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Almagrove allows clients to borrow money secured against their luxury assets such as watches, jewellery, diamonds, prestige and classic cars, artwork, yachts and boats, collections and many other high value items.

Connective Lending is a Peer-to Peer platform offering loans secured against luxury assets such as prestige and classic cars, artwork, boats, watches, jewellery, gold, wine, antiques and property. They also offer investment opportunities for individuals looking for alternative ways to invest their money. Our typical rates we offer our investors are between 10% to 14% pa.

Key Responsibilities:• Set up of new online pawnbrokers (www.capital-release.com) to target high end pawnbroking loans.• Worked in partnership with both the web designer and marketing team to set up the website and promote the business through online marketing.• Built new relationships with auction houses, watch dealers, finance brokers, jewellery and diamond dealers, yacht brokers, classic car dealers, HNWI individuals and many other businesses and individuals.• Dealt with all enquiries and loans coming into the business.• Responsible for the valuation and authentication of all assets.• Attended events and networked to help promote and build up the brand.Key Achievements:• Built up a pledge loanbook over 4 months of £230,000.• Created a personal, discreet and secure service allowing customers to easily and simply borrow money using just their luxury assets.

Key Responsibilities:• Dealing with both property and asset loan enquiries.• Creating a network of both brokers and developers to bring new loans into the business.• Sourcing of new investors.• Full control of asset lending and disposal of unredeemed pledges.• Valuations of luxury assets including watches, jewellery, diamonds, yachts and boats, classic and prestige cars, artwork, wine, collections, memorabilia and many other high value luxury assets.• Sourcing new income streams via developers, brokers, auction houses, HNWI, accountants, finance companies, social media and many more other ways.• Creating a simple and hassle free customer experience.• Networking and building relationships with both internal and external partners.• Analysing data and looking at ways to improve the business.• Completion of all pledge loans.• Marketing and promotion of the business.• Attending events and functions in an attempt to gain contacts and create new business opportunities.

I set up a jewellery business which is an online retailer that sells a range of high quality jewellery products.I developed and implemented a marketing strategy to promote growth and sales.I worked in collaboration with web designers to support the development of the company website.I established relationships with jewellery suppliers to source products to sell to customers.

Key Responsibilities:• Develop and implement a business strategy to improve current performance of the business.• Improve current operational procedures.Key Achievements:• Created and implemented a new retail price structure which improved both sales and increased customer count.• Implemented a sales strategy to ensure that all older stock items were sold through on a much more regular basis.• Increased sales on both company website and Amazon by implementing new price strategy and introducing branded jewellery into the business.

In this role I planned the implementation of commercial and distribution strategies for the brand to meet revenue objectives; with a primary focus on developing and executing ideas to improve productivity and performance. I oversaw the day to day operational running across 18 branches; identifying and introducing strategic methods for achieving business growth and improved performance whilst reducing costs. I also contributed towards the design of the commercial strategy for the organisation. In addition, I approved marketing plans and monitored activities for forecasting and pricing strategies, and held accountability for P&L, managing departmental budgets and maintaining financial records. I oversaw recruitment and selection processes to facilitate operations and resource management needs, and coordinated and assisted with business planning and operational strategies within the store. I also managed a team of 100+ personnel; implementing and delivering effective training, mentoring, coaching and motivation to colleagues whilst delivering budgeted numbers according to company specifications. I led and oversaw the opening of 28 Greenfield sites over a 12 month period, overseeing site location, business equipment installation, recruitment and stock; ensuring timescales and budgetary specifications were achieved. I significantly transformed underperforming stores into profitable branches by implementing new business services including networking loans for businesses, jewellery loans and community loans. I also identified and secured pledge loans against jewellery for approximately $700k within a 12 month period.

Key Responsibilities:• Seek out and locate new streams of business revenue through B2B and B2C meetings and network events.• Lead, coach and develop a team of business development managers to ensure that all avenues throughout the UK are best assessed and visited to maximise all business opportunities.• Manage and maintain client accounts whilst ensuring to develop and build a trusted and lasting relationship with all.Key Achievements:• Secured business loans through negotiations and meetings and through the ability to gain trust and build a relationship with business owners, community leaders and customers.• Achieved retail sales of £80k through B2B sales.• Created and developed new marketing campaigns and designed and implemented a new safety deposit box service.

Key Responsibilities:• Seek out and locate potential jewellery acquisitions throughout the UK and present business cases back to the main board for discussion.Key Achievements:• Successfully project managed and coordinated five acquisitions over an 18-month period; identifying, locating, negotiating and purchasing five companies for the business, managing staff transfers and completing all due diligence checks on stock and financial assets of the sale to make informed proposals to the Board of Directors.

In this role I oversaw the day to day operations of the area including sales, marketing and business development strategy. I monitored and analysed business performance to improve sales against market and corporate objectives. I also led and managed the activities across 16 retail stores; monitoring performance and implementing sales strategies. In addition, I managed financial functions of the business including P&L, budgetary control and management reporting, and conducted jewellery and financial audits ensuring compliance with regulations and company standards. I was also responsible for recruitment and selection including conducting appraisals and performance management. I defined and introduced new policies and processes to implement corporate strategic initiatives and re-define the quality culture of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:Oversaw the day to day operations across all 3 branches including sales, marketing and business development strategy.Ensure delivery of all KPI targets was being achieved across all 3 stores.Trained, coached and developed my teams to ensure all were confident and knowledgable in every aspect of the business.Conducted jewellery and financial audits ensuring compliance with regulations and company standards.Responsible for recruitment and selection including conducting appraisals and performance management.