What I offer
Collaborative and pragmatic fractional growth leadership
As a fractional CCO, CIO, business developem or customer success leader, I help start- and scale-ups develop new business functions, open new markets and grow profitably. I bring a genuine commitment to your team's success, combined with an outsider's perspective, experience and best practices.
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Product Strategy
A well honed and nurtured understanding of how to align product delivery against agreed strategic goals. Having worked at ThoughtWorks and, the creators of Lean Enterprise, I adopt Lean Principles to ensure products is delivered against defined outcomes linked to clear and achievable KPI's and OKR
Fractional Business Developement
Having spent many years working at a senior level across, and consulting into, most of the UK's best known consumer brands, I have significant connectivity into industry. I have access to a trusted network that can be unlocked where I have confidence in a clear and efined product-market fit
Strategic independent Director & Board Advisor
Dynamic NED, with a solid understanding of consumer commerce, and the ability to combine big picture thinking with curiosity and attention to detail. My main areas of expertise are digital strategy, product innovation, organisational culture, and business growth.
Experiences
Tesco.com :: Commercial Lead
Part of the leadership team that set up and launched Tesco Direct within 6 months - creating a £500m business within 18 months. Commercial lead for the expansion of the Non-Food Online proposition, including the MarketPlace Proposition, and a leading Category Director for the organisation.
easyJet :: Ancillary Revenue Director
Full P&L responsibility for all non-flight related revenue (£600m profit) - the stuff that makes money for all Low Cost Carriers. Managing and negotiating new contracts across all strategic partnerships; hotels, car rental, inflight sales, insurance, parking and beyond..
eBay :: Europe Retail Advisor
Supporting teams in the UK, Germany and Switzerland (Marketing) on enhancing their retail proposition. This involved an elevated focus on promotional activity and optimising customer journeys. In addition, onboarding large UK brands onto the enterprise reseller platform, such as Sainsburys.
B&Q :: Category Director and OmniChannel Lead
Initially providing support to the deployment of the new eCommerce Platform. This was followed by a dual role as Category Director for Kitchens & Bathrooms in addition to Commercial Lead on the embedding of OmniChannel best practices across the organisation (included Castorama, France)
ThoughtWorks :: Retail Lead
Brought in to grow the ThoughtWorks footprint across large enterprise scale consumer commerce organisations in the UK. Helping organisational scale Lean and Agile principles through helping them solve some of their most complex technical challenges. Driving changer through Agile Delivery (teams).
