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An international entrepreneurial visionary, influential business and digital transformation leader, with a can do attitude, that gets the job done. Focused on improving customer experiences to deliver business growth, excellent multi-stakeholder engagement skills; inspired by the art of the possible, motivated by innovation, business development and transformation challenges.A portfolio career of 20 years, mixing interim projects, focused on leading customer centric, business transformation consulting projects with entrepreneurial projects; preceded by 15 years in the software industry. Key Strengths• Strategic – ability to understand and articulate the bigger picture, engage stakeholders to deliver the vision • Futuristic – visionary thinker with the ability to create and articulate vivid images of an improved future state• Achiever – decisive and focused on agreeing desired outcomes and putting in place a plan and deliver it• Ideation – look for never been done before projects, inspired by new challenges and improving the status quo• Energetic and Flexible leader – provide strong leadership of multi-discipline teams & stakeholder engagement Expertise A recognized self-starter, passionate about innovation, never been done before, FIRST projects and start-up initiatives. Solid reputation for deconstructing complex business problems, developing a solution, building and adapting roadmaps, to deliver projects, across different geographies.  Skilled at building and leading international, virtual cross-functional teams, within matrix organisations, to deliver business and digital transformation projects. Identify new product and service opportunities through observing customer behaviour and developing solutions based on unmet needs. Effective communicator, with the ability to engage internal and external stakeholders and motivate individuals and teams to participate in new ideas and initiatives. Experience Extensive experience working with and for senior stakeholders to lead innovation and business and digital transformation programs, across multiple industries.  International experience through UK based international roles and overseas postings, from 3 months to 2 years in New York, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Washington DC. Worked with leading brands on projects from 2 months to 3.5 years, including, FORD, BskyB, Ogilvy & Mather, Lloyds, SDL, HSBC, Lexis Nexis, BancTec, OpenText.