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London, England, United Kingdom

Currently working as an interim Workplace Strategy lead in relation to HM Land Registry national portfolio. Main activities include estates management strategy, portfolio alignment, the development of analytical tools using Power BI as well as liaising with Government Property Agency.

Cobham, Surrey

Interim corporate real estate consultant with C-suite level experience, specialising in advising companies and Government on corporate portfolio and workplace strategy. My experience ranges from advising on in-house organisational structures and performance improvement initiatives, company relocation, portfolio rationalisation and asset sales to service provider procurement and total outsourcing solutions.

London

15 month contract working as a freelance consultant within the in-house estates strategy team on DWP's extensive UK operational portfolio. Primary duties include working with the team to identify opportunities to rationalise the front and back office functions to drive efficiency and reviewing the supporting business cases for government approval.

Emea

Freelance consultant on a 10-month contract advising DXC on the UKI and EMEA portfolio rationalization strategies for DXC’s global footprint reduction programme in support of the business’s move to a “Virtual First” global workforce.

London, England, United Kingdom

Freelance consultant developing the EMEA and then Asian portfolio strategy, mobilization & transformation of Novartis’ integrated global outsource of Estate Management, Project Management, Facilities Management and Workplace to CBRE.

London, United Kingdom

Managing Director and Shareholer of the Property Services Division within Bellrock Property & Facilities Management, which is wholly owned and backed by Private Equity investor Horizon Capital. Responsible for integrating the various acquired property services businesses into the wider Group, developing service propositions and identifying cross sell opportunities between group companies.Operational restructuring and mitigating the risks and liabilities associated with legacy teams and poorly performing investments. Full responsibility for revenue and EBITDA growth and improved operational efficiency in preparation for future Group sale.

25 Savile Row, London W1S 2Er United Kingdom

Joined Trilogie CRE as Managing Director and Shareholder with a remit to stabilise and restructure the business, raise market profile and grow the business. Key initiatives/ activities implemented and completed:• Held full responsibility for the management of the £3m turnover business.• Managed 30 staff reporting to the Chairman and main shareholders.• Increased turnover by 17% in my first 5 months, YE turnover by 5%. Reduced overheads by 15% and increased gross contribution from 43% to 49%.• Managed the financial budget, revenue forecasting, debt collection and payment of creditors.• Passed all Banking Covenants, met all capital and interest payments and loan repayments.• Set a new corporate business strategy, business plan and financial forecasts with clear targets.• Overhauled the company corporate image and drafted a new suite of marketing collateral.• Introduced flexible working, desk sharing and home working to enhance workforce efficiency.

London, United Kingdom

Senior Director, shareholder and Head of the Corporate Sector and Corporate Advisory Services team within the LSH Group. • Reported directly to the CEO, was a member of the LSH Advisory Board and IT Steering Group.• Lead and managed a national team of 30 staff with responsibility for a gross revenue target of £30m and team target of £11m.• Responsible for the development and delivery of multi-disciplined services across the UK.• Developed various tools for LSH/Hertfordshire C.C. to help secure Beacon Status in Asset Management • Delivered sales targets, oversaw service delivery, client care and shared sector knowledge.• Internal activities included corporate business strategy and internal operational restructuring.• Developed the sector and market facing strategy for the investor, corporate and public sectors.• Leading major pitches, tender opportunities and consistently looked to develop new services.• Responsible for the management and further development of the Corporate and Local Government Sector within LSH.• Provided the thought leadership and secured sponsorship to develop client facing web tools.

London, United Kingdom

As Director and Head of the National Business Team I was responsible for leading major tender and business opportunities and coordinating the delivery of major multi-disciplined term appointments across the UK & Ireland. Principal activities included:• Member of the Lambert Smith Hampton Advisory Board and IT Steering Group • Restructured the Bids Management team and raised tender success rate to 46% (2007).• Secured 15 local authority term and framework contracts in three years.• Established the Public Sector Advisory Services team within LSH.• Pitched and negotiated the novation of five Local Government term contracts worth £2.5m pa.• Managed the TUPE transfer of fifteen staff as part of the Administration of Erinaceous.• Developed CRM processes, client satisfaction questionnaire and a client relationship database• Implemented a fully transparent performance management and MI reporting regime.

London

Worked with Remit Consulting and independently on a variety of management and real estate consultancy projects:• Undertook an organisational review of the Estates Management function within a DIY retailer.• Identified areas of risk to the business, opportunities to reduce cost and drive efficiency.• Developed new processes and procedures for new financial property management IT software.• Prepared a functional specification for the creation of bespoke real estate business software.• Interim Account Director for Lear Corporation - Managing real estate projects across EMEA.

London, United Kingdom

Worked within the Performance Management team of Ernst & Young's Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction Group working in the area of strategic corporate real estate consulting:• Business Strategy.• Strategic Real Estate Outsourcing and Out Tasking.• Business Process Improvement & Business Process Re-engineering.• Corporate Recovery, Due Diligence, Management Buy-Outs, Mergers & Acquisitions.• Portfolio Rationalisation & Consolidation.• Real Estate Portfolio strategy.

London

Worked within the Corporate Services team working on merger integration across EMEA.Senior Account Manager (Associate Director), seconded to Getronics (Formerly Wang Global) as Deputy Property Director to provide corporate real estate management and consultancy advice to the company and its various subsidiaries across Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA). Other clients included Network Associates and Morgan Stanley.• Provided real estate due diligence in connection with Wang Laboratories take-over of Olsy.• Set the ‘Restructuring Fund’ required to reengineer the Wang and Olsy real estate portfolio.• Established ‘Benchmarks’ across EMEA related to revenue, cost and utilisation of real estate.• Worked with European business unit heads on country portfolios and set real estate plans.• Reduced annual facilities operating cost by US$ 23,600,000 (23%).• Reduced the EMEA operational real estate portfolio by 1,285,000 sqft (34%) in 12 months.• Introduced policies and procedures for the internal approval of EMEA real estate transactions.• Created a real estate database of operational costs and utilisation for management reporting.• Managed multiple external service providers and subcontractors across EMEA.

London, United Kingdom

As a graduate, junior and then senior surveyor at Weatherall Green & Smith I undertook a broad range of professional technical services across various business sectors and property types. Over a 6 year period, I advised investment funds, property companies, global corporate occupiers, Administrative Receivers and public sector clients in relation to their investment and occupational real estate portfolios. Technical skills developed included:• Corporate recovery, receivership, administration, due diligence and asset rationalisation• Transaction management, acquisitions and sales• Lease advisory services - Lease renewals, rent reviews, lease restructuring• Investment valuation, asset management, asset value enhancement• Portfolio benchmarking, supplier procurement and performance improvement• Rent & service charge collection, management and property accounting

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Education record

Mcr - Master Of Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Real Estate

• Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Finance • Real Estate (RE) Transactions : Impact on Corporate Financial Statements • Creating Corporate.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons, Land Management, 2:1

Education record