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United Kingdom

Milton Keynes

ITAB Shop Products provides a number of process and equipment solutions to improve customer flow, store circulation and speed of service throughout the store. This covers the initial research & analysis stage, through solution design and trial, to equipment supply and installation/maintenance.ISP is one of Europe's leading suppliers of conventional and self-serve checkouts, customer guidance products, and queue management systems. Every day our solutions handle over 50 million customers giving us an unrivalled knowledge base on flow efficiency.It is part of the ITAB Group, a £600 million turnover global supplier of store equipment with operations in 30 countries.

adept4 is the UK’s leading provider of cost effective managed services to support the existing I.T function of small, medium and large enterprises.As Business consultant reporting to the board of adept4 responsible for developing a new Practice within the group focused on Business Efficiency. This included:• Conducting market research to define the business proposition • Technology selection and partner relationships • Leading Sales and marketing plans for both existing and new business • Weekly communication briefings The new practice focuses on working closely with companies to drive efficiencies into their organisations by maximising their investment in both technology and more importantly people.This interim assignment was completed within a 4 month contracting period.

One of Europes largest retail fixture providers. Delivering turnkey retail solutions from design through to implementation with five manufacturing sites and employing 250 people. Working directly with the UK’s largest retailers.Part of Marmon Retail Fixtures supplying retail fixtures across the globe. Client Services Director responsible for Group Sales, Commercial, Design and Marketing activity with Profit and Loss responsibility for £48m sales.Delivering exceptional customer service. Driving proposition development by influencing peers and colleagues. Effectively developing team and individuals results by providing clear leadership and direction.

Following the sale of Interface to Retec, Retec Interface became the market leader in the supply of customer facing Interactive Technology for the retail market. Retec focused on delivering guided selling solutions via digital media within retail. Each solution delivered incremental sales and improved operational efficiency within the store outlet. Working directly with Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Boots, Argos and partnering NCR and IBM.Creative and Technical Director and subsequently appointed to Managing Director responsible for all solution/product/platform development including driving strategy to address the convergence of social networking and consumers product selection, by creating a content development strategy to further differentiate our offer.

The Sloane group is a leading UK retail fixture manufacturing business that designs, manufactures and implements retail fixturing for a number of the UK’s leading retailers. Part of Marmon Retail Fixtures. Working with the UK’s largest retailers. Aquired Eden Industries 2003.Managing Director Sloane Europe responsible for managing the acquisition and integration of two businesses over three eastern European Countries. Working closely with the teams in Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Developing a robust business strategy for growth in very different markets. Full P&L responsibility.

Interface was the market-leading provider of Interactive kiosk solutions into retail until it was sold in 2003 to Retec. Delivering interactive solutions that engaged with customers to influence their buying behaviour and increase retail sales. Its services included the supply of hardware, software, enclosures and managed services.As founding director of Interface and Managing Director responsible for creating a new proposition in an emerging technology. Delivering sales growth and profitability within a very short period. Building a strong specialist team. Building strong partnerships and networks to grow the brands strength in the retail marketplace.