Mike Stanton Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Bond Steet, London

Business Assets OverviewJohn Pye Business Assets department is the company’s longest established department, having provided client services to Turnaround, Restructuring, Insolvency and Industry sectors for over 25 years.The Business Assets department manages over 25,000 asset instructions per annum on behalf of:BanksLendersTurnaround, Recovery & Insolvency PractitionersGovernment AuthoritiesRetail PLCs and PartnershipsProperty Owners & AgentsPrivate Investment ClientsInstructions begin with appraisals and/or valuations in accordance with stipulations required by the UK’s National Association of Valuers & Auctioneers (NAVA).Our Business Assets department operates a multitude of offices and support sites with over 60 dedicated staff to physically inspect assets for their age, condition, grade, environment and operational history in order to provide a reliable and accurate appraisal and valuation figures.John Pye Business Assets offer clients a variety of valuation and appraisal services including:On-Site, Desktop & Drive By AppraisalsValuations for Mergers; acquisitions, restructuring and cessation of businessesInsurance Investigations and Re-InstatementIntellectual Property ValuationsSite Clearances & Asset RemovalsAuctions and Tenders ‘In Situ’Specialist In-House Marketing to Target MarketsData risk management; technology stock cleansing, Data Wiping & Data DestructionJohn Pye Business Assets department is headquartered at 5 Old Bond Street, Mayfair, with a UK Operational Head Office in Nottingham.The department has received industry recognition as Business Asset Auctioneers 2014 by NAVA, Asset Valuer/Auctioneer of the Year in the 2015 Insolvency & Rescue Awards and Asset Valuer/Auctioneer of the Year in the 2016 and 2017 TRI Awards ( Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency Awards.)

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the commercial side of conferences, publications and online opportunities through direct sales and sponsorship for some of the largest, successful and respected conference, exhibition and awards events within the Credit/Finance Industries. Conferences include: Credit Week (Credit Summit & CDSP European NPL) The Credit Awards, The Household Credit Conference & Utilities &Telecoms Awards, The Mortgage Conference , The TRI Awards (Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency Awards and conference), The Car Finance Conference & Awards, the Collections, Debt sale and Purchase conference and the Collections and Customer Services awards. I also worked across the Credit Strategy Magazine and website and Insolvency News online. Although I managed a portfolio of major blue-chip clients within the industry, I was focused also on generating and developing new business opportunities across the Shard Financial Media portfolio. I worked with an array of major clients across all sectors at the highest level. Examples include business's such as Capita, Grant Thornton, Baker Tilly/RSM, Computershare, Equita, Gordon Brothers, Mazars, Target Group, Menzies LLP, Telrock, Noble Systems, amongst many others.

London, United Kingdom

My role was to establish business development strategies, and to oversee the implementation, with the objectives being to generate new business revenue streams and develop incumbent client revenues. Intinsic to this was the creation and implementation of a marketing plan to assist with achieving the objectives.

Chancery Lane, London

Responsible for all revenue generation for a small contract publisher. The main focus was a publication called Springboard, a government owned contract magazine produced on behalf of the UKTI (UK Trade & Investment). I also managed the advertising and sponsorship sales for the official programme for the very popular Ad -Tech show at Olympia in conjunction with DMG Events.My role also included pitching for new business opportunities along side the CEO.

Queens Park, London

Responsible for sourcing developing and maximising new business, and increasing market share within the local rental property market around the North London area. Managing and growing the current client database. Implementing specific marketing strategies aimed at increasing brand awareness and communicating the benefits of working with a small but highly professional and forward-thinking agency, who really value a fantastic level of client service.

Liverpool Street, London

Responsible for all commercial aspects and rescuing a luxury magazine which had been lacking in advertising/sponsorship revenue, business development, marketing front-line management. Through recruiting and training a talented sales team and devising and implementing a sales plan we managed to grow media revenue by 50% over a 2 year period. Clients I worked with include: Rolex watches, BMW, Porsche, HSBC Corporate Banking, Pearl & Coutts, Mandarin Hotels, Graff, Harrods, Bombardier Jets, Virgin Atlantic, American Express, HSBC Corporate, Jo Malone & Kuoni.

Kings Road, London

A one year contract responsible for revenue generation, through multiple platforms across two major accounts, namely: Quintessentially Magazine and the official programme for the Investec Derby, (the horse race) Both were very successful in terms of sales growth y on y, adding a significant amount of new AB profile business and developing the incumbent business database of active and delinquent clients. Clients included: Landrover, Jaguar, Tiffany, Graff, Kuoni,Rolex, Cartier, Selfridges, Liberty, Barbour, Burberry, Martell.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for all sales revenue across the entire John Brown Publishing portfolio, this included some of the highest circulating magazine and well known blue-chip brands in the UK. Some of the accounts I was responsible for include the customer magazine accounts for Sky, The AA, Orange Mobile Phones, Ikea, Wanadoo, Yellow Pages, Virgin, Monarch Airlines, Heritage Today, JD Sports Dorchester Hotel, Granada TV, TFL.. Managed a sales team of 18, all recruited and trained by myself, from Sales Executives, to Ad Managers, and Ad Directors. A significant part of my role included pitching for new business, alongside a dedicated team, I was responsible for all commercial aspects of the pitch in relation to revenue generation. My team grew revenues on some of the countries largest accounts, sometimes of to the level of 15% year on year, we also generated around £30 million in revenue across the portfolio.

St Martins Place, London

Responsible for the management and commercial side of a number of blue-chip contract magazine accounts including: Automobile Association, Dulux, Britannia Building Society, and Swarovski.