Retail | Automotive | Financial Services bringing teams that much closer together. Responsible for Financial Reporting / Financial Controls & Rules / Legal framework / Driving and managing growth / Territory expansion / P&L / investor liason / Budget building / Systemisation of functions / Cost control / Competitor Buy or Burn / Team & Dept Management / fund raisingEssentially, all the stuff to run and grow a company. Getting stuff done, making change happen, driving profitability from existing and brand new clients - with the minimal fuss and impact fro all parties.

Responsible for Financial Reporting/ Financial Controls & Rules / Legal framework / Driving and managing growth / Territory expansion / P&L / investor liason / Client on & off boarding / Budget building / Systemisation of functions / Cost control / Competitor Buy or Burn / Team & Dept ManagementEssentially, all the stuff to run and grow a company. Getting stuff done, making change happen, driving profitability from existing and brand new clients - with the minimal fuss and impact fro all parties. Then hand the keys back when my time is done with everything built, working and polished.

Responsible for the overall direction and implementation of the core strategy for the UK and EMEA. My role is to ensure that each client contract is performing the way it should, create acceleration strategies, acquisition strategies, go to market strategies with the help of the team. Work closely with the CEO and the board to ensure new initiatives and clients are brought through in a structured yet efficient way to maximise growth potential. IPG Global are a specialist commercial consultancy working with some of the largest and highest profile organisations across the globe. Our main area of focus is holding the commercial rights for some of the largest and highest profile sporting clubs and associations across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The disciplines IPG work for include 9 premiership football clubs, several of the highest profile european football clubs. The Jockey Club, The RFU, The LTA, The MCC and a number of high profile organisations across Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China. IPG also operate one of the largest corporate barter networks in the UK and Europe, often taking in lieu or in conjunction with fees corporate assets to dispose of sunk stock or product through its network to offer monetisation where there was none before. Our guiding principle is to discreetly and competently achieve for our clients. We hire experts, to work with experts. Working with them for the long term to realise a goal. We are selective who we work with, and would rather decline a project than it not be in all parties interest.

PE backed. Responsible for driving growth of Pockit across all markets and all verticals. Particular focus on B2B2C and B2B. Product & Market Development and Evolution. Nothing ruled in, nothing ruled out.

Responsible for the business development function across the UK, and Europe where necessary. Securing Tier 1 large, complex, multi-layered deal structures within regulated environment, and ‘point-and-shoot’ off the shelf Tier 2 client.Planning and executing strategy for the growth of the business. Re-engineer product sets to meet the changing demands of consumers FS partners, and the regulator. Focus on new partnerships and on winning new accounts. Manage the process internally and externally from Bid creation and submission to commercial modelling and final negotiation, bringing in expert stakeholders where and when needed; smooth transition in to Account Management and on-going decision maker liaison. Constant document preparation and management for internal senior team to review and make input on.Big wins include Barclays / Bank Of Ireland / The Money Group / Lyca Mobile / The Post Office among others.

Specialist Partnerships agency. Focusing on large financial institutions, financial services and utilities. Aggressively secured and won bids. Executed new clients to work with both the existing roster of Orba Group clients and secure new clients to that roster. To develop the new business function internally and identify new revenue streams for Orba and its clients. Create strategy papers for board review and agreement. Identify new diversification and channels for Orba Group to enter. P&L management

Manage and control all revenue generation functions within abc Group across business areas of abc media / abc commerce / alphabet design This comprised of creating strategy to link all areas of the business together where there was revenue potential and to execute that strategy. Meet and exceed aggressive sales targets set at the Board.Specialist media and marketing agency for the retail sector from start up in 2004. 48 of the top 50 FMCG were direct clients by the time I finished my employment, from 1 in 2004. Staff recruitment / management. P&L responsibilityPR / Marketing assessment and managementYOY growthBudget PlanningBudget vs Actual progress and monitoringSetting and exceeding company targets.

GI is the largest specialist fund management and alternative investment advisory. Highly regarded both editorially and commercially among the fund management industry. Conducting business all over the world with a focus on Emerging Markets, and south east Asia. Learnt the nuances of conducting business with different cultures and negotiating through a language barrier.