Providing commercial advice and organisational expertise to clients in Asia. Key focus is delivering target operating models, product development and sales enablement on organisational restructure, product development and sales creation.

Promoted by the Group CEO I moved back to the UK to add the management of Time Out's European (France, Portugal and Spain) and Franchising businesses (15 partners in 23 countries) to my existing APAC responsibilities. Key to this has been the creation of a senior leadership team in APAC and Europe with direct reports in each marketSince my return I have made the company's European businesses profitable through revenue growth, smarter business practices and championing the clear relationship between audience growth, engagement and relevant commercial partnerships. I have overseen franchise re-engagement and a new franchise strategy to drive revenue and value from both existing and future franchise partners.Our European, APAC and Franchise businesses have all achieved concurrent profitability under my management

Promoted to Managing Director APAC, adding Time Out's Australian businesses (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth) to my responsibilities.Integration of Australian business and teams into existing processes, business culture and commercial strategy Creation of new management and operational structures to create revenue and increase efficiencies, focusing on profit growth. Development and implementation of initiatives (Time In) to create revenue whilst contending with Covid and the challenges created by the pandemicMaintaining staff morale and focus during the pandemic against backdrop of travel restrictions and time zonesDeveloping regional commercial partnerships with clients in hospitality, alcohol, travel, government and finance sectors

Having overseen the acquisitions of the businesses in Australia, Portugal and Spain I pitched to the Time Out Board that we should acquire the franchises in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.After securing Board support and funding I created and implemented the strategies to take over and run the businesses in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. I relocated to Singapore in 2017 to carry out my dutiesNegotiation, termination and takeover of the franchise businesses in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.Development of GTM plans for each territory including commercial, content and brand marketing strategies Incorporation and set-up of Time Out owner operated businesses in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.Hiring of key new roles, consolidation and integration of former franchise teamsRevenue growth from £1m per annum total to £4m per annumDevelopment and signing of key strategic partnerships with clients in hospitality, government and alcohol sectors Hosting of 2018 Singapore Food Festival, at the request of Singapore GovernmentGrew audience to more than 7m monthly users across Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

Promoted by the CEO to work with the biggest franchises and to assess suitability for acquisition and takeover by Time Out Group. Developed programme to acquire key franchise partners including financial viability, due diligence assessment and business integration processesWorked with newly acquired franchise businesses to transition staff, clients, business processes and contracts to Owner Operated structure.Worked with local leadership teams to develop digital-centric commercial business modelsAppointed as General Manager, Portugal following the acquisition of this franchiseTransformed business from print-dominant to online, experiential with supporting print products Hired new General Manager, Portugal to oversee the new business model

Headhunted to transform the international franchise business across EMEA, the Americas and APAC. Development and implementation of a new franchise strategy focusing on a digital first model, high-impact commercial products and the faster closing of the sales loop for new partnersTurning Time Out's in-house web platform to SaaS for new and existing franchise partnersReview of the franchise footprint including terminating unfit partners and identifying and engaging with partners in new, highly relevant markets including South Korea, Thailand and Saudi ArabiaDepartmental P&L management

Planned and implemented up the international expansion and development of Dennis’s online portfolio into the Americas, APAC and EMEA. The role required me to identify new market opportunities, to develop and implement all go-to-market strategies and to manage new businesses from planning to launch to full operation. I was also responsible for Knowyourmobile.com worldwide, including P&L ownership, sales and editorial management and tech platforms. The role reported into the Global CEO.

Responsible for the Business Technology portfolio of b2b digital, print, data, research and events products with annual revenues of £10m+ and a monthly audience of more than 11 million users. Key accountabilities included P&L ownership, management of all teams within the division including sales, editorial, marketing and events, new product development and project management of new technology platforms.

Sales, editorial and operational management of technology brands including IThound, V3.co.uk, theINQUIRER, BusinessGreen and several online recruitment brands.

Responsible for the launch in 2006 of KnowledgeStorm, now IThound.com, Europe's largest and most successful lead generation platform. The focus of the role was to work with the Publishing Director to launch and deliver a successful European lead generation platform.

Responsible for all circulation, subscription and platform marketing for the Personal Technology Group, which included Computeractive, the UK's largest selling tech publication.

Managed and implemented multi-lingual product launches and marketing campaigns in EMEA for Macromedia’s Dream Tools portfolio, an £80m annual revenue business

Development and management of licensees across EMEA for an early consumer ecommerce company. Key deliverables were marketing and operating strategies for partners EMEA.