Director with C & M Meals Ltd, heading up Business Development for our brand and range of French inspired, premium ready meals. Developing strategy and leading sales and marketing across D2C online, into fine food retail, foodservice and vending. Experienced Business Mentor and Performance Coach making a difference to business owners, leaders and colleagues with strategy, growth, business and personal development. 25+ years experience including setting up, growing and selling my own company. Combining strategy and practical experience I help businesses to stay competitive through market awareness, innovation, customer focus and coaching; moving from 'reactive' to 'proactive'. I feel strongly about working with businesses who are embracing 'people, planet, profit' and not just the latter! I'm also an Associate Consultant with Maia Growth Partners, a specialist business growth consultancy working with sustainable food businesses. I have on the ground experience in sales, business start-up, mastering the financials and team management, as well as selling a business and moving on. I combine this with effective Coaching, to support clarity of vision and actions, and to help my clients and their teams embrace change, overcome personal challenges at work, improve productivity and help everyone to want to go to work! I have set-up, managed and then sold on my own speciality food business. This experience is invaluable in offering relevant support to you. My background includes a Degree in Business and French; several years working in export sales; owning and leading an award winning sales and marketing consultancy working with a wide variety of SMEs; the set-up of my own business with products, employees and premises; and extensive Coaching training and practice. What makes me tick? I am passionate about supporting independent businesses including local and regional producers and suppliers across all industry sectors as I believe that if we don't, we will gradually reduce choice and variety for everyone. I gravitate towards businesses that embrace or are moving towards a holistic view of the impact of their business, and who believe that it should work for them, for the planet and for their people. Alongside profit, of course :).