Paul Ashcroft
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Owner at Ashcroft International Limited
Location: Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom 6 work roles 2 schools
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Ashcroft International Limited
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Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom

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Paul Ashcroft is listed as Owner at Ashcroft International Limited, based in Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Paul Ashcroft.

Paul Ashcroft previously worked as Area Sales Director EMEA & Asia Pacific at De La Rue and Vice-President International Sales at Bundesdruckerei, Berlin. Paul Ashcroft holds French Language & Literature, Ba Hons from Bangor University.

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Over 40 years of successful international sales and business development experience, across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, negotiating at the highest level in both public and private sectors, resulting in sales of goods and services of more than GBP 2 billion to over 100 countries.Known for building bespoke biometric ePassport and eIdentity manufacturing and software solutions for high level government clients. Today also working with Mobile Identity linked to eGovernment services, Digital Transformation and also advanced digital anti-counterfeit solutions for Central Banks.A direct and energetic leader: a good culturally sensitive communicator with proven ability to generate sales growth, improve market penetration and profitability.Strategic thinker with strong analytical and planning skills, combined with visionary commercial awareness and strong product related technical understanding.A builder of high-performance international sales teams to service complex markets with sophisticated product.Has a proven track record of developing both business and people strategies and delivering commercial solutions to business problems.As a member of senior management teams, has assisted in operations/business process redesign, restructuring, driving overall business improvement and is available today for interim board/senior sales management/strategic business development roles.Now consulting for governments and multinationals, facilitating direct sales and client business development in the EU, Middle East, Africa and the Far East.Available for consultancy on short to medium term contracts, and for interim Board or MD positions.

Listed skills include International Sales, New Business Development, International Business, Business Development, and 15 others.

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Ashcroft International Limited
Ashcroft International Limited
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6 roles · 46 years

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Ashcroft International Limited

United Kingdom

Having during my 40+ year career, sold in excess of GBP2 billion in goods and services, to over 100 different countries, to both public and private sector clients in the authentication/ identity/security sector, it seemed a natural progression to set up my own consultancy business to share my hard earned knowledge!UK based....EU, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific are my chosen areas of operation and I am passionate when it comes to helping my clients both in Government and in Industry to understand each other and agree what are often highly technical and complex multi year contractual solutions.

2015 - Present ~11 yrs 6 mos

Area Sales Director Emea & Asia Pacific

Basingstoke

A return to De La Rue as a member of the leadership team overseeing a period of restructuring in particularly challenging market conditions

Oct 2012 - Jul 2015

Vice-President International Sales

Bundesdruckerei, Berlin

Berlin

A hugely interesting time that saw Germany move to a new national eID card, manufactured and personalised in Bundesdruckerei by completely new and fascinatingly different processes. This product was, at its launch, the world's most advanced national identity card.

2006 - 2012 ~6 yrs

Sales Director, Global, Security Inks

Lausanne, Switzerland

Grew various areas of the Security Ink business worldwide, developed (with some great research colleagues in Switzerland and elsewhere) and sold forensic and machine readable secure solutions to mass transit systems worldwide, and perhaps more importantly developed and sold the world's first on-product security solution for tobacco packaging to the Malaysian market, which led to a variety of Track & Trace solutions worldwide.

1995 - 2005 ~10 yrs

Divisional Sales Director

Basingstoke

Continued the work started at BW&Co. and became Sales Director of the Security Print Division, building sales to in excess of GBP60 million p.a.

1986 - 1995 ~9 yrs

Sales Manager, International, Security Printing

Bradbury Wilkinson

Gatwick

Development of the international market for security printing, outside the currency market.Team member for the introduction of the first secure holograms into the credit card and Brand Protection market.Developed customer preference tracking within supermarkets, using what was then an advanced form of database management and personalisation underpinned by the company's skills in bank cheque personalisation. Proudly nominated for and awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for overseas sales in Security Print.

1981 - 1986 ~5 yrs
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Paul Ashcroft education

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Merchant Taylors'​ School Crosby, Liverpool
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Paul Ashcroft works for Ashcroft International Limited.

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Paul Ashcroft is listed as Owner at Ashcroft International Limited.

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Paul Ashcroft is based in Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom while working with Ashcroft International Limited.

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Paul Ashcroft has worked for Ashcroft International Limited, De La Rue, Bundesdruckerei, Berlin, Sicpa, and Thomas De La Rue.

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Paul Ashcroft holds French Language & Literature, Ba Hons from Bangor University.

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Paul Ashcroft is listed with skills including International Sales, New Business Development, International Business, Business Development, Sales Management, Business Strategy, Strategy, and Business Planning.

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