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Bristol, Gb

United Kingdom

Establish a consulting organisation to provide business development services for African and Middle Eastern entities that involve facilitating cross-border investments through joint ventures (JVs), strategic partnerships, and licensing agreements. Deliver leadership to oversee the organisation's strategic planning, governance, business development, marketing, and financial management aspects.• JV Creation & Licensing: Matched a Saudi entity with a UK gauge manufacturer for a joint venture and connected a South African business with a Saudi partner for a licensing deal in chemical manufacturing for rubber crumb and recycling industries.• Partnership Building: Identify and present market entry opportunities, develop tailored business strategies and governance models, and build management teams, leading to ongoing negotiations for successful cross-border partnerships.• Market Expansion: Guide the entry of companies into new international markets by structuring strategic partnerships with local entities, enhancing their regional business presence.• Regulatory Compliance: Navigate complex regulatory environments across different regions to help secure approvals for joint ventures, ensuring adherence to local laws and international standards.• Risk Mitigation: Develop risk management frameworks to mitigate financial and operational risks in cross-border projects.

England, United Kingdom

Delivered consultancy support that helped the CEO to facilitate the sale of Tasman Oil Tools Middle Eastern business (based in Dubai, UAE) while managing the company's market exit in Singapore and sales of Malaysian business to JV partner. Oversaw data room operations to process business information while delivering Q&A presentations to inform senior leadership with quality functions. Conducted virtual site visits and put the SPA together with the legal team. • Business Selling & Market Exit: Played a pivotal role in the successful divestiture and market exit of Tasman Oil Tools' Middle Eastern operations based in Dubai, UAE, managed from Singapore

United Kingdom

Directly reporting to the CEO, I streamlined operations for Tasman Oil Tools (the trading subsidiary) by formulating 2-to-5-year strategic plans and setting policies, procedures and rolling budgets. Strategically positioned as an Executive Director for the Main Board, comprising four operational Directors and four non-executive Directors. Directed a team of 65 (with 4 General Managers, a Finance Manager, a Marketing Manager, and QHSE Manager) to steer overall organisational operations. Administered rolling budgets in support of strategic plan execution for the organisation. Provided monthly board updates on Tasman Oil Tools, including written reports regarding financial analysis and budgetary performance. Delivered operational and strategic oversight of Tasman Oil tools through their expansion between 2013 to 2016. 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐌&𝐀)• Led £13M acquisition of Tasman Oil Tools in New Zealand (in 2014) while re-branding all entities into Tasman (in 2015). • Managed Tasman through the oil and gas crash of 2016 by leveraging cost control and surviving with all entities intact. • Laid the foundation of a new Joint Venture in Malaysia with oil resources and began trading in 2017. Successfully sold the Malaysian JV in 2021. 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬: Oversaw preparation of the brand for a trade sale while managing the sale of Australia and New Zealand divisions in 2021. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲: Acted as a consultant to provide strategic advice for successfully overseeing group exit from Singapore and Dubai.

Asia Pacific

Provided growth-focused leadership to expand the Northbridge Industrial Services PLC business into South-East Asia, including both trading entities Crestchic Loadbanks and Tasman Oil Tools. Successfully established a business presence for Northbridge in the region by building an infrastructure and management team while fostering close engagement with the Tasman Oil Tools business in Australia. Subsequently, drove the expansion and growth of the business throughout the Asia Pacific and the Middle East regions. • 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Laid foundation of a new Co. in Singapore (in 2013) and led £6.63M acquisition of the Crestchic agent in Singapore (Crestchic Asia Pacific) in 2013. Formed a management team to drive operations across the acquired business. By 2014, Crestchic Asia Pacific achieved revenues of £6.5M from £7.8M of assets. • 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Successfully created a branch office for Crestchic in China (in 2015) by leveraging the existing management team in Singapore.• 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Built a Tasman Oil Tools entity within the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Dubai, UAE) while acquiring the £2M assets and staff of Oil Field Material Management (OMM) and transforming it into the new Tasman entity. The Middle East (Crestchic and Tasman Oil Tools) generated revenues of £7.8M from £11M of assets at the end of 2014. • 𝐉𝐕 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Formed a joint venture with a local Malaysian Company (Olio Resources) while leading the Tasman Oil Tools in 2017. The business won a major contract to supply five major national oil and gas companies with drilling tools over three years.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Delivered insightful leadership to oversee the expansion of Northbridges business (Crestchic Loadbanks) into the Middle East via a start-up. Conceptualised a strategic plan for the start-up, established processes, and set timelines to achieve business expansion. • 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Established Northbridge (Middle East) FZE in 2007 by securing premises within the Jebel Ali Freezone. Built operational team to steer the business that garnered revenues of £7.8M p.a. from £11m of assets by the end of 2014, representing 20% of Northbridge Industrial Services PLC total revenue. Transformed the business into cash positive and profitable in 2008.• 𝐌𝐌$ 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡: Majorly contributed to the acquisition of Tasman Oil Tools Pty Ltd in Australia for AU$16.9M. The business revenues grew to AU$11.5M from AU$9M on acquisition (by the end of 2015).

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Relocated to Malaysia from Singapore to cut costs by 25% and complete the establishment of the Joint Venture in 2017 successfully. Chaired weekly online meetings to communicate a business roadmap with the team members. Actively participated in board meetings to discuss strategic plans and report ongoing organisational initiatives to Co. CEO and board members. Drove business continuity during 2019-2021 by formulating and implementing the COVID policy of the organisation. • 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞: Led purchase of assets ($2M paid for $7M valued) from a competitor in distress and reversed into a Singapore new Co. in 2019.• 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Drove operations for Tasman group by leading a cross-functional team, including four general managers (Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, and Malaysia/Singapore), Group Finance Manager, Group Marketing Manager, and Group QHSE Manager.• 𝐐𝐇𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Built a robust management system by leading and motivating the leadership team. Spearheaded QHSE programme to maintain a safe and healthy environment that prioritised quality of work. • 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Delivered strategic direction to oversee financial management functions, including P&L administration, cash flows, and balance sheets management.

Asia Pacific

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Formulated a 3-year strategic plan based on the evaluation of business requirements. Held complete responsibility for the P&L, cash flows, and balance sheets while achieving the shareholders' objectives by leading a high-performing team. • 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Restructured the organisation and built a team of 42 members (including two regional managers and a finance manager) to expand business by securing major projects in Qatar and KSA. • 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Ran the rental fleet by acquiring the finance of $7.5M from a local bank.

Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

Mba Essentials Cert, Business Administration And Management, General

Business Certificate

Strategic Business Planning

Graduate Studies For Mba International Business