Experience

Avasam DropShipping Marketplace

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor & Board Director

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Early stage Investor, CRO and Board Director building the growth strategy and partner ecosystem for the UK’s leading automated SaaS DropShip platform & marketplace for third party supply chain & payment automation; strategic deals signed with eBay, BigCommerce, Barclaycard, Linnworks, EKM, OnBuy & Wish. Early stage Investor, CRO and Board Director building the growth strategy and partner ecosystem for the UK’s leading automated SaaS DropShip platform & marketplace for third party supply chain & payment automation; strategic deals signed with eBay, BigCommerce, Barclaycard, Linnworks, EKM, OnBuy & Wish.



Seamlessly

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Venture Partner

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  Advisory consultancy supporting a portfolio of mission driven high growth businesses to create value through build, buy or partner go to market strategies. Advisory consultancy supporting a portfolio of mission driven high growth businesses to create value through build, buy or partner go to market strategies.



Printsource.eu

• United Kingdom
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor & Board Director

  • Jul 2010 - Present

  Early stage investor & Board Director - Printsource is Europe's full-service custom packaging marketplace for FMCG brands. We enable brands to source packaging from our verified network of suppliers without worrying about quality of product, payments, delivery or stock levels. Early stage investor & Board Director - Printsource is Europe's full-service custom packaging marketplace for FMCG brands. We enable brands to source packaging from our verified network of suppliers without worrying about quality of product, payments, delivery or stock levels.



Uber

• United States
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 700 & Above Employee

• GM, Customer Operations & Strategy UK&I

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2020

  Grew Uber in the UK and Ireland over 4 years as a member of the UK Leadership Team responsible for Customer Operations and Strategy for Rides, Eats and New Mobility. Responsible for a $10m budget leading a team of 100 across 23 locations to acquire and support drivers & couriers, maintain Ubers Regulatory compliance requirements and drive future growth strategy.Exit: IPO April 2019

• GM, North West England

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Grew the Rides business in Manchester from 60,000 trips per week to over 500,000 trips per week; owning full P&L responsibility and developing the team to acquire drivers and manage Ubers regulatory requirements across 12 jurisdictions.



Virgin

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 700 & Above Employee

• Co-Founder & MD of Virgin Digital Help

  • Sep 2009 - Sep 2012

  • Co-founded Virgin Digital Help, SaaS based start-up, for Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, changing the way consumers solve problems with their technology – the Virgin way! • Took the company all the way from a simple idea raising venture capital to rapidly grow an international customer base in the US & UK through strategic partnerships with Toshiba, AVG, Virgin Mobile, Ebay & Sears.• Virgin Digital Help has the highest first time resolution rate and a growing subscriber base with an NPS over 60.Exit: Orchestrated company acquisition via a Trade sale in 2011 Show less

• Corporate Development

  • Feb 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Evaluated & executed new business opportunities paramount to the Virgin Group strategy including Virgin’s entry into Healthcare through the acquisition of Assura Medical, creation of Virgin Insight for Big Data Mining across the Group, strategic direction for Virgin Pulse in South Africa & co-founding Virgin Digital Help. • Led business plan creation, negotiation of complex commercial contracts, funding strategy & Management recruitment to launch new businesses.



Mars

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Development

  • Sep 2003 - Jan 2008

  • Identified acquisition opportunities across North America & Europe for business segments & Senior Management dependant on growth through acquisition. • Deal activity included transformational US petcare acquisition, global health & nutrition strategy development & divestiture assessment in Latin America. • Led deal execution through to post-acquisition integration with strong project management both internally and externally. Management Development Program: Renowned leadership development program attended by Allan Leighton and Peter Erskine developing senior business leaders - 3 placements across different functions over 2 years. Show less



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enterprise Specialist

  • Dec 2002 - Sep 2003

  Developed new and existing customers and Business Partners to grow IBM’s business within Enterprise Servers. Extensive on-the-job training & Sales development at the renowned IBM Sales University. Developed new and existing customers and Business Partners to grow IBM’s business within Enterprise Servers. Extensive on-the-job training & Sales development at the renowned IBM Sales University.



Schroders

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Investment Manager

  • 1998 - 1999

  Acquired an in-depth knowledge of the key drivers for each department within an investment management firm and the opportunity to analyse financial markets whilst being assessed on Banking Economics at the EVC. Acquired an in-depth knowledge of the key drivers for each department within an investment management firm and the opportunity to analyse financial markets whilst being assessed on Banking Economics at the EVC.