At Ink Singapore, I held a dual role as Head of Talent Development and Group Publisher. As Group Publisher I was responsible with strategic & sales responsibility across a portfolio of Asian titles including Tiger Airways & Cebu Pacific, giving me an excellent practical knowledge of doing business across the APAC region.Key Achievements:➢ Running up to 4 magazines & their digital products, each with a separate sales team/team leader➢ Regularly achieving increased &… Show more At Ink Singapore, I held a dual role as Head of Talent Development and Group Publisher. As Group Publisher I was responsible with strategic & sales responsibility across a portfolio of Asian titles including Tiger Airways & Cebu Pacific, giving me an excellent practical knowledge of doing business across the APAC region.Key Achievements:➢ Running up to 4 magazines & their digital products, each with a separate sales team/team leader➢ Regularly achieving increased & record revenue issues for magazines within my portfolio➢ Successfully turning around non-performing teams and titles into consistently performing ones through coaching & development of team members & leaders➢ Over-achieving group revenue targets for portfolio, and consistently increasing yield & revenue yoy➢ Motivating, coaching & developing staff & leaders to peak performance – from 30k per issue to 100k+ per issue personal sales➢ Working with other Group Publishers to drive the performance of the sales floor, including coaching & incentivesAs Head of Talent Development, I was selected to spearhead a new team & strategy dedicated to talent acquisition & development, recruiting & developing staffKey Responsibilities:• Responsible for all recruitment, training & development for Ink Singapore & Australia in line with company culture. • Work closely with all HODs on their recruitment & training needs• Write and deliver strategy for recruitment & training to ensure we attract, retain & develop the best talent• Full recruitment spectrum – from canvassing to selecting & screening candidates to interviewing, offering & on-boarding.• Write and deliver all training programmes, from induction for new sales starters to experienced sales teams/leadership coaching & training• Travelled globally to recruit and train teams, including setting up our new Melbourne office – recruiting, on-boarding & training all staff.• Work closely with all Publishing teams on coaching/developing for success Show less

After 4 years at Ink London, I was seconded to HK to run our HK operation and introduce culture & best practice to our HK teams in line with our global culture. During my tenure, the magazines consistently increased revenues, and my teams successfully turned round non-performing titles. As Commercial Director I was responsible for the profitability of all magazines in the HK portfolio, recruitment and training of staff, mentoring sales leaders and teams to deliver their performance… Show more After 4 years at Ink London, I was seconded to HK to run our HK operation and introduce culture & best practice to our HK teams in line with our global culture. During my tenure, the magazines consistently increased revenues, and my teams successfully turned round non-performing titles. As Commercial Director I was responsible for the profitability of all magazines in the HK portfolio, recruitment and training of staff, mentoring sales leaders and teams to deliver their performance potential. I ran the teams here until we resigned 2 titles and made the decision to merge the HK and Singapore sales operations, which led to my relocation to Singapore. Show less

I was initially recruited as Publisher to launch CNBC European Business magazine – a monthly business magazine partnership between CNBC and an existing Ink title – European BusinessKey Achievements:o Launched title in January 2006, increasing revenues on a loss-making product to over UKP200k per issue• Promoted to Group Publisher in September 2007 whilst on maternity leave, with strategic and operational responsibility for a portfolio of international magazines & running a… Show more I was initially recruited as Publisher to launch CNBC European Business magazine – a monthly business magazine partnership between CNBC and an existing Ink title – European BusinessKey Achievements:o Launched title in January 2006, increasing revenues on a loss-making product to over UKP200k per issue• Promoted to Group Publisher in September 2007 whilst on maternity leave, with strategic and operational responsibility for a portfolio of international magazines & running a total of 4 magazines/sales teams.o Consistent achievement of improved yoy revenues and portfolio targets for the duration of my tenure Show less