Rowena Howie Email & Phone Number

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

I am open to a wide range of consultancy work given my varied interests and experience. Work to date has focussed on my people skills, particularly my gift for figuring out how different people can work together productively, my enthusiasm and ability to, to connect the dots revealing trends, raising issues, identifying opportunities and offering.

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Covering the parental leave of Head of Operations, reporting to the CEO. I was given a mandate to raise revenue during my initial eight-month fixed-term contract. I initiated projects and delivered results that.
• Creative idea generation for new product and service development to produce quick wins.
• Income generation and proof of concept leading to investment in new digital platform.
• Project managed from concept to delivery migration of e-commerce and ePOS. Worked with developer to design and build a Shopify site with improved front end but also, critically, back-end functionality that streamlined.
• Data reporting, deep dive investigation and analysis with a focus on audience development.
• Brought retail expertise, operations experience and knowledge of change management to deliver recommendations and evidence to support these.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Maternity cover for the Head of Operations. Responsible for managing the office and facilities across two sites. Hired for my experience in and to specifically focus on developing income streams through commercial.
• Generated 250% YOY increase in retail sales
• Facilitated vast YOY increase in individual givingDelivered projects that will bring long term value to the organisation including:+ Launched new types of product with high margin, low inventory and long shelf life+.

• Revival Retro was a sustainable fashion company designing, manufacturing and selling high quality womenswear. As the founder, I gained wide-ranging experience in every area of running a successful business. I turned a.
• Business strategy, managing operations, objective setting and leading in their delivery.
• Financial planning, budget management, reporting and analysis. Excellent record keeping.
• Developed policy and processes, including EDI, sustainability & commitment to net zero.
• Recruitment and management of a team (up to six employees) plus a roster of skilled freelancers
• Invested in, training, supporting, and creating opportunities for people. Supported wellbeing.

London, England, United Kingdom

• My policy work representing the Federation of Small Businesses relies on my curiosity, my intuitive ability to connect the dots, and my desire to make a difference to lives and livelihoods. I love listening to ideas.
• Cross- sector and cross-party networking with key business and community leaders. Attending events such as round tables, report launches and parliamentary receptions.
• Formally and informally communicating regular updates to stakeholders & partners e.g., research findings, case studies, publication of new reports and the quarterly confidence index.
• Spokesperson. National and regional press (broadcast media, including Sky, BBC, ITV, C4 15+ interviews. Print & digital including Times, Sun, Telegraph, Evening Standard, Gay Star News 30+).
• Public speaking engagements and panel discussions (Several per year, most recently; opening address for FINTECH Innovation for Small business Conference, Effective ESG panel moderator SME XPO 2022).
• Working with External Affairs staff to decide strategy and co-ordinate narrative.

London, England, United Kingdom

Providing temporary cover whilst the recruitment process was completed for several positions vacant, I was able to flex across multiple roles, learned quickly, prioritised accordingly, and delivered on deadlines. Valued for my proactive and motivated attitude, ability to ask great questions and to successfully deliver results, Tate continued to deploy me.