Paul Griffiths Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Owners and leaders of market research and insight agencies work with me to grow their revenues, using proven growth strategies. We will work together to:1) (re)set strategy (how are you going to achieve growth);2).
• creating a new business development process to secure better qualified leads and proposal pipeline.
• conducting a series of client appraisals to improve revenue streams from key accounts;
• creating a refreshed offer and value proposition for a start-up agency;
• Development and implementation of a marketing plan for an agency expanding into a new geographic market;
• introducing and supporting an revised account planning process to drive growth from existing clients.

London, United Kingdom

Heads of Insight and insight teams are being squeezed. You have increased demand from your stakeholders for data, insight and commercial advice, while being under pressure to deliver with the same or less budget and resources.As such, you need to win the battle for more budget. You need to shift perceptions, so research, insights and analysis are seen as a.

Wimbledon

A Board Director at Simpson Carpenter, my role was to create and deliver the commercial strategy for one of the UK’s leading research agencies. My role covered marketing, sales, client liaison and research delivery across a range of sectors, including Transport, Retail and Technology, Media and Telecoms.

Leading a programme to reinvigorate the operational model of the UK business. Based on a need to radically improve revenue growth and profit margins, I had leadership of a UK-wide initiative to establish a new business model involving both organisational re-design and cultural change to improve focus on delivering insight and consultancy to clients, to.

Head of a team of 25 qual and quant Financial Services experts, with an annual turnover greater than £10m. Under my leadership we increased revenue by 10% and improved operating profit by £800k. We implemented a strategy based on delivering insight-led research consultancy and rebuilt the team (including the hiring of 14 individuals) to ensure our offer.

Head of a quant team of 16, servicing FMCG clients. I was given leadership of a team which had had performance issues. We achieved our revenue budget for 2009 and improved the profit margin by 5%. I was Account Director for our largest client (a global FMCG brand) and led the team to deliver a strategic segmentation programme across eight markets and four.

I was the project leader for a UK-wide business transformation programme to improve client service, accelerate revenue and profit growth, and deliver higher employee satisfaction. As a result of my oversight and direction we overhauled the company's research processes, delivering faster turn-around time on projects, improved quality and profit.

Responsible for the financial management of three divisions (60 employees and revenue of £20m), including budgeting and financial forecasting. Under my leadership we implemented best-practice financial initiatives delivering improvement in profit margins, successfully executed a revised recruitment strategy (I personally recruited 23 individuals in four.

Responsible for several key clients and a team of 6. My achievements included revenue growth of key accounts from £2.2m to £3m, the revitalisation of team, leading to improved performance and increased motivation of individuals. I also led a review and overhaul of divisional job roles and competencies and implemented cross-divisional improvements to.

I was an internal consultant, assisting the PLC's Global Chief Executive. Achievements included taking part in the due diligence and subsequent purchase of NFO and its integration in Europe; the development of a CRM diversification strategy where I identified the opportunity and established a strategy for implementation; and the development and.

Working for a diverse set of SME clients providing business transformation and consultancy. Deliverables included structural and procedural changes in the management and operation of the respective businesses.

Progressed from the Graduate scheme to the International Franchise Department where over time I came to lead a team of 7, providing operational control of Lloyd's business in ASEAN bloc. My achievements included the establishment of an operational hub in Singapore, Lloyd's first full-underwriting presence outside of the UK; the renegotiation of trading.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy And Marketing With A Particular Focus On Entrepreneurship

Ba (Hons), History & Politics

O & A Levels