Ian Townsend Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

England, United Kingdom

Co-President of the Snow ClubExec. Committee of the Consulting Club

London, England, United Kingdom

My focus was on designing and developing an advisory offering to engage corporate partners to drive value for Antler portfolio companies through product development and testing, customer development, and investments.

The Wheeler Institute aims to be a hub for trusted insights on business solutions to development challenges.

Canada

Member of the Strategy consulting practice.Selected case experience:• Completed in-depth market research to identity opportunities within the agtech venture capital landscape in Canada, including interviewing 50+ market actors (startups, incubators, VC firms, etc.)• Defined a Canadian Charitable Foundation’s partnership strategy to support the organization's newly created Indigenous teacher education program (~C$XXM program size)• Conducted market scan to identify and summarize the banking behaviors, preferences, and key trends within Canadian commercial banking segment

Canada

Member of the Strategy consulting practice (transferred from Technology Consulting practice)Selected case experience:• Established a structured innovation methodology for a Financial Crown Corporation's innovation lab and orchestrated the "incubation" of 3 product ideas (tested desirability, feasibility, and viability of each)• Assessed a Commercial Bank's current growth strategy, stressing testing the organization's "Where to Play" and "How to Win" strategic choices• Uncovered challenges facing businesses during the pandemic by analyzing a quarterly survey of 15,000+ businesses; analysis was featured by news outlets, including the Financial Post and Maclean’s (“2021 Charts to Watch”)

Canada

Member of the Technology Strategy consulting practice.Selected case experience:• Rolled out an innovative financial offering for an Export Credit Agency, onboarding two of Canada's "Big 6" banks as go-to-market / distribution partners• Developed a Digital Strategy for a G7 Central Bank, including an analysis of digital trends, an assessment of the bank’s current digital initiatives, and the formulation of a bank-wide digital strategy• Conducted Blockchain Use Case Assessment for Federal Department to determine the desirability, feasibility, and viability of a blockchain-enabled track and trace solution for Canadian supply chain

Canada

Member of the Technology Strategy consulting practice.Selected case experience:• Designed and launchedRobotic Process Automation (RPA) function for a Federal Department, the first in the Government of Canada• Developed a digital strategy for a large Federal Department outlining how to use digital tools and practices to increase the uptake of energy efficiency practices within Canadian businesses

Canada

• Reported directly to the VP of Global Transaction Banking Technology on relevant trends related to retail and commercial payments in the fintech space

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Co-President of the Snow Club Exec. Committee of the Consulting Club

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcomm), Business Technology Management & Marketing (Double Major)

• Business Case Competitor – represented the business school at the national and international level at four academic business case.