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United Arab Emirates

Multi-industry entity established in 2023 - spanning retail, defence, infrastructure and general trading. Nineteen Eighty Five (FZE) offers a comprehensive solution tailored to individual client needs

United Arab Emirates

Supporting Government and Semi-Government clients with their strategic initiatives - focused in the security, defence and infrastructure domains.

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Founded 1985 Limited - a UK registered consultancy company specialising in the fields of commercial management, proposal and bid management as well as general business operations. Focus areas being UK MoD, UK commercial customers, complex software contracting, managing major proposals for international defence and commercial customers and contracting and.

United Arab Emirates

Managing commercial activities across the GCC including support to key accounts in the UAE, KSA and Bahrain. The role has a heavy bias on pre-signature and front-end negotiations with mature Customers and also requires frequent and effective communication with internal senior management including Regional General Manager and director and VP functional.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Led commercial aspects of a major bid into a strategic Customer to provide a 5 year pipeline of highly qualified and skilled personnel (theory, practical and OJT programme) from RFQ to contract award. Managing the C&P activities of the bid including management of a complex supply chain, use of innovative commercial models, (inc. output based contracting).

United Kingdom

Led commercial, contractual and pricing strategy at site level and support to divisional and global commercial activities.Ownership of key customer accounts with Airbus and Agusta Westland.Focus activity was price realisation whereby contracts and long term pricing agreements were interpreted and price increases (contributing to divisional profit targets).

Havant, UK

Role focused on management of contracts within the Defence/ Commercial IT industries, as well as Commercial Management of New Business both in the domestic market and internationally.During the first 12 months within Lockheed Martin I was honoured with an award for 'Building Effective Relationships' with key internal and external stakeholders such as UK.

Main role was within the Radar Business stream managing complex MoD Radar Contracts as well as being the Commercial lead for bids into Chile and Korea.Responsibilities:Commercial management for a major communications programme developed for the UK MoD;In Service Support (ISS) contract management for a high value Radar Contract (UK MoD);Central Commercial.

Sole responsibility for a £4million turnover storeDelegating duties to fellow employeesDealing with customer complaints Analysing store trading performance to devise trading strategies

Sole responsibility for the day to day management of the restaurantManagement of kitchen and front of house staffCreating promotions and marketing campaigns to increase turnoverOwnership of financial performance

Ba(Hons), Retail Management

BA (Hons) Retail Management 2:1 The retail degree at Bournemouth is widely regarded by employers to be the best in the country. (Source.

Education record

Harvard New Leader Programme (Nlp), Leadership, Pass

Leadership modules delivered in partnership between Harvard Business School and BAE Systems.