I have extensive experience in Business Strategy and Commercial Development across culture, heritage, charities, retail and hospitality. Specialisms include Retail, Ecommerce, Catering, Venue Hire, Events, Visitor and Customer Experience, Brand Licensing.Business Strategy and Business Planning• Implement strategic reviews to identify new ways forward in a concise straightforward way that meet the objectives of the business in a changing landscape over the short, medium and long-term to drive profitability.• Carry out scenario planning, business modelling/remodelling. Build and model business plans to develop opportunities, identify cost savings and enable organisations to make informed decisions based on a variety of plausible futures.Change Management• Review and recommend organisational structures to deliver against existing, new or changed objectives. Lead and support change through a structured approach to ensure a beneficial transition while mitigating disruption.Commercial Development• Develop Retail and Ecommerce from Strategy, Market Positioning and Concept Identification to Store Design and Layout planning. Undertake Range Planning and deliver Buying, Product Development and Merchandising in line with agreed plans. • Develop Catering offers from Strategy, Concept Identification and Market Positioning, through to Tendering, Contact Negotiation and Contractor Performance Management. Enable clients and catering contractors to collaborate on profitable visitor catering.I have worked on unusual and diverse projects from a strategic retail review of The King’s palaces to the development of merchandising and buying plans for a shop on the Antarctic Peninsula. I have led projects to transform food concepts ranging from a tuck shop and shake bar to themed cafes and fine dining in a railway carriage.