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London, London, Gb

Excited to be partnering with our inspirational founder and serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore to lead the scale up of Beauty Pie, the world's largest luxury beauty buyer's club.Before BEAUTY PIE, if you wanted the really good skincare, makeup, fragrances, haircare or bodycare, you’d have to shop at traditional retail, and overpay for all the markups. Now - you can have access to the best quality beauty and wellness products (from leading labs in France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Japan, Korea), direct, and get a bigger piece of the BEAUTY PIE.

New York, Us

Excited to lead an amazing team growing our Peloton membership across our global geographic markets (US, CA, UK, DE and AU) and through all of our sales and marketing channels. Responsible for Peloton's global go-to-market growth strategy and execution including our owned & operated retail, 3rd party retail partners, sales channels, and our global marketing and regional leadership teams.

New York, Us

I led the international roll-out of Peloton, the NYC-founded start-up that uses technology and design to connect the world through fitness, empowering people to be the best version of themselves anywhere, anytime. From personally buying the first bike sold outside the US on the Kickstarter campaign in 2013 to being employee #1 in the international business, I built the business from ground up in the UK, Canada, Germany and Australia before taking the global Chief Commercial Officer role in 2021.

I led the MyOptique Group - Europe's largest online optical business, with over $100m in retail sales. Having been brought in by venture capitalists Index Ventures and Highland Capital Partners following their Series A investment, I grew the business 20x from $5m of sales into the leading player across Europe with operations in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. In September 2016 I successfully led the sale of Myoptique to Essilor International, the world's leading optical company, voted by Forbes as one the "World's 100 Most Innovative Companies", to enable their expansion into the European online marketIn the $30bn European optical market, the MyOptique Group is now selling a new pair of eyewear or optical product online every 15 seconds across www.glassesdirect.com, www.sunglassesshop.com, www.eyewearbrands.com, www.lenson.com and www.lensbest.de. Recruited a great executive team to build the business and have overseen expansion of our end-to-end retail team from manufacturing, warehouse, marketing and tech to over 250 staffSuccessfully led the acquisition of the UK’s leading online sunglasses retailer (Sunglasses Shop) and the leading Nordic and German online contact lens sellers (LensOn and 4Care), including all elements of negotiation, securing of debt and equity financing and integration of the businesses. Expanded the investor based to include Acton Capital Partners, Beringea, Korys and Cipio Partners.Overseen significant international expansion, selling into 10 European markets and the United States in local languages and local currencies. International (non-UK) now represents 70%+ of salesIntroduced market-leading innovation like GD’s Free Home Trial, vertically integrated manufacturing and the launching of five high-margin house brands from scratch

I was recruited into buy.at (the UK's leading specialist affiliate advertising network) following an investment by venture capitalists DFJ Esprit in 2006 to work alongside the two founders as CEO. Grew the business from $15m in turnover with 25 staff to over $60m in turnover and 70+ staff, taking the business from 3rd place in the market into the UK's #1 specialist networkLaunched buy.at into the US market with several high-profile customer wins and negotiated a strategic acquisition which extended the business into lead generation In February 2008 I led the sale of the business to AOL's Advertising.com for $125m, earning a 5x return for our venture investors in 18 months After our acquisition by AOL, my role was extended to include UK Managing Director of Advertising.com, which operates the industry's largest advertising network

Dallas, Texas, Us

Built and led European region for Match.com, the world’s leading online personals service and a wholly-owned subsidiary of InteractiveCorp (NASD: IACI). Achieved #1 position in European personals market with annualised revenues in excess of $75m and annual growth of 60+% Managed central and regional teams totaling 25 staff based in London, Paris, Madrid, Munich and Stockholm Responsible for setting overall European strategy, as well as leading local country managers and teams in developing and executing individual market growth strategies including public relations, co-branded partnerships, online marketing, offline marketing and other activities to drive both brand and category awareness Coordinated with US and London-based product and technology teams to drive product innovation and manage localisation needs for Match.com’s international sites (operating in 18 languages and 5 currencies)Worked with US management team and IAC corporate parent to evaluate buy vs. build opportunities to grow Match.com’s share in the European marketRepresented Match.com in the European press, including appearances on CNN and CNBC

Boston, Ma, Us

Advised FTSE 100 and major European companies on strategic and operational issues across a variety of industries including retail, consumer services and natural resources Led due diligence reviews for private equity clients pursuing European acquisitions. Assignments typically included market and competitive analysis, assessment of growth opportunities and creation of forward-looking projections of financial statements

Zurich, Ch

Provided capital raising and financial advisory services to clients in the European, Russian and U.S. marketsAfter serving two years in the New York office, was the only junior-level, non-native Russian speaker selected to work in market-leading Moscow investment banking division In London, originated and executed transactions in the European mergers and acquisitions market, acting as day-to-day manager of project teams, leading junior analysts in valuation and merger analyses. SFA registered (UK)

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Bsfs, International Economics

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