Board Director at John Pye & Sons t/a:- John Pye - John Pye Auctions- John Pye Shipping- John Pye Retail- John Pye Tech- John Pye Property- John Pye Luxury Assets- John Pye Business Assets- John Pye VehiclesResponsible for Global Business Development Strategy & Delivery, Commercial Growth, New Market Opportunities, Brand Profile & Development; directing the company's Sales & Marketing Activities. Working on company's national and international expansion programme, taking John Pye Auctions from 1 trading site to 23 in an 8 year period, securing a series of high profile global disposals contracts; public & private sector. Client Account Director for John Pye Auctions Retail Division, with a client portfolio encompassing over 80% of the UK's Top 50 Retail PLCs and Partnerships, as well as global retailers. Working with Ops Director managing more than 4,000 x 40ft trailers & shipping containers of stock to auction per annum from distribution hubs globally.Extensive experience of leading successful tender bid strategies and teams with the MD, securing some of the UK's largest Central Government disposals contracts.Marketing experience includes company brand opportunity identification and account management of main club and shirt sponsorship Nottingham Forest Football Club for the 2012/13 season, as well as a history of securing national media coverage for the brand, working with IT Director helping to increase John Pye Auctions website traffic from 23,000 average unique visits a week in 2011 to over 1 million in 2019.Other skill sets include HR, PR, Copy Writing, Business Process Solutions, Reputational Risk Management, Strategic Marketing, Direct Marketing, SEO, Advertising, Graphic Design, Email Campaign Management, Event Co-ordination, Health & Safety Committee Management, Procurement. Committed to helping make John Pye the World's leading circular sustainable auction house with the widest range of stock and asset offerings to View, Bid, Buy.

Agency journalist & features writer covering the Midlands supplying material to the UK national daily newsprint and broadcast media (Daily Mail, The Sun, The Mirror, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, ITN & Sky); off diary and on commission for general hard news and features daily assignments.

Mainly off diary reporter for the Nottingham Evening Post, developing a contacts book covering the west side of the city; crime incidents, RTAs, tribunals, inquests, court cases, council meetings, as well as fans-eye-view Nottingham Forest reports and occasional entertainment & travel features