I am an experienced Business Unit and Divisional Managing Director who enjoys applying strong technical and commercial awareness to deliver business sales growth and improved profitability. International business roles in Asia and Europe have provided me with a broad range of experience in the supply of equipment for the naval, marine, oil and gas industry. I have successfully built multinational teams, highly effective in creating business opportunity through new product development. With an energetic and compassionate leadership style and the ability to communicate at all levels, I have experience across the full range of business activity including strategy development and implementation, engineering, marketing, sales, procurement, manufacturing, delivery and after sales support. Recent successes include:→ Completion of 12 MEUR+ R&D project providing access to new market opportunity with a total addressable value in excess of 10 BEUR→ Delivering 150+ units in a new business environment - total sales revenue to date of @30 MEUR.→ Completion of cost down initiatives (material and supply chain) delivering 40% cost savings→ Introduction of Operational Excellence delivering end to end cost improvement, lead time and working capital reductions. → Set up of external partnership and agency agreements expanding market/customer reach, improving manufacturing volume flexibility and minimising internal investment cost.→ Successfully building a team to provide end to end support in bringing a new product to market, from concept through delivery and global after sales support.