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Customer Centric and Digital Transformation Consultant14 years of consulting experience, including assessment of retail business and technology capabilities, strategy, operations and enterprise services. Supported development of international market entry through online presence and defined international operating models and technical solutions for e-commerce expansion. Driven and supported the delivery of technology strategies and solutions for retail clients - including large global supermarket, convenience and general merchandise retailers - in the US and Europe.Experienced in Talent Strategy, People Attraction, Engagement Strategy including Performance Improvement and Achievement Strategy, Delivery and Training at personal (senior consulting lead and development transformation lead) to large scale (c.400+ participant university faculty).Professional speaker on how to effectively manage global teams, establish attractive offerings and engage critical talent for the digital and consumer focused industries. Performance, inclusion, diversity speaker, with past speaking events including: Google Lighthouse, Sainsbury's, Accenture, Moorhouse, Stonewalls, and Springer Nature.Passionate about the improvement of education in the UK. As a Secondary Science Teacher in the first Teach First cohort; continued support of the cause, helping land the Teach First Platinum Sponsorship with Accenture. More recent support has been with schools and their pupils, maintaining links and developing dedicated workshops to raise aspirations, motivation and improve key career development skills.A big fan of theatre, modern art and music; a pianist, composer and a passion for discovering new music, artists and creative opportunities.An interest for event and theatre production, combined with that of education has been applied to the design and development of large-scale internal events; creating unique experiences with innovative technical and production techniques. Targeted to inspire, engage and develop employees.

Listed skills include Digital Strategy, Multi Channel Retail, Retail Technology, It Business Strategy, and 25 others.