Assisting Bowra with fundraising

Responsible for business development for our Restructuring Advisory team and the wider accounting practice. Meeting with and developing/maintaining relationships with accountants, solicitors, invoice financiers, ABL market, banks and other financial/legal professionalsCarrying out focussed activity to encourage reciprocity and work generation by liaising with key business contacts and arranging corporate hospitality events, seminars, training sessions, workshops and effective networking events

August 2010 – todate Business Development Manager• Responsible for business development in Hampshire/Dorset area, including meeting with and developing/maintaining relationships with accountants, solicitors, invoice financiers, ABL market, banks and other financial/legal professionals• Focussed activity to enhance relationships and encourage reciprocity of work• Responsible for arranging and hosting corporate hospitality eventsOctober 2007 – July 2010 Marketing Executive• Responsible for 14 offices following a focussed approach to marketing and raising RSM Tenon profile, following National and Regional marketing plans• Focussed activity to encourage reciprocity and work generation by liaising with key business contacts and arranging corporate hospitality events, seminars, training sessions, workshops and effective networking events• Work closely with the ABL/Invoice Finance sector to develop relationships and encourage reciprocityJune 2005 - September 2007 Business Development Consultant• Initiate and undertake new business development opportunities including preparing and presenting training sessions, organising and co-ordinating conferences, meetings, seminars and presentations – both internally and externally and corporate hospitality events• Initiate and prepare marketing material for external and internal use via newsletters, case studies, editorials, mailshots and press releases• Arrange speakers and hosts, organise and attend Turnaround Management Association meetings and events on a quarterly basis in Southampton, Reading and Brighton, together with organising annual golf day and other hospitality events• Manage contacts database and communicate in a timely manner with appropriate marketing material• Undertake and oversee business development projects on an ad hoc basis • Maintain reciprocity spreadsheet monitoring incoming and outgoing work

April 2004 - November 2004 PA To Managing Director / Sales & Marketing / HR Representative Bibby Factors Wessex Limited (Formerly Abbey sold to Bibby in December 2003)Merchants House, Vanguard Road, Poole, BH15 1YL• Support Managing Director in all aspect of administration work • Undertake and oversee projects as required• Recruitment and paperwork of new and existing employees and be point of contact for all HR enquiries• As detailed below in addition to Personal Assistant to Managing Director and HRJune 2001- April 2004 Sales & Marketing Administrator Abbey National business Cashflow Finance Limited, Merchants House, Vanguard Road, Poole, BH15 1YL• Marketing – organising and attending corporate hospitality events, sourcing new aspects for enquiry generation, organising and negotiating advertising space, monitor and manage marketing budgets • Client Liaison – first point of contact for clients, deal promptly and efficiently with client queries, organise client presentations • Support Sales Team in administration duties including: general letters, processing and recording invoices, preparing sales reports, collating and recording information • Miscellaneous – main contact for Goldmine customer database, main contact for Abbey National Cross Sales team, main contact for external sales leads