Neil Darke Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• A start-up fintech offering new personal finance/ savings app.
• Developed a new, innovative e-learning platform applying behavioural research & Facebook Messenger ‘chatbot’ technology.
• Initially launched B2C but despite decent user numbers, high attrition rates forced us to pivot to B2B.
• Despite some initial success with corporates, contract delays caused by Covid forced us to close.
• A big thank you to all our customers, suppliers, colleagues, partners and investors for your support. It was fun whilst it lasted!

London, United Kingdom

• Grew private client AUM from under £5bn to over £11bn.
• Significantly increased revenues, revenue quality, profitability and cash generation.
• Successfully acquired and integrated three businesses with high initial ROIs.
• Organic growth achieved via broader offering, better investment function and building sales/ marketing.
• Initiated & sponsored Group's largest IT project - a digital transformation of CGWM encompassing new front-middle-back system (Avaloq), overhauling business processes and people change management programme.
• Responsibility for 300 colleagues across five jurisdictions. Board memberships on- and off-shore.

London, United Kingdom

* Grew equity commissions despite significant loss of senior personnel (who retired post IPO vesting!).* Responsibility for 50 front office colleagues across sales, research and trading in London, New York, Dublin, Geneva, Paris and Milan.

London, United Kingdom

• Developed Quest™, www.canaccordquest.com, a pioneering on-line research/ valuation tool.
• Quest™ has been supplied to hundreds of leading institutional investors internationally for almost 30 years.
• Gained valuable experience in successfully implementing large client-facing technology solution.
• Responsibility for recruitment/ management of team of 20 colleagues plus numerous suppliers.

London, United Kingdom

• Helped generate equity commissions across consumer sectors (Retail, Food, Media, Tobaccos).
• Joined Collins Stewart during start-up phase – business only two years old and 15 employees.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for consumer sectors on UK equity desk, firm’s largest department.
• Joined on Graduate Scheme.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons, Mathematics And Statistics, First Class

Activities and Societies: Rugby Club • Won Statistics Prize. • Spent 1-year Industrial Placement at Unilever (Lever Brothers).

Education record

• 11 ‘O’ Levels, 3 ‘A’ Levels, 1 ‘S’ Level.