Leading NBS Ventures corporate venture capital activity - investing in startups (seed to series B), delivering strategic partnerships and M&A

Innovation, Partnerships and Venture Partner responsible for the origination, assessment and delivery of potential investments, acquisitions and strategic partnerships within the Nationwide Innovation team.leading the delivery of innovation projects that solve complex problems within Nationwide.

Heading up the research and origination function at NBS Ventures.Sourcing and helping evaluate exciting start-ups that fit the Nationwide investment thesis and will bring learning opportunities to the society as well as improving the service delivered to our 15 million members. www.nbsventures.co.uk.

Natural Wonder is an education and learning events project based in Berkshire. Providing a progressive education for our children, where child-led, outdoor learning is centred around the principles of project-based experiences, community, collaboration and stewardship.

Responsible for the growth in Mid-Market transactions and delivery of research for larger clients. Research responsibilities include identifying acquirers for sell-side clients (deal value in excess of £5m), buy-side mandates, deal origination pitches, and bespoke valuations.Developing the marketing and product strategy to grow EvolutionCBS' Mid-Market presence .

Delivering strategy, marketing, research and insight to grow transaction volume in the £5m-£60m deal space. Responsible for the management of Evolution's International Research Centre and the delivery of M&A research solutions for mid-tier clients with a value over £5 million.

Mid Market Division at BCMS Corporate Limited. I am responsible for sourcing strategic acquirers for clients with an enterprise value between £10m - £150m. Accountable for gaining detailed industry knowledge, producing valuations, industry analysis, interpreting market and political activity, managing global relationships to source strategic acquirers. I present my detailed findings and acquirer recommendations to shareholders and directly influence business exit strategy. I utilise a wide variety of resources including: commercial databases, industry sources, online resources, and internal data. I successfully manage large transaction workloads, in a constantly moving environment, where research has to be completed promptly and to the highest standards of content and accuracy. Responsible for overseeing the preparation of pitch documentation designed to help potential clients understand the market activity/appetite for their business, recent transactions, deal values and structures in their sector. As Mid Market Research Executive I often present these findings to help secure new mandates as part of the new business development pitch team. Key Skills & markets:Construction | Automotive | TMT | Healthcare | Manufacturing - Research skills, business analysis – resourcing global acquirers, monitoring business strategies and market activity- Interpreting demand and market movements – understanding the impact of customer and market demand/changes on business strategy and acquirer rationale- Company valuation – using comparable companies, precedent transactions and financial models to establish business valuation- Influencing business leaders – interpreting complex data and research issues to make business strategy recommendations to senior stakeholders- Entrepreneurial spark – a natural understanding of business strategy and movements, often preempting markets- Managing relationships – managing potential acquirers and clients to facilitate deal making

Collating and interpreting market information to consult senior management on products and marketing strategies suitable for the M&A marketplace. Conducting competitor analysis and product offering research. I utilised my research skills to examine and define the target market, interpret trends, identify customer needs and analyse the competitive landscape and competitor strategies. I was responsible for presenting my research to senior company stakeholders (at CEO/MD level) on the current and future product offering and positioning of the Mid Market division.As Marketing Executive I helped create new marketing strategies to promote the Major Transactions Group (MTG) division of BCMS Corporate. Responsible for a five-figure marketing budget I helped create campaigns designed to raise the profile and awareness of the MTG. Contributing greatly to the successful re positioning of the MTG and demonstrating the company’s ability in larger deals whilst delivering business development opportunities. I devised marketing strategies that included a mix of direct mail, email campaigns, brochures, sales letters, website content, vertical marketing, and reports/opinion pieces. Had creative and copywriting input into these marketing campaigns which increased response rates and pitch opportunities. As a result sales staff exceeded their budget for new orders in FY 2013 and 2014.

Founded one of the early online estate agencies. Getmoving.co.uk disrupted the local property market in Bracknell, Berkshire. Getmoving offered a high-level service with a flat fee to customers.As founder, I led the branding, service design, marketing and strategy to drive the startup forward. The company was bootstrapped and in under 18 months became a leading online agent in the region before our exit.

Working across a wide variety of sectors: Gaining a detailed understanding of a clients industry and creating research lists of over 200 potential acquires using data resources from providers such as Bureau Van Dijk, InfoGroup, Experian and Dun & Bradstreet.

Freelance Research Consultant, working with High Net Worth individuals, production companies, publishers and authors to carry out various research requests.