Jim Buckle Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

Birmingham, GB

London, London, GB

At Gousto, our mission is to be the UK's most-loved way to eat dinner. Every week we send two million tasty and nutritious meals to UK households, making us one of the UK's fastest growing businesses. If you are not yet a customer of Gousto, why not? As CFO I am responsible for Finance, Legal, Risk and Investor Relations.

Neuilly Sur Seine, Ile De France, FR

Chief Operating Officer of Feelunique, one of Europe's leading ecommerce retailers of beauty products, based in London, Northampton, Paris, Hong Kong and the Channel Islands, owned by Palamon Capital (and acquired in 2021 by Sephora) and with annual retail sales of c£100m. Responsible for customer acquisition and retention, operations, customer experience.

London, GB

Shoreditch, London, GB

Portsmouth, Hampshire, GB

Chief Financial Officer of Wiggle Limited, the world's leading e-commerce retailer of Cycling and Tri-sports goods (bikes, parts, accessories and clothing). At the time, Wiggle had annual sales of approx £200m and was owned by Bridgepoint Private Equity.

London, London, GB

Joined LOVEFiLM as Chief Financial Officer and executive Board member in 2006, subseqently becoming Chief Operating Officer in February 2011 and Managing Director in March 2012. LOVEFiLM was Europe's largest online DVD rental business which successfully transitioned to streaming, ultimately becoming Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Germany.As a member of.

11-15 William Road, London, GB

Advising the management team on fund-raising and strategic options.

Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BR

Supported the CEO in achieving a successful exit for investors.

Joined the business as Finance Director and, within a year, became Managing Director. Developed and implemented the strategy which resulted in a successful exit, achieving a 5x increase in value over two years.

Built a European shared service centre for CIT.

Netusability was a VC-backed software business, developing tools to facilitate website usability testing, with operations in London and San Francisco. Due to the absence of further investment following 9/11, the business was closed in April 2002, after which I spent a year working on interim assignments.

Round Rock, Texas, US

Round Rock, Texas, US

Managed Dell EMEA's daily/weekly reporting, financial forecasting and demand planning processes.

London, England, GB

Joined the BBC as Deputy Head of Internal Audit; became Financial Controller, BBC Education (the youngest ever person to reach this level at the BBC) and then Head of Finance, Planning & Analysis, BBC Production, the latter being a £600m operation.

London, GB

Ba Hons (First Class), English Studies

Education record