Mike Gillett Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

In 2016, I established the Strategy Management Group as a vehicle to allow me to take up a range of roles and to provide hands on business consultancy and strategy execution services to businesses both large and small. These currently include:-Dutch based Logistics Group with revenues of approx. €100 Mill – Creation of a grow, consolidate and sell strategy-UK ‘Fintech’ company – NED Board role providing corporate oversight and sales management expertise-UK Home Technology Group –… Show more In 2016, I established the Strategy Management Group as a vehicle to allow me to take up a range of roles and to provide hands on business consultancy and strategy execution services to businesses both large and small. These currently include:-Dutch based Logistics Group with revenues of approx. €100 Mill – Creation of a grow, consolidate and sell strategy-UK ‘Fintech’ company – NED Board role providing corporate oversight and sales management expertise-UK Home Technology Group – Executive mentoring - Italian Transportation Group – Development and execution of a range of growth strategies to leverage current market position and evolve a more global profile. Show less

Europe

Contract based role to help build and execute against a range of development strategies to create brand awareness, grow operational capabilities and construct a market relevant value proposition.

London & Amsterdam

Reporting to the Global CEO I was responsible for the day to day commercial activities of a +$250 Million global enterprise with operations in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA.With an entrepreneurial approach to business planning, my primary focus was to build high performance management teams that are capable of managing change and improving financial results while reducing risk and complexity in times of change

London, United Kingdom

As head of the company’s largest trading unit I drove both sector and service development during this period, establishing new operations across Europe whilst at the same time delivering revenue growth of more than 40%.Key to this growth was the ability to develop and communicate management plans that meet service level targets to assure employees within the operation and supply chain understand the mission, goals and guidelines for carrying out their responsibilities.Achievement of our… Show more As head of the company’s largest trading unit I drove both sector and service development during this period, establishing new operations across Europe whilst at the same time delivering revenue growth of more than 40%.Key to this growth was the ability to develop and communicate management plans that meet service level targets to assure employees within the operation and supply chain understand the mission, goals and guidelines for carrying out their responsibilities.Achievement of our goals was driven by the deployment of effective ‘hands on’ management of regional operations and labour resources with specific focus on meeting set financial and service level targets for the company to drive shareholder value Show less

Having successfully built my own business, this was sold to IJS Global in January 2007 with me assuming the role of CEO UK & Ireland. Over the next three years I oversaw the integration of this business in to the recently created IJS network and continued to grow the UK activities by 14% year on year

London, United Kingdom

In 1993 I started a small owner managed operation employing two people. Within 9 years I had grown this to employ more than 120 staff operating from centers in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow and delivering above industry standard returns through the provision of quality supply chain solutions to the oil/gas, hi-tech, retail and pharmaceutical sectors. In 2006 with revenues of approx. GBP 18 Million we were approached by a private equity firm who asked if we would be interested in… Show more In 1993 I started a small owner managed operation employing two people. Within 9 years I had grown this to employ more than 120 staff operating from centers in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow and delivering above industry standard returns through the provision of quality supply chain solutions to the oil/gas, hi-tech, retail and pharmaceutical sectors. In 2006 with revenues of approx. GBP 18 Million we were approached by a private equity firm who asked if we would be interested in selling the company to them and to becoming one of the foundations of the newly formed IJS Global Show less