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As the Director Of Global Account Programme/Elite Accounts at Colt Technology Services, I lead and develop the sales strategy, growth and management of Colt's major worldwide customers. This builds on my previous experience in IT Sales Management (managing teams of sales people) and Global Account Management in large scale organisations such as Capita, Kcom and Vodafone.As well as a degree in Economics, I hold a Post-Grad Diploma In Management Studies (DMS) developing essential business skills in finance, marketing and strategy.I work closely with large, complex, multi-national organisations to help them architect and build solutions that enable them to be highly connected, always on and always available. I communicate and work at all levels within client organisations, from C-Level to operational, and build key stakeholder and customer relationships with a consultative, solutions-based approach. I also focus on helping clients overcome the challenges of business and digital transformation, legacy systems, and customer, employee and IT needs. I have successfully managed and negotiated the design, delivery and in-life success of multi-million pound IT solution contracts for clients such as Santander, Visa Europe, KPMG, UBS, ING, Barclays, and many others. My mission is to deliver value and excellence to Colt's customers and colleagues across the world.

Listed skills include Sales Management, Managed Services, P&L, Unified Communications, and 25 others.