Experience

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  MeteoGroup

  • London

  • Project Director - BBC Weather Procurement

    • Dec 2014 - Aug 2016
    • London

    In 2014, after 94 years of working with the UK Met Office, the BBC launched a tender process seeking a supplier able to differentiate and enhance their weather output in the UK and globally. A unique and exciting opportunity for private sector weather businesses, I returned to MeteoGroup as a consultant to head-up their bid.After more than 20 months, during which I was responsible for overseeing all aspects of MeteoGroup's involvement in the most comprehensive, rigorous and competitive procurement process, MeteoGroup was selected as the winning bidder in August 2016.MeteoGroup will provide the BBC with weather forecasting and graphics services across all their platforms, TV, radio, web and mobile, worldwide.

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  MeteoGroup

  • CEO

    • May 2005 - Oct 2014

    MeteoGroup is Europe's leading private sector weather business supplying tailored products to corporate, industrial, media and consumer markets.I took over as MD when the PA Group acquired Dutch weather business, Meteo Consult B.V. in 2005. I led the business as MD, and subsequently CEO, through to its sale to General Atlantic LLP in March 2014. During this period the business saw consistent double digit growth, by 2014 revenues had quadrupled and EBITDA was up 7x. At acquisition the business had operations in four European countries employing 150 staff, at sale we had operations in 11 European countries as well as Asia and the USA, over 400 staff and customers worldwide.As CEO I led strategic planning and defined organisational structure to support strategy, created and led a pan-European Group Management Team; drove organic growth and new market development with the establishment of operations across Europe as well as Asia and the USA; led M&A and oversaw integration post acquisition, delivering budgeted synergies; led the Management Team through the sale process, heading-up presentations to bidders, culminating in the sale to General Atlantic in 2014.I was appointed to the Board of PA Group, parent company of the Press Association and MeteoGroup, in 2008.

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  Press Association

  • United Kingdom
  • Media Production
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Managing Director, PA Entertainment

    • Jan 2004 - May 2005

    PA Entertainment was the Division of the Press Association bringing together the company's TV, Showbiz and entertainment content for print and digital platforms. My key focus as MD was to build on our market-leading position in the events and TV markets to develop the market for page-ready editorial and to lead the development of packaged content for web and mobile markets.

  • Director, PA Enterprises

    • Mar 2000 - Jan 2004

    In 2000 my remit was extended to include new areas with TV and Events services remaining at the heart of my brief. During this period I oversaw development of digital products including a range of white-label, interactive TV and entertainment guides. I also drove development of the TV listings business into the magazine market, ultimately securing contracts with almost all the 7-Day TV magazine publishers, including market-leaders Bauer, IPC and the Radio Times.I was appointed to the Board of the PA WeatherCentre in 2000, a JV between PA and Meteo Consult B.V.

  • Operations Director, PA Listings

    • Feb 1996 - Mar 2000

    The Press Association is the national news Agency for the UK and Ireland and the UK's leading multimedia news agency. When PA acquired Listings Limited in 1996 I took over as Director of the new division creating the market-leading provider of entertainment and TV listings to the media delivering listings services to 90% of the national press and 85% of the regionals.

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  Listings Limited

  • Operations Director

    • Nov 1989 - Feb 1996

    An independent production company providing page-ready information services to the press, including TV, Arts & Entertainment and Finance listings. I was one of a team of three shareholders and Directors who built the business which was sold to the Press Association in 1996.

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  Newpoint Publishing

  • Production Manager

    • Apr 1985 - Nov 1989

    Newpoint, later part of Reed International, was a publisher of Directories of further education. In my role as Production Manager I had oversight of the content databases and production of pages for print.