Mike Battersby Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, Gb

Business advice, Start-up mentor, funding, pitching.

Voluntary work at quite a large bureau with some real challenges following the CSR. This is where "big society" will get tested as local authority budgets are cut - looking for volunteers and companies willing to roll up sleeves and help.

Level 39, London, United Kingdom

Truststamp.ai guards against identity theft, friendly fraud and ‘stranger danger’. It does this by providing a secure digital token and objective trustworthiness score which verifies the user’s photograph, identity and trustworthiness. We use patented algorithms and AI resources from Microsoft and IBM Watson to review profile, photographic and driver’s licence data together with 200+ public records, e-commerce and social media sites.I was President of the UK Fintech arm of Trust Stamp, until we structured a strategic investment from Emergent Technology Holdings in 2018. I now lead a standalone company, Biometric Innovations, which acts as a reseller of Trust Stamp’s technology. We graduated from the accelerator hub at Surrey University in 2017 and are based at Level39 in Canary Wharf.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

My focus is on increasing the speed of renewable energy installation (such as electric vehicle charge points) by reducing early stage costs of surveying the built environment. By applying machine learning to a variety of data sets we cut through noise and reduce physical boots on the ground costs. Specifically, I am responsible for raising funding and positioning the business in international markets using my contacts in international development agencies.Our output and data analysis techniques are market leading and can be predictive. Examples can be seen here:https://www.energeo.co.uk/news

Southampton, Uk

I led an initiative to create an infrastructure hub; a social enterprise designed to promote community ownership of energy generation and finance. Our purpose is to help local people re-capitalise their communities by investing in and owning the key strategic assets of energy and finance.We recently won 2 large scale bids under the ERDF scheme to work in Cornwall and Sheffield and develop new energy markets.

Romsey

A new business formed to design, develop and deliver sustainable communities built to last.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Working to set up a not for profit Community Bank with an inspiring group of people.

A small jewellery designer and fashion accessories business promoting ethically sourced jute bags from Bangladesh.

Working in the £25m to £500m turnover corporate business market. I won 3 FTSE-listed customers for the company during this time.

I held several positions in my time here, latterly responsible for sales, marketing and PR/media within my region. I drove 300% increase in new business gains in 2 years, funded 4 MBOs in 2000 and developed numerous initiatives still important to this company today.I headed a team of 15 Business Process Re-design specialists. Key outputs:- Re-design of 3,000 job holder positions- Re-allocate 15 staff to marketing and business development- Slimmed and flattened management structure to accelerate the promotion of new management and influence swift cultural change by empowering staff to manage their own productivity- Improvements in productivity transformed service levels and profitability over timeThis project was part of a major IT re-design to implement industry leading real-time technology in anticipation of the de-certification of securities trading in the City of London (TAURUS).

Executive Development

Short course in business and executive leadership skills whilst at Lloyds Banking Group.

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