Experience

Celeron Capital

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Out goal at Celeron Capital is to support small and medium business owners with their succession and growing their legacy. Our vision is to create long term success in the SME market by adding management, technical and financial resources. If you are a business owner or know someone who can benefit from our services, please get in touch at dibnalex@celeroncapital.com or visit celeroncapital.com for more details. Out goal at Celeron Capital is to support small and medium business owners with their succession and growing their legacy. Our vision is to create long term success in the SME market by adding management, technical and financial resources. If you are a business owner or know someone who can benefit from our services, please get in touch at dibnalex@celeroncapital.com or visit celeroncapital.com for more details.



Employee Wellness Platform (Stealth Mode)

• Investor

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Well being platform for enterprises, designed to help employees with their well being and become more productive and happy (more details to come soon) Well being platform for enterprises, designed to help employees with their well being and become more productive and happy (more details to come soon)



Enterprise Nation

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Mentor

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Advisor to SME business owners through the Help to Grow programme Advisor to SME business owners through the Help to Grow programme



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Innovation Lead for Software Development and Engineering Practice

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2021

  Following the announcement of the lockdown, I led this initiative to utilise potential available capacity among engineers to develop innovative products and services that Deloitte could take to the market once the economy recovers. We canvased for ideas across the firm, and built small agile teams of engineers, BA and designers and developed apps for the financial services sector.

• Private Sector and Financial Services Lead for Low Code Practice

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  In a primarily business development role, I was focused on responding to client RFPs where Low Code is an appropriate solution. Using industry trends, I targeted key accounts for developing new proposals. I led and won multiple client projects in logisitcs, legal and financial services sector.

• Proposition Manager for Commercial Banking and Consumer Lending

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

  Consulted senior execs in the Financial Services sector with adoption of technology for significant operational improvement and better risk management. Taking on significant field research to identify regulatory, technology and consumer trends in SME banking, and advised clients on strategies. Also supported pro-bono with fintechs on product and business development.Key activities in this role included:- Built Deloitte’s innovation lab showcasing the future of commercial banking through set of fintech propositions based on customer research, regulatory (PSD2 / openbanking) and technology trends (blockchain, cognitive / AI, data analytics, APIs); performed research across the firm, personal network in financial service firms and client account teams; led a digital team and data engineers in developing the use cases; hosted client executive teams and facilitated strategy discussions- Built PoCs to inform execs and senior clients on the future of consumer lending- Led the design, vendor selection and implementation of a cloud-based financial management platform to transform how the business of IT is managed at a global financial services firm; managed a team of 20 across client, consultants and external partners in delivering across UK and Asia

• Technology and Operations Consulting Manager for Private Sector

  • May 2014 - Jun 2018

  Advised clients in telecoms, healthcare and utilities segments with operation turnaround, M&A integration and technology strategy. In addition to managing client engagements, I supported firm's capability development, including new practice offerings, recruitment and coaching of talent.Assignments included:- Led a team of consultants and risk professionals to perform technology due diligence and develop a business case for the Department of Health in support of a £60+mn M&A transaction of two major NHS Trusts in London- Led a team of Business Analysts in building the business case, and defining and shaping requirements for a transformation programme to improve efficiency of order and service management, and customer experience - Defined a £50mn portfolio of technology initiatives to drive digital transformation at a global manufacturing client; coordinated across clients’ business leaders globally- Managed a team of 9 analysts, designers and engineers in an innovative graduate recruitment start-up funded by Deloitte and supported business development leading to sales to 4 B2B clients



ratedcoach.com

• Founder

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2014

  RatedCoach.com was launched to simplify the painstaking process of finding a sports coach, be it a yoga teacher, a tennis coach or a swim instructor. RatedCoach partnered with coaches and venues to provide users with an easy-to-use digital platform to discover and book coaches at a time and price suitable for them. Aided by customer ratings, users could conveniently book a sports teacher and improve their game. Business was closed after a very well-funded German competitor launched their own offering.



BT

• Belgium
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Delivery Director

  • Aug 2010 - May 2013

  Key responsibilities include product management, delivery and team management.Key achievements:• Led development and launch of an online media participation platform in association with Facebook for broadcasters, supported business development; platform selected by one of the biggest commercial TV network in UK• Built and led a cross-functional team across client, BT and multiple suppliers in successfully delivering white label fixed line telephony services to a mobile network operator in support of an £1bn+ service contract for BT• Renegotiated contractual framework with a global vendor to deliver a more efficient way to handle customer support visits resulting in joint cost savings of more than £10.5mn annually• Reduced customer churn by 5% on IPTV products by implementing 3rd party solution; managed cross-functional team of product managers, commercial leads and technical specialists in procurement and implementation of solution

• Senior Business Manager

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2010

  Key responsibilities include program and portfolio management, operations and change managementKey achievements:• Managed £5m portfolio of business improvement projects, conducted cost benefit and financial return analysis on competing projects for efficient allocation of capital resources, managed the benefits realization process• Renegotiated and led implementation of new service level agreements between two business units to improve delivery of projects, analysed financial and operational data to identify and address bottlenecks in process and achieved £1m cash savings within three months• Led joint study with an external consultancy to benchmark outsourcing practices in the Telecoms market, led internal team to incorporate relevant best practices into our existing processes and achieved £14m cash savings within three months• Assisted CFO of a major business unit (ca. 20,000+ employees) on quarterly basis to analyse delivery costs of product and services portfolio, analysed performance data on financials, operations and human resources from across the business, to make short term recommendations on business improvement

• Strategy Specialist

  • Mar 2006 - Jun 2008

  Key responsibilities include strategy, business consulting and innovationKey achievements:• Conducted supply side analysis of global IT services market to find opportunities to diversify from current supplier base concentrated in India, focused extensively on emerging Chinese competitors after initial investigation, successfully led a pilot project, presented paper to board and obtained approval for a 3 year strategy• Led team of external consultants to analyse operational risks across a £9bn business unit, improved operational policy framework and crafted a turnaround strategy to target 33% improvement in operating margins 2 years plan put in pilot by CEO of division• Analysed and improved business process for delivering data-centre services, improved efficiency to meet demand and increased capacity to deliver additional business worth £56mn• Analysed and recommended changes in logistics process of delivering broadband devices to consumers following a fault report; implementation led to savings of £3mn in annual operational costs• Led study of performance issues at a call centre for a major Govt. organisation (client of BT), identified the core issues and recommended practical solutions; implementation resulted in resolution of issues within 2 months• Analysed and presented key market entry recommendations on the Voice-over-IP (VoIP) segment of the UK telecoms industry to senior commercial managers• Conceptualized and designed a mobile e-commerce product, conducted market analysis including customer segmentation to develop a £ 100mn p.a. business case; the product was designed and showcased in tradeshows



Atos

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Feb 2004 - Nov 2004

  Key responsibilities include business development and pre-sales support Key achievements: • Analysed Oil and Gas market in South East US and developed IT security service offering, supported sales effort to secure contracts worth $5mn (13% of revenue of business unit) Left Atos to pursue MBA at INSEAD Key responsibilities include business development and pre-sales support Key achievements: • Analysed Oil and Gas market in South East US and developed IT security service offering, supported sales effort to secure contracts worth $5mn (13% of revenue of business unit) Left Atos to pursue MBA at INSEAD



Schlumberger

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Jun 2001 - Feb 2004

  Key responsibilities include team managementKey achievements:• Managed a virtual team of 25 people based in Houston, London, Paris and Singapore to deploy a secure messaging solution for a FORTUNE 500 oil & gas company• Led a cross functional team and traveled extensively in the U.K. to manage post merger integration of IT systems, preparing and presenting a road show of future IT developments to regional managersMoved from Schlumberger to Atos following acquisition of SchlumbergerSema by Atos

• Network Engineer

  • Aug 2000 - May 2001

  Key responsibilities include providing subject matter expertise and technical leadKey achievements:• Designed & implemented a physical security solution using smart cards and patient tracking system for a key healthcare company working extensively with the client’s CIO• Published a paper on Information Security with SANS Institute