A motivated and clear thinking business development leader with a strong record of evolving multi-disciplinary teams and securing high value contracts within the aerospace industry. Able to apply commercial expertise, systems thinking and technical experience, alongside business acumen to deliver innovative and collaborative solutions for customers across a range of different cultures. Resilient, robust and agile, able to adapt to customer requirements and negotiations and balance customer need with business requirement.Whilst current experience has been based within the aerospace industry a wide range of transferable skills have been honed.Key Skills include: Collaborative Leader – Building high performance multi-functional, multi-national teams to deliver winning solutions both in equipment and aftermarket sales.Strategy and Vision – Ability to see the bigger picture and how implications of decisions on one programme may read across to another and setting a course to navigate through complex multi-stakeholder projects. Programme Management – Delivering complex projects and sales campaigns to time, quality and budget, which have included significant engine sales and support contracts well in excess of £1bn over last 5 years.Stakeholder Management – Ability to quickly form strong and enduring relationships with customers, partners and stakeholders, earn their respect and trust to co-create competitive and valued support solutions on a global platform.Communication – Influential and able to manage key stakeholders through excellent visual, written and oral communications. Proven communicator at all Customer, Government, Industry and organisational levels.