Rob Cotterill Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Romsey, England, United Kingdom

Romsey, England, United Kingdom

Advance Yacht Systems is one of the UK's leading suppliers of marine equipment. Backed up by a loyal and experienced team, we are passionate about providing customers with the right solution for their needs, together with a professional service from first contact through to the life of the product.We are the UK distributors for:• Paguro Generators• Westerbeke Generators• Dessalator Watermakers• Frigomar Air Conditioning & Chiller Systems• Cristec Battery Chargers & Inverters

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Operations Director for rapidly growing invoice finance lender. • Built financial model allowing business to plan its growth and raise finance • Implemented and ran “OKR” performance management process for the entire team • Directed the business’s operations, supported fund raising.

London, United Kingdom

I managed a high-performing team of analysts conducting detailed credit analyses on 30+ opportunities selected from 250+. I directed and coordinated the company's Due Diligence, KYC/AML, management information and customer service operations while administering all processes. I raised funds for entrepreneurs on the company platform. I supervised, drafted, edited, and approved entrepreneurs' business plans used to pitch for funds on the platform. I collaborated with/directed IT team by prioritising a 400-issue project backlog. My key contributions to the role are:• Onboarded 95 businesses to crowdfunding investors from a funnel of ~700 resulting in £90M funds raised.• Directed the business by managing Corporate Management Information, Fund Raising, and CRM systems.• Delivered the main "CrowdBnk" Investing platform, one of the UK's top equity crowdfunding websites.• Prepared credit papers for credit committee of major bank's fund management arm.• Established and maintained strong client relationships for businesses on platform.

London, United Kingdom

The company managed a portfolio of 75 recruitment and property websites. I sat on executive board. I oversaw organisational reviews, and analysed and actioned results as part of top management. I assembled, led, and motivated an analyst team responsible for reporting, analysis, and planning. A notable accomplishment was: • Specified and deployed Business Intelligence System, Pentaho.

Fast growing Management Consultancy specialising in Strategy for service sector clients.• “Right- hand man” for business’s founder and managing director• Designed and implemented business processes, including financial system

Monthly reconciliation of Bank accounts and other accounts for Whizz-Kidz' finance director. 1 day a week.

Co- managed fulfilment centre: 600+ volunteers, compiling and sending out Xmas card- making kits to 100,000 Blue Peter Viewers. Processing 150,000 cards hand- made by viewers to be sold in Tesco. Set to raise £40,000 for Whizz-Kidz.Structured and Documented project and financial planCo-ordinated delivery of goods and layout of 100,000 sq ft fulfilment centreDesigned processes for fulfilment centre

Angel- financed start- up Mobile Payments business, developing smart- phone based card payments system.• Defined and wrote Business Plan. Decided service definition. Project Managed service development. Negotiated development, PR, design supply contracts.

London

Start- up Telecommunications business• Defined and wrote business plan. Negotiated with potential customers, suppliers and sources of funding. Signed Heads of Agreement for £150,000 seed funding from FTSE100 Company.

Start- up mobile content provider. Creating systems to allow users to create personalised musical content/ringtones. Founding director responsible for business development/finance/admin/programme management/you name it!• Founded business with two partners, set and agreed business strategies, managed the enterprise from feasibility study to market testing. Built robust mobile service platform. Successfully sold the service to several major record companies.

Built team that planned, negotiated, built and managed suppliers for AOL's UK dial- up network.• Built the Infrastructure function from a team of two into a department strategically central to delivering AOL’s new business models. These models would transform the UK internet market. • Coached team members, allowing them to act with more autonomy, manage their own staff and take on responsibilities which had previously been mine. My team and I:• Grew UK network from 15,000 to 200,000 lines. Managed a £14million/month budget• Negotiated, planned, delivered and managed all infrastructure contracts for the new ISP, “Netscape Online”, leading to go- live in just ten weeks after “Green Light”.• Managed large- scale organisational change: transferring my department from UK to US line management. Managed dispersed international teams: My line manager was in Virginia, my direct reports in Dublin, Bristol and London.• Introduced formal management structures and processes as department grew. Developed new planning techniques and analysis tools to meet changing requirements.• Part of board level team deciding UK strategy: AOL changed its business model twice in three years, returning AOL to number 1 in the UK.• Led negotiations for strategic network supply contracts, creating AOL’s ground- breaking 0800 service. Planned, delivered and managed this service and the subsequent AOL flat- rate network.

Managed Major UK accounts, including AT&T's largest UK client, AOL.

Managed, AT&T’s largest UK account: ANS (AOL’s main supplier). Grew revenues £1.1Million a month. Negotiated expansion to network agreement, value £21million.

Working as part of Sales & Service sector for BT’s major corporate clients in the Global Finance market

Working as part of Sales & Service sector for BT’s major corporate clients in the Global Finance market

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Sailing, Rugby, Entrepreneurship, Tech

M.Eng, Microelectronics & Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: Courier (Newspaper), Union Society, Live Music,Rugby