Tim Dennis Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

I am the Commercial Director for Breakingviews which is the international commentary brand of Reuters News. I lead a talented team responsible for creating and executing the sales and marketing strategy as well as product development.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

I am responsible for all operations across multiple functions and locations. This includes accountability for the success of the business unit with respect to product and technical development, sales and marketing, finance, people management and in setting strategic direction. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Responsible for all operations across multiple functions with offices in UK, USA and India• Full P&L responsibility with annual turnover of $30+ million and 40 staff• Restructured the business to create a global organisation. This included setting up a sales and customer service centre in USA, a technical development team in India, and a project management office in the UK, as well as completing an internal reorganisation.• Based upon market research and working closely with the global strategy group re-defined the core product offering. • In conjunction with the central technical development group introduced Scrum methodology into the product development process.• Negotiated two major data vendor contracts.

London, England, Gb

FastMarkets is a leading provider of pricing, news and research to organisations involved in the metals market (non-ferrous and precious).• Responsible for sales and marketing with offices in UK, USA and Singapore.• Executed a sales and marketing strategy. This included: - Setting up a sales office in Chicago and increasing the sales force in the UK. - Market research to fully identify on a global basis, the different types of organisations by sectors, and their information requirements. - Re-branded and positioned the product, including redesigning the website. - Re-skilled and where necessary replaced staff. - Introduced a CRM and new working practices.

Completed two consultancy projects:• SRL Global, which is a Funds of Funds business (Ex Man Group). This centred on reviewing their present sales and marketing practices and as a result produced a revised strategy. • A leading Money Broker on an e-commerce sales strategy.

Wimbledon, London, Gb

StatPro is a leading provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions to the global asset management and Hedge fund industry. Solutions include risk, performance and attribution solutions• Responsible for a pan European sales team of 11 staff with a new business target of £2 million and recurring revenue of £14 million per annum.• Built up a European sales and tele-marketing team.• Worked closely with product development and marketing to successfully launched a new product, which was targeted at medium to smaller buy-side organisations.• Created and deployed a new sales process based on SalesForce.

Completed a six-month consultancy project. My brief was to carry out an evaluation of ValueLink’s customer proposition, and as a result recommend improvements to their sales and marketing strategy as well as identifying the actions necessary to deliver it.

Gb

Revolutionary start-up on-line recruitment platform • Part of the management team that raised £2 million in venture capital to build an on-line B2C referral recruitment platform.• Responsible for recruiting and running a sales team of five people with offices in UK, Holland and Germany.• Created and successfully launched a B2B product range. • Executed a sales strategy, which resulted in over 1,500 Pan-European jobs being posted to the job board and over 15,000 registered referrers. Sales campaigns included News International, Trinity Mirror Group, and Vodafone.

Palo Alto, California, Us

Industry leader in providing innovative, end-to-end solutions to automate FX trading. Used by more than 200 banks and financial institutions.• Responsible for a global sales team of seven staff with offices in UK, USA, Japan & Singapore.• Established a new office in Singapore, and recruited additional staff in the USA and UK.• Member of the Executive Management Committee.• Dramatically increased daily trading volumes. This was achieved by creating innovative joint sales campaigns with key liquidity providers.• In 2006 exceeded the trading volume target and the capital purchase target.• Worked closely with head office (San Francisco) on product development and marketing strategies.

Us

One of world’s leading money brokers, now part of Tullett Prebon• Responsible for a global sales team of 10 staff with offices in UK, USA, Singapore and Japan. • Member of the Prebon technology group Board.• Created and launched an energy-trading product. Over 500 traders used the service, which generated in excess of £4.5 million brokerage in its first year.• Created and instigated a market data sales strategy (both wholesale and retail), that increased revenues by 20% to $7.5 million versus a budget of $6 million.

Leading provider of on-line personal financial services. FTSE 250 company with a market capital of £800m)• Responsible for all operations across multiple functions including sales, marketing, finance, technical, legal and human resources.• Put in place a new corporate structure and recruited a new management team.• Increased on-line revenue by 26% to £9.2 million. This was primarily driven by strong growth in B2C up from £million to £million.• Grew B2C unique users by 79% and B2B users (IFA’s) up by 370%

Toronto, On, Ca

I held various sales and management jobs during my career at Reuters. In my final job as Managing Director Global Business Division I was responsible for:-The overall running and P&L of the division which owned the business relationship with Reuters global clients in the UK (90 Clients). The Division sold, installed and maintained the complete Reuter product range within this account base and employed some 300 staff including, sales, technical, administration, finance and human resources. -The division had an annual turnover of £250 million with a contribution of £188 million.-Member of the UK Management Committee (1995 onwards) which had responsibility for running the overall Reuter business within the UK. Reuters UK has annual turnover of £550 million.

I was a Commodity Trader on the London Metal Exchange. During this timer I worked for two CompaniesGill & Duffus 1983-1984. Junior trader. Cerro Metals 1981-1983. Trainee trader.

I held various jobs. My last job was as a Company Second in command (Captain). Responsible for the training, operational capability & welfare of 120 Guardsmen (Germany & England). Prior to that I was a Platoon Commander (Lieutenant). Responsible for leading, motivating & training 38 Guardsmen (England, Northern Ireland & Germany).

Commission British Army

3 "A" Levels