Seller 275080 - Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK
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| Hourly Rate: | £110.00 | |
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| Overview: | Having experienced the highs and the lows of running SMEs for 12 years and with an MBA from London Business School, I am now leveraging this learning to help SMEs to manage change and overcome crises. | |
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Excellent
28 August 2008: David is like the ultimate hangover cure. He helped me clear the ever-present fog that comes with running businesses and distilled clarity, vision and direction from the raging thought-processes that previously filled my head. He has become my friend, mentor and coach, without me even realising it and his opinions and real-world experience are of huge value. If you want help in answering the questions that fill you as an entrepreneur or business manager, David will help you find the answers from within and, most importantly, ensure you are empowered to see them through. Oh, he's got a thinly veiled competitive streak, too, so failure is NOT an option
Excellent
22 August 2008: David is an inspiring coach and business contact.
He has benefited me personally as a Managing Director of a fast growing Business Law Firm as well as directly to my business. David was genuinely interested in assisting me and my business and I would warmly recommend him.
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| Professional advisor & business coach with a background in creative entrepreneurship, a passion for simple business strategy and the grounding of an MBA |
Employment History
(Apr 2007 & ongoing)
Managing Director
Burgess HillWorking with SMEs to develop breakthrough business & marketing strategies, manage change and overcome crises.
(May 1999 to Feb 2007)
Managing Director
LondonDeveloped and implemented strategies for blue-chip brands in Experiential Marketing / Brand Experience. Working with over 80 brands, (including Birds Eye Walls, Twinings Tea, Post Office, Empire Interactive, Bacardi Breezer, Discovery Foods, Britvic, Airflow) to implement over 25 million face-to-face consumer and customer interactions. The company had an office team of 20 staff, a full-time field force of 60 and employed up to 3000 freelancers a year,
(Nov 1995 to Apr 1999)
Managing Director
The Really Big Promotions Company Limited, LondonBrand Experience Marketing Agency focussing on short duration, large scale sampling activity, largely for food & drink brands such as McCains, Schweppes, Manor Bakeries, Jacobs, Clover, Benckiser, Best Foods. Was also Director of larger sister company and both companies were sold to a global advertising company in 1997.
Professional Qualifications
| Executive MBA from London Business School, 2003 |
Education
(Sep 2001 to May 2003)
London Business School
Executive MBA
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Categories & Skills
Management Consultancy
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Skills
- Company Turn-round (Business Consulting)
- Marketing Strategy (Marketing Consulting)
- Strategic Analysis (Business Consulting)

