A digital commercial insurance brokerage and technology platform. Easier management of group insurances within a single web based SaaS platform. Fully digitised policy design, quotation, purchase, onboarding and management for group healthcare and protection insurances.

Advising and managing a mid corporate client portfolio on behalf of Vested Employee Benefits, a collaborative venture between Mazars LLP and the Embark Group. My advisory and service specialisms cover:- Group healthcare insurances (insured and self insured PMI, Cashplan, Dental)- Group protection insurances (Life, GIP & Critical Illness)- DC pension schemes (GPP, Master Trust, GSIPP)- Digital benefits and flex benefits platforms- Voluntary benefits, Health & Wellbeing, Occupation Health.

Founded a subscription based e-commerce retail business in the pet food and products market. Disrupting a £2.7bn prime retail sector. Automated recurring home delivery of pet food, the Graze.com of the pet world, first mover in the UK market.Gained me valuable experience in many areas, a selection being; navigating protected markets, value, equity and partnership balances, business funding, trading partnerships, consumer business models and strategies, further consumer marketing experience.Key areas of work and experience:==> Business mgt; structure, legals, financing,1k+ SKU modelling & management.==> Suppliers; wholesale, drop shippers, multinational manufacturers.==> Partnerships; deal making with complimentary retailers.==> Logistics: 3pl, warehousing fulfilment integration.==> Brand & Design; strategy, ID development, project owner, graphic and materials design.==> Marketing: digital strategy and planning.==> Web App Build; Architect, UI, UX project owner.

Partner founder of Bibble.com, an online wine retailing business with a market proposition based around; quality product, experiential engagement, education & aspirational brand positioning. Poised to tackle a £5.5bn market with an online channel seeing 35% annual growth at the time. In partnership we built the business to pre-launch and 2nd seed funding round.Invaluable experience gained, examples being; b2b vs b2c business modelling, market research, regional market variations, consumer marketing, financing and investment and more.Key areas of work and experience:==> FMCG retail; F&B on and off trade retailing.==> Supply & Logistics; 3pl, bonding, supply chain tech & logistics==> Business management; structure, legals, financing.==> Marketing strategy; digital strategy, btl.==> Design; graphic & material.==> Web Build; Wireframed, project owner, UI & UX.==> Brand; strategy, ID development, project owner.==> Suppliers: , wholesale, direct; negotiation & mgmt.

Founded and built B2B Ltd an outbound b2b telephone sales and inbound medical call centre provider to serve the commercial insurance and healthcare sectors. Our outbound business secured and fielded new business appointments nationally for corporate insurance brokerages. Our inbound call centre operation managed both medical information and consultant booking lines for 18 of the largest private hospitals within the UK, essentially a private form of the NHS Direct service. Key facts:==> Launched in 2004 as a 25yo.==> Consistent net margins of >35%.==> Real experience of a wide range of SME issues.==> Exit through business sale in 2009.

Gissings was a medium sized city based employee benefits and insurance broking business. This was my first formal business role and I grew quickly from telesales appointment setting to youngest ever business development consultant within the company managing a national SME prospect pool, some key facts:==> £200k new business fee income targets, achieved and exceeded.==> Sole management responsibility of an entire product portfolio of pooled insurances for international banks with London offices, circa. £2m annual fee income book and £25m annual premium book.==> Wide range of size and sector companies secured and or worked with, several blue-chip legal firms, numerous London banks and many well known household names. My role also encompassed client relationship management and advisory responsibilities, internal business strategy involvement and exposure to business management issues. I enjoyed my time at Gissings and learned much, though reached a point where I was simply too young to be promoted much further without many more years tenure, thus I resigned amicably to launch my first business.