Executive MBA Talent Book 2021

Executive MBA
Talent Book
2021
For the Change Makers

Executive MBA
For the Game Changers
Our vision is to be Europe’s leading University-based business school, developing
transformational ideas and people that shape how we do business. With our
innovative learning culture, world-class teaching, practical skill development, and
personalised careers support, we challenge and motivate all of our students to
unlock their full potential and achieve their goals for the greater good.
Our Executive MBA students Creating future leaders

Warwick Executive MBA students are ready for We are one of the few institutions to offer an
personal and professional transformation and assessed module in Leadership, designed to
come to study with us from all over the world. help our students develop the all-important
They’re Change Makers who live and breathe our skills required in today’s challenging business
CORE values of Curiosity, Openness, Restlessness environment.
and Excellence.
Our Executive MBAs are required to undertake
Our students are taught by some of the world’s one overseas module, providing them with
leading academics alongside senior business international business exposure and perspectives
people who join us as Professors of Practice and and the study programme introduces cutting-
share their knowledge from years of board- edge theories that can be applied directly from
level experience. Our real world knowledge is the classroom into the workplace.
paired with our transformative research that
seeks to lead debate, create impact, and build
valuable links with international organisations.
This research underpins our teaching, helping to
develop inquisitive and entrepreneurial minds.
My mind is blown each time
we take on a new module
and I enjoy drawing from the
experiences of a diverse cohort
who are either experts or well
versed in a relevant field.
Kennedy Ameh
Executive MBA (current participant)
Executive MBA connections
Whether you are an Executive MBA student at WBS, or an employer looking to
recruit our top talent, there are a number of ways you can connect.
Global community Award-winning mentoring programme

A valuable career asset open to you as an Our award-winning, Investors in People (IIP)
Executive MBA are the connections you will make accredited mentoring programme allows you
during your studies, and the global community to explore career options, workplace dilemmas
of WBS alumni that you will join on completion and professional development challenges with
of your degree. The WBS global community is a someone who has already experienced similar
network of over 50,000 graduates and students situations. If you’re successful in gaining a place
in over 140 countries. on the programme you’ll be mentored by a WBS
alumnus for a period of two years, either during
Professional and geographical networks or beyond your studies. The programme costs
You can join one of our professional networks £345 for two years.
which bring together students, graduates, and
Recruiting our Executive MBAs
our faculty, to explore industry practice and the
latest research in specific industry areas such If you are looking to recruit one of our talented
as finance, technology and healthcare. You can and ambitious Executive MBA students into a
also join a group local to your home which will permanent position in your organisation, contact
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Sufina Ahmad
linkedin.com/in/sufinaahmad
■ Career history:
Director, John Ellerman Foundation, UK
Corporate Strategy Manager, City of London Corporation, UK
Policy and Learning Manager, National Lottery Community
Fund, UK
Head of Strategic Review, City Bridge Trust, UK
■ Education highlights:
Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
University Advanced Diploma, Grant Funding, Derby
University, UK
BSc, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Sheffield, UK
■ Nationality:
British
Pakistani
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements:
Chaired the Institute of Fundraising’s Equality, Diversity
and Inclusion Advisory Panel in 2018/19, resulting in the
#ChangeCollective movement, which wants the fundraising
profession to attract, retain and progress diverse talent,
especially disabled people, LGBT+ and BME groups.
Led the research and development of City Bridge Trust’s
charitable funding strategy, Bridging Divides (2018-23). It
focuses on distributing circa £100 million to tackle poverty,
inequality and disadvantage in London. Over 800 cross-
sectoral stakeholders were engaged with the design in person.
Designed and influenced the distribution of circa £150 million
of lottery funding, including as policy lead for the women and
girls initiative, which in 2016 distributed £48.5 million into the
women and girls sector. The initiative implemented co-design
and participatory grant-making principles.
Qaiser Ahmed
linkedin.com/in/qaiser
■ Career history:
Head of IT - CITO group, GÉANT Association, UK
IT Analyst - CDO group, GÉANT Ltd, UK
Systems Analyst, Norton Rose Fulbright, UK
Master’s degree, Computer Science, Iqra University, Pakistan
■ Nationality:
British
Pakistani
■ Languages:
English (native)
Urdu (native)
Led IT strategy and governance in GÉANT Association while
working with 23 National Research and Educational Networks
(NRENS) across Europe, saving circa £1.2 million for back office
and £2.6 million for community services to be provided across
teams in Europe.
Designed and integrated IT systems between two major
banks in Nigeria, from deployment to operational handover.
The merger took four months, which was within the agreed
project timelines.
Re-designed data centres for a bank in Pakistan and
introduced virtualisation, saving the bank approximately
US$1.4 million with ROI in the second year.
Eyas Albakri
linkedin.com/in/eyasalbakri
■ Career history:
Corporate Last-Mile and Capacity Planning Manager, Aramex
International Ltd, Saudi Arabia
Project Operations Manager, Aramex international Ltd, Saudi
Arabia
Corporate Operations Leader, Aramex International Ltd,
Jordan
Express and Clearance Operations Leader, Aramex
International Ltd, Jordan
BSc, Industrial Engineering, University of Jordan, Jordan
Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), APICS, Jordan
■ Nationality:
Jordanian
■ Languages:
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
Established and directed a global team of six senior members
and leaders to conduct forecasting, resource and capacity
planning and align operations with the commercial team.
Optimised operations cost, met service levels and ensured
operations production progressed as planned.
Increased and maintained last-mile efficiency and
performance in KSA by 13% by implementing a series of
approaches to adapt the dynamic growth of e-commerce in
the region, such as control tower, incentive schemes, targets,
gamification, digitalisation, and process renovation.
Initiated and implemented a new operational paperless
process, moving to a paperless environment and saving
40kg of carbon dioxide monthly in one country, as well as
cost reduction, increased productivity, and a reconstructed
information sharing process.
Rodrigo Alves
linkedin.com/in/rodrigocesaralves
■ Career history:
Contract Manager, Rockwell Automation, UK
Services Operations Lead, Rockwell Automation, Brazil
Leadership Development Program Associate Engineer,
Rockwell Automation, USA
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, USA
BSc, Control and Automation Engineering, Universidade
Paulista (UNIP), Brazil
■ Nationality:
Brazilian
Portuguese
■ Languages:
Portuguese (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
Managed the major ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue)
customers in the UK and Ireland, and enabled new technology
services sales through consultative initiatives, expanding the
respective contractual business by 16% year on year.
Led planning and development of a process and project
management platform across Latin American operations,
improving margins whilst reducing daily workloads of more
than 100 staff.
Global Innovation Challenge Winner in 2017 for a project
initiative to improve communication across company by
creating a solution to enable employees to avoid duplicate
work and connect to the right person at Rockwell worldwide
during critical activities.
Kennedy Ameh
linkedin.com/in/amehken
■ Career history:
Strategy Manager, Collins Aerospace (Subsidiary of Raytheon
Technologies Corporation), UK
Program Manager - Global Operations Strategy, UTC Aerospace
Systems, UK
Production Manager - Machining, Assembly & Test Operations,
UTC Aerospace Systems, UK
Operations Program Manager, Cummins Inc, UK
Global Operations Leadership Development Programme, Aston
Business School, UK
MSc, Engineering Management, Brunel University London, UK
BEng (Hons), Aerospace Engineering, University of Hertfordshire,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
Nigerian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Igala (native)
Hausa (fluent)
Developed an Actuation Systems Gears Machining Commodity
Strategy, identifying areas of technological differentiation
and delivering a cost reduction of 20% of the total spend. This
improved the business unit’s P&L performance and created a
template to scale and apply across multiple business units at
Collins Aerospace.
Established a direct ship logistics solution from Asia to Europe and
North America for a business of US$35 million in annual turnover.
This improved the lead time to supply while generating a cost
saving benefit of US$1.2 million annually in freight, inventory and
packaging costs.
Led a production team of 65 employees, going through
operational and performance challenges, to recover over US$5
million of customer arrears using lean tools over a six month
period. Maintained the high performing culture and metrics
through effective succession planning.
Carl Anthony
linkedin.com/in/carl-anthony
■ Career history:
European Business Development Manager - Retail, Samsung
Electronics, UK
Global AV Operations Manager, Burberry Group Plc, UK
EMEA Service Delivery Manager, Astreya Partners, UK
Technical Support Manager, Astreya Partners, UK
BSc (Hons), Audio Visual Production, Nottingham Trent University,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Achieved a 25% segment growth in strategic sub-verticals in
Europe for the product launch of an enhanced high brightness
range. Distributed intel across subs, identifying market trends and
aligning target criteria. Challenged to lead subs without authority
to drive growth in Europe.
Agreed a commitment to become an exclusive OEM, with
projected sales of €7.2 million in 2020, with a leading retail
queue management partner. Negotiated a public framework
agreement and aligned business process between subsidiary’s and
partner’s subsidiaries and affiliates network, utilising target driven
incentives, such as joint marketing funds, to deliver mutual deal
satisfaction.
Diversified existing channel partner network, after completing
a review of retail standards component manufacturers, to
establish an environment for predictable pricing globally.
Enabled local business units to procure in their local markets and
reduce entity tax liabilities.
Pankaj Arora
linkedin.com/in/pankaj-ar
■ Career history:
Senior Manager - Transformation, PepsiCo, Ireland
Manager - Productivity, PepsiCo, Ireland
Head of Process Excellence - Europe & Middle East, Thomson
Reuters, Poland
Deputy Head of Process Excellence - US & UK, Thomson Reuters,
India
Bachelor of Technology, Industrial Engineering, National Institute
of Technology, India
■ Nationality:
Irish
■ Languages:
Hindi (native), English (fluent)
Established the value engineering programme as a critical
contributor to PepsiCo’s productivity programme, in partnership
with R&D, procurement and supply chain functions. The
programme has delivered more than US$20 million in the last
three years and is on plan for US$30 million for the next three
years.
Lead a cross-functional team to identify the gaps in current and
future supply resilience of the PepsiCo concentrate division. The
group then established the optimum investment strategy and
received the backing of PepsiCo board with millions of capital
spend approved.
Established the Lean Six Sigma programme for PepsiCo’s flavours
division that has resulted in savings of US$18 million in the last
five years, along with multiple benefits for quality and process
efficiency. The programme was rewarded with the annual
Chairman’s award.
Jane Lee Astley
linkedin.com/in/jane-lee-astley
■ Career history:
Business Development, Party City Holdco Inc, UK
Group Sourcing Manager, Party City Holdco Inc, China
Operations Management Trainee, Party City Holdco Inc, China
Project Coordinator, Party City Holdco Inc, UK
BSc, Biological Science, Lancaster University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led a development and resourcing project to increase
80% share of shelf within our retail business. Captured an
additional US$100 million of profit by bringing these products
through our own sourcing channels vs buying from our
competitors.
Instrumental in the diversification of supply base to reduce
reliance on China suppliers. After five years, the business
manufactures 40% of target product groups through non-
China routes, with savings of US$11 million to date and
additional capacity secured overseas.
Build and maintain relationships and lead pricing negotiations
with over 100 suppliers in eight countries in Asia and Africa,
ensuring our supply base is secure and diverse to meet the
extensive product range and varied business requirements of
our global offices.
Mark Atterton
linkedin.com/in/mark-atterton
■ Career history:
Director of Corporate Planning, Reall, UK
Head of Programme Portfolio Oversight and Development,
Oxfam, UK
Country Director, Oxfam, Ethiopia
Director of Human Rights, Secretariat of the Pacific
Community, Fiji
MSc, Poverty Reduction and Development Management,
University of Birmingham, UK
BSc, Geography, Coventry University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Extensive development and humanitarian experience having
lived in Ethiopia, Fiji, Zimbabwe and Zambia overseeing
complex humanitarian responses in numerous countries across
Africa, including as Country Director for a US$60 million
drought and refugee response programme.
Director of Human Rights for the Inter-governmental body of
the Pacific, SPC. Initiated the Denarau Declaration for Human
Rights and Development and represented the Marshall Islands
Government delegation to the Human Rights Council in
Geneva.
Co-founder of the Toilet Twinning Movement which to date
has raised over £8 million in indirect funding for INGOs
working in water and sanitation.
Omar Babar
linkedin.com/in/syedomarbabar
■ Career history:
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary,
University Hospitals of Leicester, NHS, UK
Clinical Entrepreneurial Fellow, NHS Innovation, UK
MBChB, Leicester Medical School, University of Leicester, UK
PG Cert, Clinical Leadership and Management, De Montfort
University, UK
Fellow of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM),
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Urdu (native)
Hindi (fluent)
Led a Quality Improvement Project in the Emergency
Department. Successfully changed culture of practice in the
use of urine dip tests to diagnose urinary tract infection in the
older population, improving diagnosis and documentation by
89%.
Designed and implemented a new work pattern for junior
doctors working in the Leicester Royal Infirmary Emergency
Department to better match capacity and demand issues
faced by one of the busiest EDs in Europe.
Successfully re-designed and implemented internal
processes to enhance patient-flow from booking to reaching
destination ward in the Emergency Department, leading to an
improvement in patient satisfaction from 65% to 85%.
Winnie Baffoe
linkedin.com/in/winnie-baffoe
■ Career history:
Director, Mummies Republic, UK
Licensing Officer, Camden Local Authority, UK
Legal and Democratic Services Officer, St Albans City &
District Council, UK
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Hounslow Racial Equality
Council, UK
MSc, Criminology, University of Leicester, UK
BA (Hons), Law, De Montfort University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Shona (fluent)
Founded Mummies Republic, a nonprofit organisation
providing early intervention to mitigate socioeconomic
inequalities.
Pioneered Fresh Start Cleaning, an entrepreneurial social
action response for single unit households and their need for
entry-level roles, indexed to the London Living Wage and the
provision of pedagogical childcare.
Initiated Covid-19 response with provision of laptops to pupils
within deprived wards of Southwark, to close the digital divide
and mitigate the prospects of a lost generation. Implemented
a food voucher scheme for vulnerable households during the
lockdown and beyond.
Steven Bagshaw
linkedin.com/in/stevenbagshaw
■ Career history:
Business Development Manager, CPI, UK
Marketing Executive, CPI, UK
BA, Business Studies, Northumbria Business School, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Created and deployed an exemplar ‘wedge’ stage-gated
approach to the commercialisation of new technology projects
to reduce client and organisational risk, and grow and manage
key strategic corporate accounts.
Nurtured CPI’s first multinational Fortune 500 account from
zero to £745,000 revenue in two years, selling new technology
development. Managed and chaired all customer reviews and
customer communication. Programme delivered to schedule,
performance and cost.
Regularly invited to talk as a thought leader at technology and
businesses conferences, and to provide mentoring advice to
University students and CPI colleagues. Enjoys helping others
to achieve their potential.
Rayman Bains
linkedin/in/raymanbains
■ Career history:
Executive Director - Strategy, Business Development and
Corporate Communications, MTC, UK
Head of Marketing and Communications, Amey, UK
Head of Change, Transformation and Strategy, Amey, UK
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Amey, UK
Certificate in Investor Relations, Investor Relations Society, UK
BA (Dual Honours), International History and International
Politics, University of Sheffield, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Achieved revenue target of £200 million within three years to
establish MTC as provider of services to the UK government.
Included growing existing revenues streams by £10 million
and identifying new revenue channels of £170 million through
successful entry into new markets.
Established and enhanced the reputation of MTC in the justice
and health market as the most trusted provider and a thought
leader on delivering quality public services. Improved MTC’s
reputation amongst customers and key stakeholders by 63%
in December 2020.
An active community activist, I entered local politics
to support young people from similar socio-economic
backgrounds to aspire and transform their lives by
encouraging them into education. This led me to becoming
an elected Councillor, Deputy Leader and a Parliamentary
Candidate.
Paolo Baj
linkedin.com/in/pabaj
■ Career history:
Head of Markets Reporting - EMEIA Financial Services
Organisation, Ernst & Young LLP, UK
Senior Operations Manager - EMEIA Financial Services
Organisation, Ernst & Young LLP, UK
Business Development Coordinator - EMEIA Financial Services
Organisation Italy, Reconta Ernst & Young S.p.A., Italy
Internship - Avionic & System Department, Alenia Aermacchi
S.p.A., Italy
BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change, The Chartered
Institute for IT, UK
MSc, Aeronautical Engineering with Major in Avionic and
Systems, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
BSc, Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan,
Italy
■ Nationality:
Italian
British
■ Languages:
Italian (native)
English (fluent)
Within EY Financial Services, progressed from a country team
supporting the local leadership to build the BD department,
through to a Regional Sector Operation Manager role to lead
a multi-geographic high performing team working directly for
the regional leadership.
Progression and promotion to higher levels and broader
responsibilities, as well as sponsorship of CIMA certifications
and learning badges for all 12 team members.
Had a professional ski racing career with the achievement of
the Downhill bronze medal at the Italian Junior Championship
in 1998. Have been a ski instructor since 2001.
Douglas Bates
linkedin.com/in/douglasscottbates
■ Career history:
Client Services Manager, WorkSafeBC, Canada
Team Manager, WorkSafeBC, Canada
Bachelor’s degree, Fine Arts, University of Victoria, Canada
■ Nationality:
Canadian
British (UK Ancestry visa)
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (basic)
Project lead in designing and implementing a successful
pilot to make insurance benefit payments to clients through
e-transfer, becoming the first business known to the
organisation and its financial institution to deliver consumer
e-transfer transactions.
Led a campaign to improve client satisfaction through
coaching and staff engagement, resulting in the team
becoming the first ever to achieve an annual client satisfaction
rating above 90%.
Two years after becoming the youngest Client Services
Manager, led the Claims Management team to achieve
historical best outcomes in all key performance indicators for
recovery and return to work for injured workers.
Paul Bayliss
linkedin.com/in/paulbaylissMRICS
■ Career history:
Operations Director, Capula Ltd, UK
Commercial Director, Capula Ltd, UK
Solution Centre Tendering Manager, Schneider Electric Ltd, UK
Divisional Commercial Manager, Schneider Electric Ltd, UK
Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Member of the Royal Institution
of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), UK
BSc (Hons), Quantity Surveying and Construction Commercial
Management, Nottingham Trent University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Lead a team of five business managers to provide 10% year
on year growth, doubling EBITDA over a three-year period
through robust operational leadership.
Negotiated an international dispute to recover £2 million
in disputed contractual claims, successfully recovering the
project losses.
Led a team of 10 to successfully negotiate a five-year £26
million framework on the EDF new nuclear power station.
Amar Bhundia
linkedin.com/in/amar-bhundia
■ Career history:
Business Transformation Consultant, Army Advanced
Development Programme, Headquarters of the British Army, UK
Deputy Chief of Staff (Chief Personal, Logistics and
Infrastructure Officer), 11 (Infantry) Brigade and Headquarters
South East England, Aldershot, UK
Officer Commanding (Operations Manager), Joint Air Mounting
Centre, 29 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, Cirencester, UK
Chief Planning Officer, 77 (Information Activity and Outreach)
Brigade, Hermitage, UK
Diploma, Financial Advising, IFS School of Finance, UK
Level 7 Diploma, Strategic Leadership, Chartered Management
Institute, UK
BSc, Economics, University of Warwick, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Gujarati (native)
Nepali (intermediate)
Identified savings of £91 million in the Army’s operational stock
holding spend through process efficiency and development
of a digital platform with automation and API connectivity to
inform operational war stock investment decisions.
Developed the Army’s Contingency Plan for support to
government in the South East of England (including ports,
border force, police, local authorities) in the event of a no-deal
Brexit.
Reduced aircraft delays by 20% at the Joint Air Mounting
Centre (the UK’s military airport terminal) whilst delivering
more than 800 deployments to 27 countries. Awarded both the
Defence ‘GEMS’ Customer Focus Award and the Engineer and
Logistic Corps prize for transformational change.
Gurdev Bilkhu
linkedin.com/in/gurdev-kaur
■ Career history:
Project Lead for the Opioid IAPT Analgesic Pathway, Inclusion
NHS, UK
Specialist Pain Management & Clinical Pharmacist, Spire
Healthcare Plc, UK
Resident & Clinical Pharmacist, Bart’s Health, NHS, UK
Postgraduate Certificate, Independent Prescribing, Medway
School of Pharmacy, UK
Postgraduate Certificate, General Pharmacy Practice,
University College London (UCL) School of Pharmacy, UK
MPharm (Hons), Medway School of Pharmacy, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
Punjabi (native)
English (fluent)
Led the first opioid detoxification pilot project in the
South East of England, combining pharmacological and
psychological therapies to reduce opioid dependence by 80%.
Implementation of strong review processes developed patient-
clinical relationships and enhanced potential for positive
medical outcomes.
Developed opioid detoxification guidelines for NHS Thurrock
and led clinical training at Spire Hartswood hospital. Drove
improved quality of prescribing and reduced both risk and
public sector expenditure.
Devised new procedures that enhanced safe practice and
promoted lean working within the NHS by streamlining
existing clinical processes, thus halving the time for patient
discharges during out of hours services.
Lucy Blanchard
linkedin.com/in/lucy-blanchard-1b79a345
■ Career history:
Head of Marketing & Communications, FirstPort, UK
Marketing Manager, Curzon Consulting, UK
UK Marketing Manager, Ayming, UK
Marketing Executive, Aston Martin Lagonda, UK
Professional Diploma, Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK
BA (Hons), History of Art, University of Warwick, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (basic)
Introduced new marketing and external communications
strategies (B2B and B2C) at FirstPort to support growth and
brand improvement, resulting in a 300% increase in positive
PR coverage, a 200% increase in award wins and a 103%
increase in inbound leads over two years.
Established and grew an in-house marketing department for
UK division of French consultancy group Ayming. Diversified
B2B marketing to take a multi-channel approach and
launched three new consultancy service offers, helping to
more than double UK revenue in the first two years.
Repositioned the vehicle accessories marketing approach at
Aston Martin to increase product visibility, improve awareness
and generate dealer (B2B) and owner interest (B2C). Annual
e-commerce target achieved in first six months and new
collateral generated a 25% sales increase.
Aoife Cameron
linkedin.com/in/aoifecameron
■ Career history:
Clinical Operations Lead, Virtus Respiratory Research Ltd, UK
Clinical Operations Lead, Therapeutic Frontiers Ltd, UK
Project Manager, Therapeutic Frontiers Ltd, UK
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK
PhD, Immunology, Imperial College London, UK
MSc, Immunology, King’s College London, UK
MBiol (Hons), Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of
Bath, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Developed and delivered a Covid-19 antibody test to the
market, within PHE sensitivity, specificity and validation
requirements, in a two-month accelerated timeframe.
Involved preparing regulatory submissions, identifying clients
and coordinating testing for NHS and businesses.
Designed and implemented corporate systems for start-up
Therapeutic Frontiers. Included quality management and data
protection systems, which added value through improving
corporate and clinical operations and saved significant
consultancy fees.
Submitted PhD thesis in three years, receiving the 2016 Young
Investigator Award at the Macrae Foundation Respiratory
Viral Infections Symposium. This research was part of a £5
million GSK-MRC Strategic Alliance study which identified key
immunological features of viral infections in asthmatics.
Chandan Trivedi
linkedin.com/in/chandantrivedi
■ Career history:
HIL Team Leader, BorgWarner, UK
Senior Hardware Engineer, Delphi Technologies, UK
Technical Lead, Delphi Technologies, India
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
CUSAT, India
■ Nationality:
Indian (UK indefinite leave to remain)
■ Languages:
Bajjika (native)
Hindi (native)
English (fluent)
Led the development of a new test set up in Technical
Center India. Improved design and localised component
procurement, saving US$30,000 per annum.
As hardware lead, achieved 100% on-time production
approval for EURO 6 and EURO 7 Diesel Control Module.
Empowered engineers by providing training across multiple
sites and in recognition received the Delphi Blue Chip Award.
Aurélie Charpentier
linkedin.com/in/aurélie-charpentier-business-
development
■ Career history:
Senior Business Development Manager, Oxford Biomedica, UK
Transaction Manager - Strategy & Business Development,
Sanofi, USA and Germany
Business Development & Intellectual Property Manager,
Irstea, France
Patent Agent, Becker & Associates, France
Leadership Programme, University College London, UK
MEng, Biotechnology, University of Nice, France
■ Nationality:
French
■ Languages:
French (native)
English (fluent)
Hindi (intermediate)
German (basic)
Spanish (basic)
Developed and executed business plans to license key
technologies in the pioneering field of gene therapy, dealing
with highly complex intellectual property issues.
Negotiated two major agreements, with European
grant funding of €6 million and €9 million respectively,
for multidisciplinary research projects involving several
international public and private entities.
Implemented new procedures and commercially-focused KPIs
which were adopted by cross-functional teams, to achieve
consensus more efficiently, significantly reducing execution
time of major deals.
Tribeni Chougule
linkedin.com/in/tribenichougule
■ Career history:
Head of Change Management - CFO office, Europe, Visa Inc,
UK
Head of Innovation Centre Technology - Europe, Visa Inc, UK
Program Manager (Data Products) - Europe, Visa Inc, UK
Program Manager - Change Delivery, Visa Europe, UK
Bachelor’s degree, Electronics and Power Engineering,
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Hindi (native)
Assamese (native)
Bengali (basic)
Marathi (basic)
Established a Technology team within Visa’s UK Innovation
Centre by defining the target-operating model, streamlining
engagement with various global and local teams, and
navigating in a transforming organisation.
Delivered Agile transformation of Visa’s in-house Technology
organisation and pioneered project and programme
governance, leading to successful deliveries of multiple digital
and value-added service programmes.
Awarded ‘Women in Fintech Powerlist - Stand out 35
(2019)’ and ‘Women in Tech100 (2018)’ for professional
achievements, as well as mentoring and contribution towards
developing and increasing gender diversity in Technology.
Rob Coates
linkedin.com/in/rob-coates-accamba
■ Career history:
Chief Management Accountant, IMI Critical Engineering, UK
Finance Manager GTO RtR, National Grid Plc, UK
Group Management Accountant, IMI Plc, UK
Group Financial Analyst, IMI Plc, UK
ACCA, Kaplan, UK
BSc, Mathematics, University of York, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led and delivered a group wide Forecast Simplification project,
developing minimum viable product aligned to all stakeholder
needs and deployed within nine months, achieving 90%
reduction in data entries per cycle and time-saving of eight to
10 days per annum per site.
Overhauled sector and segmental reporting to provide
clarity of sales and orders by market for commercial teams,
improving accuracy and reducing processing time by circa
5,000 man-hours per annum across the Division.
Improved accuracy of cash flow forecasting across UK
regulatory businesses to target reduction in interest expense
of circa £10 million per annum on short-term borrowings.
Sorina Lia
Constantinescu
linkedin.com/in/slc1983
■ Career history:
Senior Commercial Manager, Travelport LLC, UAE
Manager Planning and Analytics - Sales Strategy, Travelport
LLC, UAE
Senior FP&R Analyst - Corporate & Regional, Travelport Ltd, UAE
and UK
Finance Analyst, Cargiant, UK
Chartered Certified Accountant, Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Economics and
Marketing, University of Craiova, Romania
Certified Data Visualisation Professional, The KPI Institute
■ Nationality:
Romanian
British
■ Languages:
Romanian (native)
English (fluent)
French (basic)
Italian (basic)
Spanish (basic)
Currently managing a customer portfolio of over US$100
million and leading the development of a global strategic
initiative for Travelport, to enhance opportunities for revenue
generation while helping customers to navigate current travel
demand challenges.
Successfully researched retail strategies as part of MBA
programme, using a range of qualitative and quantitative
techniques. Proposed retail/distribution strategy by
understanding broader business model challenges.
Completed five marathons across three different continents
whilst raising money for various charity causes.
James Davies
linkedin.com/in/james-m-davies
■ Career history:
Head of Projects (Motorcycles), Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK
Project Manager, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK
Workstream Lead - Business Connected Programme, Triumph
Motorcycles Ltd, UK
Project Engineer, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK
BEng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough
University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Delivered several major projects, including the design,
development and delivery of new motorcycle models to
market and ongoing development and supply of engines to
the Moto2 F.I.M. World Championship, exposing the brand to
the worldwide MotoGP television audience of millions.
Project managed the design and build of a £5 million Factory
Visitor Experience, winning first place in the Society of British
and International Interior Design Awards 2018 and achieving
a first year footfall five times greater than anticipated.
Presented and gained approval for a change management
business case, to roll out a new product lifecycle management
system across a department of 350 design and production
engineers, ultimately proving to reduce product structure
workload by over 50%.
Luísa de Mello
linkedin.com/in/luisademello
■ Career history:
Sales Operations Manager, Bosch Thermotechnology, UK
Lean Management Project Leader, Bosch Thermotechnology,
International
Lean Management Consultant, Bosch Thermotechnology,
International
Manufacturing Engineer, Bosch Thermotechnology, UK
Master’s degree, Industrial Engineering and Management,
University of Porto, Portugal
BSc, Industrial Engineering and Management, University of
Porto, Portugal
■ Nationality:
Portuguese
■ Languages:
Portuguese (native)
English (fluent)
German (intermediate)
Spanish (intermediate)
Created a dashboard system with holistic sales metrics,
allowing transparency across the business and data driven
decisions.
Led a team of three to five lean management consultants
to achieve waste reduction, leadership development and
implementation of a continuous improvement culture.
Achieved an average of 20% efficiency gains.
Headed lean manufacturing projects focused on business
requirements such as efficiency, output and quality. Achieved
target results with a 30% increase in production line output
and a false failure rate decrease of 25%.
Hugo Deed
linkedin.com/in/hugodeed
■ Career history:
Managing Director, Pegasus Strategic Advisory Ltd, UK
Micro Sales Analyst, Goldman Sachs International, UK
Sales Manager (Middle East), De La Rue Plc, UK
Captain, The Parachute Regiment, British Army, Various
MA (Hons), Arabic and French, University of Edinburgh, UK
■ Nationality:
British
French
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (native)
Arabic (fluent)
Spanish (basic)
Founded an independent Middle-East focused political risk
consultancy, working for UK clients. In response to client
demand, developed a unique risk model that enables clients to
personalise analysis received based on risk tolerances.
Coordinated the financial management and planning of the
British Army’s Parachute display team strategy for recruiting
and keeping the Army in the public eye.
Planned and coordinated personnel and resources to
provide continuous security cover and protection for a large
geographical area in Afghanistan over a six-month period,
which included civilian towns, villages, schools, hospitals and
infrastructure, together with their inhabitants.
Joe Devlin
linkedin.com/in/dr-joe-devlin
■ Career history:
Senior Market Analyst, Power NI, UK
Forecasting Analyst, Viridian Group, UK
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
■ Nationality:
Irish
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led business unit market analysis and trading strategy
development for three large power plants, ensuring cost
recovery of up to £1 million per day.
Selected as a member of the British Council’s Future Leaders
Connect programme alongside 49 other emerging leaders
from across the world. Developed a policy action plan
to achieve 100% renewable electricity systems and had
extensive engagement with members of UK Parliament.
Key member of the transformational change project team
which prepared and successfully transitioned the business to
operate under a new Irish electricity market design.
Stewart Dines
linkedin.com/in/stewart-dines
■ Career history:
Commanding Officer, 159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps,
British Army, Coventry, UK
Executive Officer to the Army Staff, British Army, Andover, UK
Advanced Command and Staff Course, Joint Services
Command and Staff College, Defence Academy, UK
Chief of Staff, 29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps,
Cirencester, UK
MA, Defence Studies, King’s College London, UK
Postgraduate Diploma, Food Logistics Management,
Bournemouth University, UK
BSc (Hons), Operations Management, University of Lancaster,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Planned and executed the deployment of over 1,200 troops,
vehicles, material, and equipment from the UK to Jordan for
a major British Army exercise. Led a 300 strong task force to
manage the in-country logistic support chain and the UK air-
bridge during the three-month deployment.
Mentored the senior leadership of an Afghan National Army
Battalion to develop logistics, transport, equipment support,
medical support and patient care, while operating in an
austere combat environment.
Managed the storage, distribution and quality control of all
food and catering services, including £10 million worth of
conservancy contracts, to support British Forces in Iraq during
2004.
Anand Dossa
linkedin.com/in/ananddossa
■ Career history:
Automotive Economist - Public Policy and Vehicle Legislation
Directorate, The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders Ltd
(SMMT), UK
Agri-Food Sector Economist - Policy Services Directorate, The
National Farmers’ Union (NFU), UK
Agricultural Analyst, Agriculture and Horticulture
Development Board, UK
Agricultural Analyst, Meat & Livestock Commission, UK
BA (Hons), Economics and Business Studies, University of
Northampton, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
Hindi (native)
Gujarati (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (basic)
Initiated and managed the NFU Banking Forum for heads
of agricultural banking, as a think tank for credit policy and
finance access for NFU members.
Formed an NFU Business Symposium to deliver flagship
events, preparing farm businesses to manage post-Brexit
changes.
Developed an economic intelligence function at the NFU,
undertaking media interviews and research to launch six new
value adding publications to aid membership decision-making.
Clare Dunn
linkedin.com/in/clare-dunn
■ Career history:
Gas Supply & Origination Operations, RWE Supply & Trading,
UK
Chief Operating Officer, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH,
Germany
Head of Back Office, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Germany
Finance for Executives, Insead, France
BSc (Hons), Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
German (basic)
Led a global settlements team of 140 FTE, delivering
operational stability and increased employee satisfaction
whilst simultaneously reducing costs by 25%.
Worked with commercial areas to develop strategy in
Gas and LNG, and project managed the cross functional
implementation of growth initiatives designed to double
revenues.
Chaired Operating Committee with delegated Board authority
for the company-wide advancement of cost control processes,
organisational health and wellbeing, and regular operational
risk and compliance reviews. The role included design and
delivery of a global lean steering programme.
Leonid Eletskikh
linkedin.com/in/yeleleo
■ Career history:
Director of Sales - EER, Adjust GmbH, Germany
Head of Sales, Alibaba Mobile Business Group, Russia
Country Manager - Russia & CIS, App Annie, Russia and UK
MSc, Economics (Public Administration), Voronezh State
University, Russia
BSc, Regional Studies, Voronezh State University, Russia
■ Nationality:
Russian
■ Languages:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
German (basic)
Managed to gain regional presence for multiple IT companies,
including two industry leading start-ups (App Annie and
Adjust), from no presence to top three of performing markets
in the company. Influenced regional expansion for one of the
global corporations (Alibaba Mobile).
Working as a Regional Manager in Adjust, built and managed
a team of 10 people, maintaining group performance by over
200% KPI during the last two financial years.
Built and co-founded four IT start-ups with two successful
exits, multiplying the return by up to five times.
Nikhil Eswaran
linkedin.com/in/nikhil-eswaran
■ Career history:
Project Manager, AVL Powertrain, UK
Vehicle Engineering Leader, Aston Martin Lagonda, UK
Principal Engineer, McLaren Automotive, UK
Project Leader, Jaguar Land Rover, UK
MSc, Automotive Systems Engineering, Loughborough
University, UK
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA, India
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
Tamil (native)
Hindi (native)
English (fluent)
French (basic)
Spanish (basic)
German (basic)
Led the vehicle attribute development and sign-off for the
2013 Range Rover diesel hybrid, the world’s first production
luxury diesel hybrid. The project marked a paradigm shift in
JLR’s capabilities in cutting-edge powertrains and proprietary
vehicle control systems.
Introduced elements of AGILE software development
model and achieved ASPICE 3 accreditation, increasing
team engagement and co-ordination as well as 40% faster
turnaround of software releases.
Managed technical delivery of turnkey bespoke vehicle
projects through strong product definition, strategic business
case creation and implementation of innovative processes,
significantly shortening time to market.
Glyn Evans
linkedin.com/in/glyn-evans
■ Career history:
Networking Product Manager, Abaco Systems Ltd, UK
Product Owner, Abaco Systems Ltd, UK
Hardware Engineer, Abaco Systems Ltd, UK
Engineering Intern, GE Intelligent Platforms Ltd, UK
BEng, Electronic Engineering, De Montfort University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Devised a strategy for, and delivered on, revenue growth in
excess of 25% year-on-year since taking over two lines of
rugged embedded electronic products. Achieved through
shifting focus onto providing customer solutions and simplified
ordering options.
Generated a single product concept to replace a range of
legacy products sold into several markets. Received approval
for funding the product development. The product is market
leading in all key areas and was pre-ordered by multiple
customers of the legacy products.
Conceived an optimised plan and subsequently led a team
of eight to transfer the design and manufacturing of a large
range of products from an overseas site to the UK. The
transfer was completed 18 months ahead of the original
schedule and significantly under budget.
Rodolfo Falcao
linkedin.com/in/rodolfofalcao
■ Career history:
International Congress and Conferences Logistics Associate,
Markey Coffee Communications Europe, UK
Property Manager, London First Steps, UK
Duty Manager & Event Executive, Mary Ward House
Conference Centre, UK
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Instituto de
Educação Superior da Paraíba, Brazil
■ Nationality:
Brazilian
Portuguese
■ Languages:
Portuguese (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
French (basic)
Over the course of four years, conducted high-quality
hospitality services around Europe for over 200 international
congresses and conferences. Ensured best practices and
consistent quality for all clients. Led, coached, and supervised
20 junior members of staff to drive high performance working.
Managed own business of student accommodation, averaging
100 tenants and 30% rotation per month. Conducted lasting
relationship with all clients and partners, including landlords,
students and state agencies in Brazil, the UK, and Spain.
Maximised sales in existing contracts and accounts for
ongoing and future events. Co-ordinated and optimised
external suppliers, catering and hospitality staff for each
event (up to 300 delegates). Guided clients during sales
process for event management approach. Responsible for
more than £3 million yearly total contract value.
Max Fenlon
linkedin.com/in/max-fenlon
■ Career history:
Financial Controller UK, PPHE Hotel Group, UK
Regional Assistant Financial Controller, PPHE Hotel Group, UK
Financial Controller, Stemcor Global Holding Ltd, UK
Assistant Financial Controller, Stemcor Global Holding Ltd, UK
Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA), CPA Australia, Australia
Bachelor of Business (Accounting Major), Australian Catholic
University, Australia
■ Nationality:
British
Australian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Awarded The Caterer’s ‘Acorn Award 2019’, recognising the
top 30 under 30 in the hospitality industry.
Responsible for the successful approval of the UK budgeting
process worth over £230 million in revenue, presenting the
proposed targets for the nine UK hotels to the Executive Vice
Presidents of the business.
Reviewed company leases and management agreements,
identifying opportunities which materialised into a rent uplift
of 35% and greater profit generation.
Rebecca Fenlon
linkedin.com/in/rebecca-fenlon
■ Career history:
Head of Customer Success UK, Andjaro Ltd, UK
Solutions Executive, Allegis Group Ltd, UK
Client Solutions Consultant, PageUp People Pty Ltd, UK
Business Analyst, PageUp People Pty Ltd, Australia
Bachelor’s degree, Performing Arts, Monash University,
Australia
■ Nationality:
Australian
Irish
■ Languages:
English (native)
Launched operations function (pre-sales, implementation
and ongoing client support and strategic management) for
Andjaro in the UK, increasing monthly recurring revenue by
100% in fiscal year 2019.
Created a solutions function, which merged with the bid
function, for new product offering for Allegis Group. Increased
the win rate (% of deals won) by more than 20%.
Set up localised implementation processes through partner
management for PageUp in EMEA.
Andrew Gartside
linkedin.com/in/andrew-gartside
■ Career history:
Advanced Development Programme, British Army, Andover,
UK
Syndicate Leader, Joint Services Command and Staff College,
UK
Military Assistant to the Director General Land Domain, UK
Logistics Deputy Director, Combined, Joint, Special Operations
Task Force - Syria (Jordan and Turkey), UK
LLB (Hons), Law, University of Southampton, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (basic)
German (basic)
Planned and delivered the move of a headquarters consisting
of more than 200 people from Jordan to Turkey with no loss
of operational capability. Completed on time and within the
US$20 million budget.
Designed the concept and initial planning to provide logistical
support for operations across the Middle East region, reaching
back to Continental US.
Acted as the lead on behalf of the Army for setting the policy
and direction for the maintenance and size of ammunition
stockpiles, to the value of £2 billion to support Defence wide
operations.
Jamie Gilbert
linkedin.com/in/jamiemgilbert
■ Career history:
Senior Process Engineer, Zotefoams Plc, UK
Production Process Improvement Manager, Zotefoams Plc, UK
PMO Co-ordinator, Zotefoams Plc, UK
Lead Product Engineering Manager, Morgan Advanced
Materials, UK
MEng, Materials Science & Engineering, University of
Manchester, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (basic)
Productionisation and validation of £16 million capacity
expansion to deliver a strategic business opportunity of £30
million per annum.
Management of strategic portfolio of new business pipeline,
totaling £20 million through R&D to scale up, providing
visibility and impact analysis to the Executive Team.
Lead Product Engineering function, comprising 56 NPI
opportunities and annualised sales opportunity of £8.6
million, to deliver sustainable profitable growth whilst
simultaneously driving operational improvements and gross
margin uplift of legacy products.
Ben Gray
linkedin.com/in/grayben
■ Career history:
Lead Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin, UK
Head of Train Control Management Systems, Bombardier
Transportation, UK
Engineering Team Lead, Bombardier Transportation, UK
System Engineer, Bombardier Transportation, UK
MEng, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough
University, UK
Officer Training, Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, UK
Diploma, Industrial Studies, Siemens Mobility, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led an engineering team, innovating, developing and testing
a new high-reliability unit to improve platform electrical
protection, as part of the British Army’s Warrior Capability
Sustainment Programme.
Led Bombardier’s UK Train Control Management Systems
team of 70 staff, overseeing the delivery of six major
software programmes and driving improvements within the
department.
Designed the passenger information system for the Crossrail
train, which is in service and providing improved (real time)
journey information to passengers crossing London every day.
This design is also used as a basis for the AVENTRA platform
trains, which are in service across the UK.
Santiago Guillem Reig
linkedin.com/in/santiagoguillemreig
■ Career history:
Power Electronics Commodity Lead Engineer, Jaguar Land
Rover, UK
Traction Motor Development Lead Engineer, American Axle &
Manufacturing Ltd, Sweden
Product Development Engineer, Alten Sweden Ltd, Sweden
Project Manager, G.O.T.A Pvt, Spain
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, University of
Bradford, UK
Master’s degree, Energy Systems, Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
MSc, Industrial Technologies & Energy, Polytechnic University
of Valencia, Spain
■ Nationality:
Spanish
■ Languages:
Spanish (native)
English (fluent)
Swedish (fluent)
Managed a small engineering team within JLR to develop
next generation power electronic components to improve
driveability and performance for the new Range Rover Evoque
PHEV.
Led the development of the firm’s first electric motor,
conceived from scratch to be the propulsion heart of the
I-PACE, Jaguar’s first high-performance electric car
Project managed a 200kW floating solar energy irrigation
system to improve reliability of water supply and reduce
electricity bills for the Spanish agricultural sector.
Khalid HabElrumman
linkedin.com/in/khaledhabalrumman
■ Career history:
Key Account Director, InfoVista UK, UK
Sales Director, InfoVista Dubai, UAE
Senior Technical Solution Consultant, AIRCOM International,
UAE
BSc, Computer Information Systems, Alzaytoonah University,
Jordan
■ Nationality:
Lebanese
Jordanian
■ Languages:
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
Held commercial and technical positions with multi-national
telco vendors, designing complex solutions and delivering
consulting projects to mobile network operators, regulatory
bodies, and government clients. Resulted in closing multi-
million dollar opportunities with existing and new clients
globally.
Develop sales strategies and implement sales campaigns
to new and existing public and private telecommunications
operators, group operators, regulators, and government
organisations.
Produce and deliver formal business proposals and
presentations to all levels of management. Identify key
customer requirements and coordinate with Product
Management and Engineering departments to provide and
create the best solutions to our existing and new customers.
James Hassell
linkedin.com/in/jameshassell
■ Career history:
Senior Treasury Manager, Atom Bank, UK
Interest Rate Risk Manager, Santander UK, UK
Treasury Risk Analyst, De Lage Landen, Ireland
Bachelor of Commerce, University College Dublin, Ireland
■ Nationality:
Irish
■ Languages:
English (native)
Negotiated and delivered £150 million of lending to UK SMEs
during the Covid-19 crisis to provide much needed support to
struggling businesses.
Secured £355 million of debt funding for a start-up bank, to
provide continued support to its mortgage portfolio.
Co-founded a bank treasury function to manage all funding
and market risk requirements of £2.8 billion balance sheet.
Philipp Hessmann
linkedin.com/in/philipp-hessmann
■ Career history:
Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, University
Medical Center Goettingen, Germany
Health Service Researcher, University Medical Center
Goettingen, Germany
Research Fellow, Center for Health Economics Hannover,
Germany
Master of Science in Public Health, Hannover Medical School,
Germany
Fellow of the German Society for Psychiatry and
Psychotherapy, Germany
Medical Doctorate, Human Medicine, University of Marburg,
Germany
■ Nationality:
German
■ Languages:
German (native)
English (fluent)
French (basic)
Planned, funded, and implemented over 10 health service
research projects. Led to improvements in structures and
processes of neuropsychiatric care in cooperation with a large
public sickness fund.
Working with interdisciplinary teams, successfully organised
high-quality care for patients with complex neuropsychiatric
disorders. Resulted in improved treatment outcomes, shorter
hospital stays and higher efficiency of healthcare processes.
Managed the development and implementation of a modified
remuneration system for psychiatric care in a university
hospital, to support efficient healthcare delivery. Led to higher
reimbursement and more effective patient treatment.
Daniel Hischer
linkedin.com/in/danielhischer
■ Career history:
Group Account Director, Momentum Worldwide, Momentum,
UK
Brand Partnerships & PR Manager, Bowers & Wilkins, UK
Marketing Executive, Radio Fritz, Germany
MSc, Marketing, Strathclyde Business School, UK
BA, Media and Communications, Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany
■ Nationality:
German
■ Languages:
German (native)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Group Account Director and business lead for multiple
global accounts generating more than £2 million revenue at
contribution margins of 55 to 60%.
Project lead of an award-winning social media campaign with
Manchester City and SAP, reaching 45 million people globally
and generating 11.6 million video views. Resulted in Bronze at
Clio Sports Awards, Gold at Brand Film Festival, and Winner at
UK Sponsorship Awards and ESA Awards.
Managed a global experiential marketing campaign with
Maserati and Bowers & Wilkins including events in Tokyo, New
York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai and Milan which
generated worldwide press coverage, approximately 50 times
higher than PR investment made.
Mark Hollis
linkedin.com/in/markhollis01
■ Career history:
Senior Study Manager & Senior Principal Consultant -
Development Engineering, io consulting, UK
Study Manager, g3 baxi partnership Ltd, UK
Technical Authority - Process Engineering, Agip KCO, UK
Head of Environmental Engineering, OKIOC, Kazakhstan
MSc, Environmental Technology, Edinburgh Napier University,
UK
BEng, Chemical Engineering, Strathclyde University, UK
BSc, Physics, University of Edinburgh, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led the project management of a 35 strong, globally diverse
team for a US$500 million low carbon, technologically
innovative large gas development.
Successfully delivered several studies for multi-billion USD oil
and gas developments in Kazakhstan and Norwegian North
Sea that contributed towards the consultancy firm receiving
two Queen’s Awards for International Trade.
Conducted an independent review of Teesside Gas Processing
Plant demonstrating key competitive advantages over a
nearby plant which supported commercial discussions with
potential investors and led to its sale to new owners.
Jason Baohe Hu
linkedin.com/in/jason-baohe-hu
■ Career history:
CEO Office Project Manager, LEVC, UK
Project Coordinator, Emerald Automotive, UK
Graduate Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover, UK
MPhil, Industrial Systems, Manufacture and Management,

University of Cambridge, UK
BEng, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of
Birmingham, UK
■ Nationality:
Chinese
■ Languages:
Chinese (native)
English (fluent)
Instrumental in developing LEVC long-term product strategy
with board approval.
Led a cross function team of 15 engineers on a product
development consulting project for a leading automotive OEM
in China.
Awarded a green belt problem-solving certificate by the senior
management team after increased Land Rover assembly line
efficiency.
Anis Aneel Idress
■ Career history:
Director of Community Relations & CSR, Angle House, UK
Founder, Social Orthodontics, UK
Founder, Think It Possible, UK
PgDip, Law and Community Leadership, SOAS University of
London - School of Law, UK
RDN, OHE & ONC - Dental Care Qualifications in General
Dentistry, Oral Health and Orthodontics
BSc (Hons), Biomedical Science, University of Kent, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Urdu (native)
Hindi (native)
Punjabi (fluent)
Pashto (intermediate)
Leading and establishing, end to end, the concept of
‘Social Orthodontics’ within dentistry. Creating one of the
most innovative and comprehensive dental CSR and youth
development platforms, unifying youth development, the
charitable sector, and dentistry.
Developing and nurturing meaningful corporate relationships
with parliamentarians, academics, professional leaders, and
CEOs of FTSE 100 firms, to engage and support 1,800 young
people from underprivileged backgrounds through orthodontic
practices.
Helped expand the use of the Social Value Act 2012
within dentistry to help orthodontic practices secure NHS
orthodontic tenders across London, equating to a value of
over £70 million.
Jay Jadeja
linkedin.com/in/jjadeja
■ Career history:
Operations Director (Multi-site Operations), AVPE, UK
Autonomous Production Unit Manager, Delphi Diesel Systems,
UK
Process Engineer, Bombardier Transportation, UK
Manufacturing Engineer, Cummins Inc., UK and USA
Master of Science, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia
University, USA
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Madras
University, India
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Hindi (native)
Gujarati (native)
As Operations Director, lead the operations team of a circa
£10 million multi-site precision engineering business to device
and execute the operational strategy. Improved on time and
in full (OTIF) delivery performance from 79% to 97% over 12
months.
As APU Manager, implemented right part right time
methodology to reduce WIP inventory by 25%. Delivered 12%
labour savings through use of standardised working practices,
cutting out waste and reducing machine set up times by 60%
using SMED.
Hands on experience of Lean and Six Sigma methodology. At
Bombardier, implemented single piece flow and pull system to
reduce manufacturing lead time by 42%. At Cummins Inc., a
Six Sigma (Green Belt DMAIC) project delivered US$49,000.
Siddhartha Jain
linkedin.com/in/siddharthajain
■ Career history:
Manager (New Product Development), SPX Corporation Plc, UK
Senior Manager Device Engineering (Intellectual Property),
British American Tobacco Plc, UK
Head/Senior Manager (Devices Product Development), British
American Tobacco Plc, UK
Global Devices Innovation Manager (Refreshment Category),
Unilever Plc, UK
Master of Engineering, Mechatronics, Asian Institute of
Technology, Thailand
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial & Production, Gulbarga
University, India
■ Nationality:
Indian
■ Languages:
Hindi (native)
English (native)
Dutch (basic)
Thai (basic)
Established a new strategic corporate function, integrating
Marketing, Innovation, and IP Strategy, to deliver short-long
term consumer, commercial and competitive advantage. Led to
successful product launches and creation of a proprietary IoT
Ecosystem.
Transformed a Product Development organisation from a Start-
up to a world-class global R&D organisation, launching multiple
products along with geo-expansion. Awarded ‘The Sir Charles
Ellis Award’, BAT’s most prestigious award for ‘Entrepreneurship
and Leadership’.
Implemented device open innovation capability and
transformation processes for Unilever Refreshment Category.
Advised leadership teams across different business verticals
on development and partnership strategies, resulting in key
strategic innovations and global partnerships.
Karthik Jayakumar
linkedin.com/in/karthikjayakumarp
■ Career history:
Senior Consultant, Banco Santander CIB, UK
Senior Consultant, Société Générale Corporate and
Investment Banking, UK
Senior Software Engineer (VP), Gain Capital, UK
Senior Agile Programmer (VP), Société Générale Corporate &
Investment Banking, UK
M.Tech, Computer Science, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher
Learning, India
M.Sc, Mathematics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher
Learning, India
B.Sc, Mathematics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning,
India
■ Nationality:
British
Indian (Overseas Citizen)
■ Languages:
English (native)
Introduced three new Fixed Income market places, bringing
in up to 20% increase in customer base at various investment
banks. Increased revenue by 28% at Société Générale.
Owned and built the algo-trading platform for Credit trading
at Société Générale. Currently contributing 40% of revenue of
desk.
Improved efficiency of the high traffic order book
management system for FX trading by 75% at Gain Capital.
Pam Kaur Jayia
linkedin.com/in/pam-jayia
■ Career history:
Associate Group Director - Portfolio Clinical Safety, Roche, UK
Safety Science Medical Director CNS, Roche, UK
Associate Director EU+ MD - Safety and Benefit Risk, Biogen,
UK
Medical Doctor, NHS, UK
Bachelor of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
BSc, Pharmacology & Human Biology, University of East
London, UK
■ Nationality:
British
Indian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Punjabi (fluent)
A lead Safety Physician who has been instrumental in
the development and marketing authorisation of several
medicines, now approved globally to treat thousands of
patients with debilitating diseases including diabetes, multiple
sclerosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Responsible for developing and executing the strategic
plan for two clinical research centres conducting complex
research projects. Improved the efficiency and effectiveness
of research methodologies. A centre was recognised as the
highest recruiting research centre for COPD studies within
Europe.
Developed and implemented guideline modifications for
the hernia referral pathway for use in GP surgeries across
Wolverhampton, leading to a significant reduction in waiting
times for hernia repairs within the hospital.
Anatoly Karasev
linkedin.com/in/anatolykarasev
■ Career history:
Commercial Director, Brunswick Rail Ltd, Russia
Adviser to the General Director, TransFin-M Plc, Russia
General Director, RRL Ltd, Russia
Deputy Head - Section of International Financial Settlements
for Rail Transportation, Russian Railways Plc, Russia
PhD, Economics, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Russia
Specialist degree (Master’s equivalent), Finance and
Accounting, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Russia
Specialist degree (Master’s equivalent), Private International
Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Russia
■ Nationality:
Russian
■ Languages:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
At Brunswick Rail Ltd, increased the company’s annual
revenue by 69% by successfully negotiating and signing
long-term lease agreements with major Russian coal and
metallurgical companies.
Supervised and co-ordinated transport subsidiaries’
operations at TransFin-M Plc with 36,920 railcars under
management. Included logistics services, provision of railcars
for rent and organisation of rolling stock repairs.
Proposed the conceptual framework of fleet management
in international railway traffic between the CIS countries,
making it possible to minimise the empty mileage of foreign
cars. Led to savings of around US$46.4 million in expenses for
empty railway tariffs for foreign transport companies.
Tom Kelvin-Smith
linkedin.com/in/tomkelvinsmith
■ Career history:
New Business Sales Manager/Account Manager, Inspiretec
Ltd, UK
Key Account Manager, Innovantage Systems Ltd, UK
Project Manager, Innovantage Systems Ltd, UK
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Kent, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (basic)
Manage a selection of large accounts, equating to one third
of the business’ annual global revenue, achieving £1 million of
upsells annually and hitting the ground running from year one.
Initiated reporting on a per account basis and portfolio
basis per sales/account representative, which illustrated
profitable and unprofitable accounts and led to a more
strategic alignment of business resources. This contributed to
an increase of £1 million in business profits compared to the
previous year.
Identified by the board for the fast track to management and
beyond scheme. Designed a business plan to develop and
manage a new product as an independent cost and revenue
centre.
Georgy Kravtsov
linkedin.com/in/georgykravtsov
■ Career history:
Product Owner, William Hill (Gaming), UK
Product Owner, Reed Online, UK
Product Manager, Care Quality Commission, UK
Product Manager, IT Territory, Russia
BSc, Computer Science, London Metropolitan University, UK
BEng, Automotive Engineering, MADI, Russia
■ Nationality:
Russian
British
■ Languages:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
Slovak (intermediate)
Led the delivery of Secure Digital Publisher, the CQC’s SaaS
system for creating and publishing over 50,000 regulated
inspection reports for hospitals, dental surgeries, GP surgeries
and other healthcare services.
Developed and implemented a number of strategic growth
initiatives within different companies to increase profitability.
Educated and promoted Agile methodology across different
organisations.
Sebastien Laurent
linkedin.com/in/seblaurentfinance
■ Career history:
Head of Group - Financial Planning & Analysis, Zotefoams Plc,
UK
Regional Financial Controller MEA region, AMS, UAE
Finance Project Manager, Perenco Oil & Gas, France
Plant Controller, Michelin Tyres, France and Russia
MSc, Control, Governance & Strategy, Paris Dauphine
University, France
BSc, Finance, Accounting & Audit, Paris Dauphine University,
France
Advanced Diploma, Management Accounting, CIMA, UK
■ Nationality:
French
■ Languages:
French (native)
English (fluent)
Russian (intermediate)
Led a new business development plan in Eastern Europe,
aiming to launch a new product range backed by a greenfield
production facility. The £23 million project proposal was
approved by the Plc’s Board of Directors.
Co-ordinated a refinancing operation to support investment
in manufacturing assets for a total of £80 million. Led to a
successful negotiation of a £57.5 million debt facility and an
equity raise of £23 million.
Directed the design and implementation of a reporting
dashboard to support decision-making at executive level. The
project was rolled out in two years in 10 overseas entities and
helped to achieve up to 20% of operational cost savings.
Benoit Lavigne
linkedin.com/in/benoitlavigne
■ Career history:
Partner - Projects & Finance Group, Morrison & Foerster (UK)
LLP, UK
Partner - Finance Group, Ropes & Gray LLP, UK
Associate - Banking Group, Latham & Watkins LLP, UK
Associate - Banking & Capital Markets Group, White & Case
LLP, UK
QLTT, BPP Law School, UK
LL.B, Common Law, University of Victoria, Canada
L.LL, Civil Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
■ Nationality:
British
Canadian
■ Languages:
French (native)
English (fluent)
Successfully led a team of 15 English lawyers as counsel to
Altice and Numericable in their US$21.9 billion cross-border
bank and bond financing for the acquisition of French
telecoms operator SFR.
Advised Qatar Holding in connection with its £1.5 billion
acquisition of Harrods.
Advised Macquarie Capital with respect to the financing made
available by it to a London-based private equity sponsor,
in order to enable one of its portfolio companies to avoid
insolvency proceedings.
Paul Linnane
linkedin.com/in/paullinnane
■ Career history:
Head of Energy Market Insights, ElectraLink, UK
Head of Data Analytics, Utiligroup, UK
Product Development Manager, Revenue Assurance Services,
USA
Product Development Manager, Revenue Assurance Services
Ltd, UK
BSc, Mechanical Engineering and Business, University of
Warwick, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Developed and implemented a strategy to turn around a loss-
making provider of energy data products. Increasing annual
turnover by 300% and delivered profits above £1 million
within 20 months.
Established and led a US based energy analytics practice.
Acquired eight clients over a four-year period, providing
actionable insight to over 10 million energy consumers across
20 different deregulated and regulated markets.
Designed and built an energy analytics software platform
which identified and resolved invoicing issues within UK retail
energy. Grew client base to 95% of the UK energy market,
recovering over £500 million in unidentified energy over a
nine-year period.
Yodel Lobo
linkedin.com/in/yodel-lobo
■ Career history:
Senior Commercial Learning Specialist - Talent Development,
Qatar Airways, Qatar
Inventory Route Manager - Revenue Management, Qatar
Airways, Qatar
Senior Demand Analyst - Revenue Management, Qatar
Airways, Qatar
Bachelor of Arts, Ancient Indian Culture, Mumbai University,
India
■ Nationality:
Indian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Hindi (fluent)
French (basic)
Spearheaded the design, development, and implementation
of strategic and analytical training programmes for more than
700 staff within the Qatar Airways Commercial Division to
bolster core skills and competencies.
Managed a portfolio of markets worth approximately US$1.2
billion annually, to achieve budget in two consecutive years.
Mentored Qatari interns in the nationalisation programme in
airline revenue management concepts to enable onboarding
of successful, interested candidates.
Raffaella Maestro
linkedin.com/in/raffaella-maestro
■ Career history:
Internal Audit Manager - Capital Delivery, Network Rail
Infrastructure Ltd, UK
Auditor/Lead Auditor - Infrastructure Project, Network Rail
Infrastructure Ltd, UK
Quality Engineer, Ansaldo STS Australia Pty Ltd, Australia
Quality and Process Improvement Intern, Ansaldo STS, Italy
MSc (Hons), Civil Environmental Engineering, Universita’ degli
Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
BSc, Civil Environmental Engineering, Universita’ degli Studi di
Napoli Federico II, Italy
■ Nationality:
Italian
■ Languages:
Italian (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (basic)
Set-up a data-driven ‘Third Line of Assurance’ plan across
the £11 billion capital delivery portfolio, fully integrated with
first and second line activities of the internal and external
organisation. Realised effective assurance coverage and
efficiencies of £1 million per year and reinforced the relationship
with client (Department for Transport) and regulator (Office of
Rail and Road).
Identified more than £500 million of hidden extra cost on a
major capital delivery programme (£4 billion). Supported the
business and the programme team to identify and implement
solutions to realise efficiencies and meet cost and schedule
target.
Led the establishment of the Quality Assurance function
in Australia and Asia Pacific, coordinating 50 staff from 10
different functional disciplines and four countries. Led the
group to formulate and agree comprehensive engineering and
commissioning processes and procedures to support delivery
of railway projects worldwide.
Ivan Malkov
linkedin.com/in/malkov-ivan
■ Career history:
Project Manager, Gazprom Neft PJSC (JV with International
Major), Russia and Netherlands
Subsurface Manager, Ruspetro Plc, Russia
Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas, LUKOIL PJSC,
Russia
PhD, Geology of Oil and Gas, Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Russia
MSc, Geology of Oil and Gas, Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Russia
BSc, Geology of Oil and Gas, Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Russia
■ Nationality:
Russian
■ Languages:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
Successfully implemented a new technological strategy to
develop oil and gas reserves, including co-ordinating budget
alignment of several hundred million US$ with BoD and CEO.
Incorporated agile management style for a team of 20 direct
and 100 indirect staff to work simultaneously on five projects
with equal responsibilities, mutuality and integration, for a
global joint venture project.
Effectively integrated global health, safety, environmental,
and sustainability standards for operations in a delicate oil
and gas asset area of northern Russia.
Ali Mare
linkedin.com/in/ali-mare
■ Career history:
Chief Executive Officer, AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation,
Qatar
Vice-Chair Board of Trustees, Sheikh Faisal Bin Qasim Al-Thani
Education Research Award, Qatar
Founder and Managing Director, AWaJ Systems Design &
Development, UK and Jordan
Chief Executive Officer, Help The Needy Charitable Trust, UK
BSc, Computer Science, Al-Mansour University College, Iraq
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
Established, developed and led the AlFaisal Foundation from
concept to launch and growth as the first of its kind in Qatar,
delivering development in the areas of education, healthcare,
socio-cultural, youth enablement, entrepreneurship, and
corporate social responsibility.
Introduced and managed 17 large events and international
conferences including the AlFaisal Award for Education
Research, the AlFaisal Award for Arabic Language, and the
International Scientific Conference in Social Responsibility, the
largest CSR conference in Qatar and the region.
Introduced the annual Education Festival, the biggest
education gathering in Qatar with more than 17,000 visitors.
Also introduced the Knowledge and Competitions Oasis,
the second biggest education and knowledge challenges
gathering in Qatar with more than 13,000 visitors.
Lucy McAuliffe
linkedin.com/in/lucymcauliffeFCMI
■ Career history:
Head of Passenger Security, London Gatwick Airport, UK
Current Operations Manager - Signalling, Response, Control,
Network Rail, UK
Head of Stations, Network Rail, UK
General Management Graduate, National Express, UK
BA (Hons), German, University of Nottingham, UK
Postgraduate Award, Business Leadership, Warwick Business
School, UK
Chartered Manager and Fellow and Level 7 in Strategic
Management and Leadership, Chartered Management
Institute, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
German (fluent)
Lead a Security team of 1,200 staff at the UK’s second largest
airport to achieve globally recognised outstanding customer
service levels. Awarded ‘Best Aviation Security Passenger
Experience in UK 2017-2019’ (DfT/CAA).
Designed and implemented the Frontline Leadership
Transformation Programme in 2018/9 at Gatwick Airport.
Included trade union consultation to deliver more effective
people leadership alongside co-creating a new leadership
development programme.
Delivered “one team” cultural change, including a broad range
of stakeholders at the iconic London St Pancras International
station, resulting in achieving top UK station as voted by
passengers with 96% satisfaction.
David McLeod
linkedin.com/in/mcleod-david
■ Career history:
Chief Executive Officer, Backbone Connect Limited, UK
Direct Marketing Manager, Danwood, UK
Direct Marketing Manager, Adapt Plc, UK
Business Growth Programme, Cranfield Business School, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Founded and led a start-up in the IT Managed Services Sector
to achieve recognition as one of the top ten fastest growing
technology companies in the UK within five years.
Devised and implemented a sales and marketing change
programme across an existing team of 20, achieving 100%
increase in sales performance over a period of nine months.
Designed and built a three-year business growth plan which
delivered year-on-year growth in sales of 15%, an increase in
gross profit of 20%, and an increase in net profit of 30%, while
doubling headcount.
Patrick McMeekin
linkedin.com/in/patchmcmeekin
■ Career history:
Licensee, SEATSERVE, UK
Programme Manager, Distill Ventures, UK
Marketing Executive, Curzon Capital, UK
Graduate Trainee, L’Oréal, UK
Diploma, European Sponsorship Association, UK
Member, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK
BSc (Hons), Environmental Geoscience, University of Bristol,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Over the past five years, have successfully managed and run
the UK franchise for a US based Israeli SaaS startup called
SEATSERVE. Boosted revenue for venues by enabling fans
at live events to order food, drinks and merchandise on their
smartphone, for efficient delivery to their seat.
As Programme Manager at Distill Ventures (the world’s first
startup spirits accelerator), worked with founders who have
gone on to dominate their categories, such as Seedlip.
At 23, became the Honorary Secretary for an amateur rugby
club, running it alongside full-time employment and guiding it
up through the Surrey and London leagues.
Freddie Mehta
linkedin.com/in/freddiemehta
■ Career history:
Automotive Strategy Consultant, Self Employed, UK
Project Leader - Special Vehicle Operations, Jaguar Land Rover,
UK
Senior Engineer - Electrification Architecture Group, Jaguar
Land Rover, UK
Strategic Procurement Consultant, Altran UK, UK
MSc, Automotive Engineering & Technology Management,
Cranfield University, UK
B.Eng, Automotive Engineering, Mumbai University, India
■ Nationality:
British
Indian (Overseas Citizen)
■ Languages:
English (native)
Hindi (fluent)
Led the formulation of a 10-year strategy and business
case for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, optimised for
compliance, competitiveness and product positioning.
Discovered and implemented savings of U$2 million out of a
US$30 million turnover for the commodity as the Procurement
Strategy Consultant.
Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis for optimised
business case formulation for micro mobility feasibility in a
developing market.
Robert Moffett
linkedin.com/in/rob-moffett
■ Career history:
Site Operations Leader, Baker Hughes, Switzerland
Head of Construction and Commissioning, Alstom Industrial
Steam Turbines, Switzerland
Senior Customer Services Manager, Alstom O&M Ltd,
Switzerland
Site Project Manager, Alstom Customer Service, UK
CEng, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK
BEng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering, University of
Northumbria, UK
HNC, Mechanical Engineering, Newcastle College, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Established a successful sales and project organisation,
providing site construction services to large EPCs and turning
over circa US$6 million per annum.
Introduced a market competitive “Technical Field Advisor”
concept for offering lower price service solutions for
installation of industrial steam turbines by 30%.
Achieved 50% improvement in time and cost estimation
accuracy of complex power plant outages through the
development and implementation of standardised models.
Nathaniel Mortazavi
linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-mortazavi
■ Career history:
Founding Member and General Manager, Breakthrough
Associates Ltd, UK
Management Consultant, Ultima Business Consultants Ltd, UK
Branch Manager, Vorwerk UK, UK
Team Leader, Vorwerk UK, UK
■ Nationality:
British
Iranian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Spanish (basic)
Founding member and manager of a specialist, rapidly
growing tax consultancy start up. Grew from a founding team
of four to eight by the end of first financial year with £500,000
in turnover. Over £3 million in turnover and 28 staff by the end
of year two.
Ran the UK flagship sales branch for a German multinational.
Grew the branch from 20 to 30 sales associates, whilst
developing four managers from the team. Implemented
significant structure and framework and established localised
business strategy.
Assisted in the establishment of a UK start up for a German
multinational. Helped with proof of concept for the sales
system. Built and led a team of 12 sales associates, developing
one into a manager. Created and implemented many standard
processes.
Michael Mulhall
linkedin.com/in/michael-mulhall-10797862
■ Career history:
Project Manager - Major Projects Division, NVC Lighting, UK
Technical Manager - UK Wholesale Division, NVC Lighting, UK
Technical Support Engineer - UK Wholesale Division, NVC
Lighting, UK
Electrical Engineer, Heatelect Ltd, UK
City and Guilds Level 3 NVQ, Electrotechnical Services -
Electrical Installation, Advanced Technology Centre, UK
City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate, Inspection, Testing and
Certification of Electrical Installations, Advanced Technology
Centre, UK
City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate, The Requirements for
Electrical Installations, Advanced Technology Centre, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Secured, negotiated, and managed both the tender and
delivery, including pricing, commercial terms and product
selection, of NVC Lighting UK’s largest, most prestigious and
profitable single project with a record gross margin of more
than 50%.
Created NVC UK’s major project division in 2017 including
forming and implementing the sales, marketing and product
strategy. Since 2019 the division is the most profitable within
the business and as of 2020 employs six direct staff; two of
which were internally promoted.
Produced a data analysis system in 2015 that monitors
NVC Lighting’s incoming technical enquiries. The database
provides key information on product performance and
customer satisfaction. Actions, as a result of the data, have
seen customer satisfaction improve by 45%.
Muhammad
Mustaqim
linkedin.com/in/muhammad-mustaqim-39733b50
■ Career history:
Business Development Manager, Lonza Biologics, UK
Proposal Manager, Lonza Biologics, UK
Managing Partner, Jubraj Partnership, UK
Process Scientist, Lonza Biologics, UK
MSc, Biochemical Engineering, University College London
(UCL), UK
BSc, Biochemistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Bengali (native)
Established a partnership business venture within the catering
industry. Led and managed the business for five years prior to
sale.
Consulted on and designed biologics drug development
programmes from gene to clinic for an eclectic array of
biopharmaceutical clients.
Managed the operations and manufacturing technology
transfer for biopharmaceuticals, from laboratory to pilot scale,
facilitating commercial scale manufacturing.
Peter Nadudvari
linkedin.com/in/nadudvaripeter
■ Career history:
Program Manager/Business Analyst, IQVIA, UK
Senior Business Analyst, Loxon Solutions Ltd, Hungary
Business Analyst, BCA Hungary Ltd, Hungary
BA, Business Administration and Management, Budapest
University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
BSc, Computer Engineering, Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Hungary
■ Nationality:
Hungarian
■ Languages:
Hungarian (native)
English (fluent)
Implemented a new eSignature change approval process of a
validated IT system in the regulated pharmaceutical industry,
which enabled business continuity during the Covid-19
pandemic, when all approvers were working remotely.
Designed, developed, and launched automated testing
processes and managed the newly formed testing team of 15,
which resulted in identifying 60% more bugs in early phases
and higher software quality, leading to 10% higher revenues
and improved customer satisfaction.
Planned and delivered the go-live event for £10 million IT
programmes, and timely coordination and execution of
project plan for 150 cross-functional professionals
Shu Li Ng
linkedin.com/in/shu-li-ng
■ Career history:
Senior Manager, Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore
Senior Resident - Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital,
Singapore
Clinical Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK
Core Surgical Trainee - General Surgery, NHS, UK
MSc, Global Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine, UK
MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons England, UK
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, BMedSci (Hons),
Nottingham Medical School, UK
■ Nationality:
Malaysian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Malay (native)
Cantonese (intermediate)
Hokkien (intermediate)
Mandarin (basic)
Designed and implemented nationwide roll out of a Ministry of
Health endorsed new career track for doctors within 18 months.
Played a key role in the negotiations with hospital chiefs,
professional medical bodies and the Ministry of Health.
Led the licensing of an 8,000-bed medical facility for
coronavirus patients and contributed to the emergent setup
and opening of the medical facility within five days, while
co-ordinating multiple stakeholders. Successfully recruited and
deployed medical manpower within three days.
Established and spearheaded clinical services development, set
up structure for medical affairs, and developed hospital-wide
policies within the first 1,800-bed integrated health campus in
Singapore, comprising a hospital and intermediate long-term
care centre due to open in 2022.
Kyei Nketiah
inkedin.com/in/nketiah
■ Career history:
Contracts Management - Estates, University of Warwick, UK
Engineering Asset Manager, Amazon Services Ltd, UK
Junior Non-Commissioned Officer, UK Armed Forces, UK
Procurement Lead, ICT Technical Services, Ghana
BSc (Hons), Logistics Management, University of Lincoln, UK
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Ghana, Ghana
■ Nationality:
Ghanaian
British
■ Languages:
Twi (native)
Ga (native)
English (fluent)
Implemented and championed the use of Infor EAM (CMMS)
system to support Amazon’s only Cross Dock Centre (IXD)
in the UK, leading to circa 40% reduction in unplanned
equipment downtime for the site, attaining the all-time best
records in production output rates and profits.
Lead member of a Rear Operational Group, enabling,
delivering and sustaining logistical support to a 3,000 strong
department on training and operations in Afghanistan,
leading to 100% operational excellence.
Continually demonstrated personal development, recognised
by the most outstanding student awards throughout my
supplier class one and class three specialist training. Also
awarded for best work-based distance learning student by
Lincoln International Business School.
Sachitha Obeysekara
linkedin.com/in/sach-obey
■ Career history:
Director and Chief Operating Officer, KNSI Aviation
Engineering Ltd, UK
Applications Engineer, Cambridge Silicon Radio Plc, UK
Application Specialist, Imagination Technologies Plc, UK
MEng, Electronics Engineering, University of Southampton, UK
■ Nationality:
British
Sri Lankan
■ Languages:
English (native)
Sinhala (native)
French (fluent)
Expanded KNSI Aviation Engineering Ltd from a two-man
consultancy to 50 employees and two offices in the space of
three years. Hold European and UK Civil Aviation approvals
for aircraft modification design, and repair and maintenance
services to customers all over the world.
Established and led operations at KNSI’s Sri Lanka Design
and Production Office, to provide aircraft engineering design
support under UK and EU regulatory approvals.
Provided Tier 1 mobile manufacturers in the USA and Asia
with processor development design support, contributing to
the successful launch of three high performance products in
key market segments.
Femi Olushola
linkedin.com/in/femiolushola-ennoidgyltd
■ Career history:
Director, Ennoidgy Ltd, UK
Senior Consultant, RINA Tech UK Ltd, UK
Application and Commissioning Engineer, GE Energy, UK
MEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of
Bath, UK
■ Nationality:
British
Nigerian
■ Languages:
English (native)
Managed and motivated a multi-disciplinary design team
including external designers/contractors, alliance members,
and specialists to deliver work packages of over £3 million
annually.
Experienced senior consultant with over £2 million in business
development wins.
Led a team and delivered a complex, multi-disciplinary large
capital project of more than £32 million, two months in
advance with £3 million savings.
Jayshree Pandya
linkedin.com/in/jaypandya
■ Career history:
Consultant Haematologist, Warwick Hospital NHS Trust, UK
Consultant Hematologist, Glamorgan Royal Hospital NHS
Trust, UK
Consultant Hematologist, Gloucester Royal Hospital NHS
Trust, UK
Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, Nottingham Children’s
Hospital NHS Trust, UK
MBBS with CCT in Pediatrics, University of London, UK
MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
BPharm, University of Portsmouth, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Gujarati (fluent)
Passionate about the NHS and medicine, in particular
hematology and pediatrics. Experience at Sickkids in
Toronto, Canada, provided inspiration to super specialise in
hematology, leading to a career in both adult and pediatric
hematology.
Set up a scheme to support up to 10 students to acquire
interest free loans, and pay back after qualifying, after
witnessing parents working long hours to fund their children’s
educations.
Active in organ, blood and bone marrow donations and
providing education to communities where donations are
tabooed. A bone marrow donation to a young girl with
leukemia has resulted in her surviving, in good health, and now
married with a family.
Sanjay Paul
linkedin.com/in/sanjaypaul
■ Career history:
Lead Enterprise Architect, HM Revenue & Customs, UK
Senior Solution Architect, Leeds City Council, UK
Solution Architect, Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc, UK
Interoperability Architect, NHS Digital, UK
Chartered IT Professional and Member, British Computer
Society, UK
TOGAF 9 Enterprise Architecture, The Open Group
Bachelor of Engineering, Mining & Geology, University of
Calcutta, India
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Bengali (native)
Hindi (fluent)
Urdu (basic)
German (basic)
Strategised and led the cloud migration of ‘Integration
Platform,’ connecting more than 560 of HMRC’s business
applications. Led to a 30% cost saving and increased agility,
facilitating Covid-19 welfare schemes delivery in a record three
weeks.
Delivered the strategy for an £80 million transformation
programme to rationalise and consolidate over 150 disparate
business applications to 90, impacting more than 1,100
business services. Saved Leeds City Council £15 million per
year in operational expenditure.
Developed an integrated architecture for a complex, multi-
partnership wholesale business of Morrisons, to supply a
network worth £700 million of sales per year. Supported
delivery and logistics between warehouses and more than
1,600 retail stores, and led teams based in four countries.
Georgia Pawson
linkedin.com/in/georgiapawson
■ Career history:
Consultant, Corporate Risk Associates, UK
Nuclear Industry Council member (maternity cover), UK
Vice-Chair, Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network, UK
Consultant, Areva RMC (Orano Projects UK), UK
MSc, Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management,
University of Birmingham, UK
BSc, Geology, University of Bristol, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Investigated the interactions of a several million-pound
programme, ensuring all projects agreed how to sign off
interactions to prevent time and cost increases.
Secured approximately £500,000 of new business in a
developing client area, as well as extensions into the following
year through building client relationships
Led a team of six to organise the company’s annual two-day
conference, increasing attendees to over 100 and decreasing
the running overheads, as well as developing an innovative
method to attract new speakers alongside consulting work.
Liudmila Pogorelova
linkedin.com/in/liudmilapogorelova
■ Career history:
Finance Manager - Heathrow Region, Menzies Aviation UK Ltd,
UK
Group Financial Controller, EuroEnergy Investments UK Ltd,
UK
Financial Controller, Aldelia Ltd, UK
Company Accountant, C&D Technologies UK Ltd, UK
BSc, Applied Accounting, Oxford Brookes University, UK
FCCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
■ Nationality:
Russian
British
■ Languages:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
As Finance Manager for the Heathrow region at Menzies,
following a series of acquisitions, generated £225,000 of
savings by reviewing and challenging operating costs and
customer contracts.
Restructured EuroEnergy’s group finance department and
implemented management reporting by business unit,
improving visibility of performance by asset and the ability to
benchmark. This resulted in re-negotiation of insurance costs,
consolidation of supplier contracts and other asset specific
cost savings.
As Financial Controller at Aldelia, oversaw the finance
functions in Africa, South America and the Middle East
alongside managing the finance team in London. Improved
working capital by £265,000 as a result of successful
negotiations with the Account Manager of the invoice
financing facility.
Sophie Pullen
linkedin.com/in/sophiepullen
■ Career history:
Senior Sales Manager, Leyton UK Ltd, UK
Sales Manager, ZPG Ltd, UK
Sales Manager, Express Vending, UK
BSc, Business Management, University of East Anglia, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Swedish (basic)
Expanded a high performing sales team of 12, taking the
average against target performance from 78% to finish the
year on 133%.
Established partnerships with international portals, which
were integrated into our own website to facilitate growth of
foreign investment in both the UK and European property
markets. Managed a multilingual team to facilitate success.
Led a team of eight, responsible for bringing new products
to market. Within the first year, three new products were
established and added an additional 12% onto the revenue
line, marking a 650% increase in sales in specialist products.
Harsha Raghavan
linkedin.com/in/harsharaghavan
■ Career history:
Chief Commercial Officer, Turbo Power Systems Ltd, UK
Proposals Manager, Petards Group Plc, UK
Client Relationship Manager, Satyam Computer Services Ltd,
UK and India
Senior Business Development Executive, Visualsoft
Technologies, India
Postgraduate Diploma, Management, Telecom & IT, Indian
Centre for Telecom and Management, India
B.Eng, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Annamalai
University, India
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
Tamil (native)
English (fluent)
Successfully negotiated contracts worth £28 million with UK
railway and Canadian wastewater treatment companies and
offered them a choice of best-in-class smart power solutions.
Responsible for the end-to-end account strategy, marketing
plan and sales execution.
Developed an effective bid and contract management process
that achieved 100% on-time bid delivery, doubled bid-win
ratio, halved contract cycle-time and strengthened bid go/no-
go decisions. Also improved gross margins by implementing a
robust financial modelling process.
Developed and implemented an effective CRM process and
coached sales teams, improving accuracy of management
reporting by more than 90%.
Joshua Raizon
linkedin.com/in/joshua-raizon
■ Career history:
Senior Market Manager - Europe, Agoda International Pte Ltd,
UK
Senior Connectivity Manager - Key Accounts, Agoda
International Pte Ltd, UK
Market Manager, Agoda International Pte Ltd, South Africa
Marketing Executive, Protea Hotels by Marriott, South Africa
PGDip, Enterprise Management, University of Cape Town,
South Africa
National Diploma, Accommodation Management, Cape
Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
■ Nationality:
South African
■ Languages:
English (native)
Conceived and implemented a first of its kind strategic
partnership deal with a technology provider for the
hospitality sector, which opened access to over 30,000 new
accommodation providers and raised marketing exposure.
Identified and initiated a partnership deal with a business
that was looking to sell accommodation to their member base,
increasing annual business revenue by approximately 15%.
Directed a 12-month workplace engagement project, which
improved employee satisfaction scores by 10%.
Chris Reason
linkedin.com/in/chrisreason
■ Career history:
Solutions Architect - Software Division, Capita Plc, UK
Solutions Architect, HTK Ltd, UK
Software Engineer, ITO World Ltd, UK
Research Scientist, BT Plc, UK
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK
TOGAF 9.1 Certified, The Open Group
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Architected the technology transformation underpinning
the digital transformation of an outsourced government
organisation, directly resulting in a £90 million multi-year
contract extension.
Led the technical delivery with a team of 18 on a multi-million-
pound cloud-hosted CRM transformation project, providing
technical consultancy and governance to enable the delivery
of a best-in-class, integrated contact management system.
Designed and developed a “next best offers” marketing
engine using advanced segmentation and analytics to provide
a personalised sales experience to customers, resulting in a
double-digit increase in product sales.
Patrick Omar
Rebamonte
linkedin.com/in/patrickomarrebamonte
■ Career history:
Senior Manager, Global Strategy - Flavour Solutions Marketing
(Corporate Strategy Group), McCormick & Company, UK
Regional Category Manager - Asia Pacific, Givaudan, Singapore
Senior Marketing Manager, Snacking - International (Africa,
Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific), The Hershey Company,
Philippines
Brand Manager, Johnson & Johnson International, Philippines
BS, Business Administration, University of the Philippines,
Philippines
■ Nationality:
Filipino
■ Languages:
English (native)
Filipino (fluent)
Tagalog (fluent)
Spanish (basic)
Led global rebranding and strategic positioning of McCormick
& Company’s US$2 billion global B2B division from ‘McCormick
Industrial’ to ‘McCormick Flavour Solutions.’ Organised and
continue to head up the global marketing leadership team of
the division.
Achieved 10% growth in a flat and challenged category
through the development and execution of Givaudan’s
marketing strategy for Asia Pacific savoury and snacks business
unit, identifying growth opportunities and delivering net sales
of more than US$250 million.
Architect of The Hershey Company’s strategic marketing
plan to build a US$50 million business for the Asia snacking
category, serving as an international market framework. Led the
negotiations and launch of products with global QSRs such as
McDonald’s and Dairy Queen in key Asian markets.
Adam Reviczky
linkedin.com/in/reviczky
■ Career history:
Vice President, Deutsche Bank, UK
Director, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, UK
Associate Director, UBS, UK
Associate, Deutsche Bank, UK
MSc, Cyber Security, Northumbria University, UK
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, King’s College London, UK
■ Nationality:
British
Hungarian
■ Languages:
German (native)
Hungarian (native)
English (fluent)
Advised on a three-year, £17.7 million contract renewal with
Veracode for static analysis solutions, covering 3,000 software
applications. Achieved an overall cost reduction of £2 million.
Introduced 50 e-learning modules on developer security
training and negotiated a £210,000 three-year contract with
Synopsys for 1,000 licenses.
Established a phishing simulation programme with RSA on
a US$52,000 per year budget using Wombat ThreatSim
Phishing solution, targeting 1,000 out of 22,000 individuals.
Sofy Richards
linkedin.com/in/sofyrichards
■ Career history:
Business Manager, BT Plc, UK
Senior Digital Manager, EE Ltd, UK
Senior Delivery Manager (Test), EE Ltd, UK
Service Transition Manager, Environment Agency, UK
BA (Hons), Philosophy, University of Bristol, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (intermediate)
Spanish (basic)
Arabic (basic)
Successfully built a £50 million investment business case and
led co-creation and implementation of first cross brand (BT &
EE) digital strategy to embed digital culture and improve focus
on customer experience delivery.
Headed up EE Digital Project Delivery to deliver key
projects to simplify and modernise EE’s technology estate
and reduce dependency on legacy back-end systems, e.g.
migrating Digital web self-serve services to the API Gateway;
implementing auto-decisioning and fulfilment of Shop orders
(financial benefits circa £43 million).
Influenced Board and worked with 3rd party vendors to design
and implement a new finance model for EE Digital (annual
spend £28 million), by simplifying governance and reducing
costs which could be repurposed as dedicated budget for
digital projects and to reduce technical debt.
Isabel Rodriguez
Poveda
linkedin.com/in/isabelrodriguezpoveda
■ Career history:
Senior Manager - Decision Support, Biogen, UK
Strategy Consultant - BD&L Services, Clarivate, UK
Life Sciences Consultant - Professional Services, Thomson
Reuters, UK
Pharmacology Scientist - Neurosciences Department, Eisai Ltd,
UK
Masters of Science, Pharmacy, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
■ Nationality:
Spanish
■ Languages:
Spanish (native)
Catalan (native)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Responsible for Biogen’s biosimilar portfolio in the UK and
Ireland.
Advised top pharmaceutical companies in the identification
of innovative science by spotting high value assets and
formulating competitive business development and licensing
strategies.
Conducted Clarivate’s presentation at the annual J.P. Morgan
Healthcare Conference, outlining annual deals and portfolio
activity within the pharmaceutical business.
Joanna Rucińska
linkedin.com/in/joannarucinska
■ Career history:
Senior Finance Manager - EMEA FP&A, Johnson & Johnson, UK
Business Controller - Central & Eastern Europe, Johnson &
Johnson, Poland
Reporting Manager Region North, Johnson & Johnson, Poland
Master’s degree, International Financial Management,
Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Certified Management Accountant, The Institute of
Management Accountants (IMA), USA
■ Nationality:
Polish
■ Languages:
Polish (native)
English (fluent)
German (intermediate)
Russian (basic)
Spanish (basic)
Modernised Financial Planning & Analytics for the EMEA
Medical Devices Region resulting in faster, easier accessibility
to around 600 managers, and more accurate financial
analytics to support business decisions at regional and
country board levels.
Integrated 19 country teams into one Central Eastern
European team, resulting in significant improvement of
employee engagement and quality of business partnering
with managerial boards.
Developed and presented financial assessment for a
new business launch project in the Emerging Markets,
worth around US$50 million, which was approved for
implementation and was subsequently awarded with the
Johnson & Johnson Leadership Award – Shape, Connect,
Deliver.
Tina Sarbajna
linkedin.com/in/tinasarbajna
■ Career history:
Pricing & Market Access Lead (Oncology), AstraZeneca, UK
Associate Consultant, Adelphi Values PROVE, UK
Research Scientist, Cancer Research UK (London Research
Institute), UK
PhD, Molecular Genetics, University of Leicester, UK
BSc (Hons), Medical Genetics, University of Leicester, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Bengali (fluent)
Hindi (intermediate)
Led national market access strategy for a new, step-change
therapy for advanced lung cancer, resulting in the availability
of this medicine as a treatment option for patients in the NHS
(England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).
Supported global functions of several leading pharmaceutical
companies in developing high-impact market access and
value communication tools, specialising in oncology and
immunology (managing projects in excess of £1 million).
Produced several high-impact first-authored publications,
contributing to our knowledge and understanding of a key
DNA repair pathway, deficiencies in which are linked to several
human cancers.
Priya Saxena
linkedin.com/in/priya-saxena
■ Career history:
Salesforce Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, USA
Module Lead, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India
Technical Lead, Wipro Technologies Ltd, India
Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, Uttar
Pradesh Technical University, India
■ Nationality:
Indian
■ Languages:
Hindi (native)
English (fluent)
Responsible for the cross-country execution of a mobile
application that can be used by sales representatives. This
enhancement reduced the hassle of carrying electronic
gadgets across the field.
Appraised and awarded for automating test cases by using
a Selenium tool that not only added customer value but also
mitigated the deliverable’s quality risks by at least 80% across
multiple projects.
Led and created a project plan to decommission legacy
systems, therefore reducing the maintenance cost by 30%.
Danya Sbano
linkedin.com/in/danyasbano
■ Career history:
Senior Dental Surgeon, Balham Dental Care, UK
Assistant Clinical Manager, Balham Dental Care, UK
Founder & Consultant, Evolve Dental Consulting, UK
Founder & Consultant, Evolve Educational Consulting, UK
MJDF Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons, UK
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), King’s College London
Dental School, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Arabic (fluent)
Established and coordinated a gala dinner to raise money for
a prosthetic limb project and education programme, which
resulted in over £120,000 being raised and the planned
building of two schools in the Middle East.
Appointed to role of clinical assistant manager within two
years of qualifying, leading a team of eight people through
CQC compliance during an extensive inspection, assisting
with clinical and non-clinical policy development and aiding in
clinical and non-clinical team management.
Founded a dental consulting company, having recognised
a gap in the market for guidance with CQC and GDC
compliance, while also supporting dental practices in their
business development plans.
Lora Schellenberg
linkedin.com/in/loraschellenberg
■ Career history:
Marketing Manager, Netcompany, UK
Marketing Manager, Altius Data, UK
Marketing Manager - EMEA, General Assembly, UK
Client Relations Manager, HealthUnlocked, UK
Bachelor of Science, Health Service Administration, University
of Central Florida, USA
■ Nationality:
American
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led a marketing campaign to launch the “World’s First
Artificial Intelligence Bar” in London. The story went viral with
mentions in every major British media outlet, spanning the
globe and eventually reaching over one million views.
Founded Circle, a network for women in digital careers which
runs thought provoking events aimed at inspiring the next
wave of women leaders.
Played an integral role in growing the European headquarters
of world-class digital skills education company, General
Assembly. Targeted B2C marketing tactics led to year-on-year
sales of US$1 million for the European region.
Gerald Schlagman
linkedin.com/in/gerald-schlagman
■ Career history:
Client Relationship Manager, mallowstreet, UK
Independent Consultant, Self Employed, UK
Head of Partnerships, The Wisdom Council, UK
Senior Business Development Manager, Campden Wealth, UK
BSc, Architectural Technology, University of Westminster, UK
(part qualified)
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
German (basic)
Spanish (basic)
Led a change management and downsizing programme for
the business during its acquisition processes. Included scaling
down of staff and assets, whilst maintaining best-in-class
customer service and no ramification on client delivery.
Built a proprietary network of UHNWIs and Single Family
Offices globally into a database. Between 2015 and 2019,
increased the network from 0 to more than 900 direct
relationships in three global regions, through referral networks,
SMART benchmarks and best-in-class customer service.
Established a market leading business within financial services
and media, grew its turnover to over £650,000 per annum
and led into acquisition prior to selling the business, which
operated between 2014 and 2017. Managed a team of 12.
Kanan Shikhlinsky
linkedin.com/in/kenanshikhlinsky
■ Career history:
Low Carbon Power Business Developer, BP Central AE Business
Development Team, UK
Head of Executive Office (Chief of Staff) for BP’s Regional
President, BP, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey region
Projects Team Leader, BP, Azerbaijan
Banking Analyst - Finance, BP, Azerbaijan
Finance for Non-Finance Executives Programme, London
Business School, UK
Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified
Licensed Scrum Master
Certified Project Manager, George Washington University,
USA
■ Nationality:
Azerbaijani
■ Languages:
Azerbaijani (native)
English (fluent)
Turkish (fluent)
Russian (fluent)
Project managed the collation of integrated energy solution
proposals (wind, solar, advanced mobility) in Eurasia, and
designed bidding packs for various state solar and wind
auctions.
Delivered agile transformation and digitisation projects
which sped up decision making and resulted in business value
generation across tier 2 executive teams.
Designed and launched over 20 multimillion-dollar non-
technical risk management projects, in partnership with
leading global financial and development institutions. Proven
successful through external evaluations.
Robert Shillinglaw
linkedin.com/in/robertshillinglaw
■ Career history:
Finance Director, Genesis Investment Management, LLP, UK
Vice President, Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc, UK
Group Accountant, Saint-Gobain Ltd, UK
International Audit Manager, RSM Salustro Zhongrui CPA,
China
Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales
MA, Geography, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Chinese (intermediate)
Co-led the restructure of the Genesis Group, including the
registration of Genesis Investment Management, LLP as
a UK Alternative Investment Fund Manager, with direct
responsibility for accounting, tax and financial regulation.
Implemented the US$476 million disposal of Morgan Stanley’s
UK mass affluent business, Quilter Holdings Ltd (“Quilter”) to
Citigroup, with responsibility for the financial workstream.
Lead advisor to Veolia (formerly Vivendi Environment),
providing acquisition due diligence on the US$246 million
purchase of Shanghai-Pudong Water.
Martin Solway
linkedin.com/in/martin-solway
■ Career history:
Market Development Leader, W. L. Gore & Associates, USA and
UK
Operations Manager, Schlumberger, Saudi Arabia
Operations Manager, Schlumberger, USA
Global Account Manager, Geoservices, USA
PG Certificate, Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University,
UK
Fellow of the Geological Society, UK
BSc (Hons), Geography, University of Wales, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Developed the Oil and Gas market entry strategy for W. L.
Gore & Associates and established strategic partnerships
with leading oilfield service companies. Part of the core
leadership team that created a new business segment in
power electronics, with initial contracts worth US$3 million to
S$5 million.
Led the Geoservices segment in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
and Kuwait, part of the largest operation in Schlumberger.
Responsible for profit and loss, 260 personnel and 40 field
assets. Grew market share from 40% to 60% in two years
delivering 30% growth and record profit margin at 35%
income before tax.
Led a successful return to activity in the North American
market for Schlumberger following the US offshore
moratorium. Led a focused recruitment and training campaign
and lean implementation programme resulting in growth over
two years, from US$12 million with 80 personnel to US$45
million with more than 200 personnel.
Beate Sørslett
linkedin.com/in/beatesorslett
■ Career history:
Chief Medical Officer, Nordland Hospital Trust, Norway
Advisor - Electronic Patient Journals and Clinical IT, Nordland
Hospital Trust, Norway
Consultant - Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Norway
Specialism in Internal Medicine, Norwegian Directorate of
Health, Norway
Bachelor of Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway,
Norway
■ Nationality:
Norwegian
■ Languages:
Norwegian (native)
English (fluent)
Co-ordinated and supervised hospital trust innovation
projects, establishing a common innovation platform with
the community health service aiming to break down the silos
between primary and specialist healthcare. Resulted in faster
diagnosis and improved patient experience.
Supervised the team that started the hospital trust’s Quality
Continuous Improvement programme. The programme has
expanded and is now regional with participants from all six
hospital trusts in the region.
Represented the hospital trust consolidating all patient
hospital records in the north of Norway into one database,
allowing easier access by medical staff, increasing efficiency
and leading to a more satisfying patient experience.
Carel Stassen
linkedin.com/in/carel-stassen
■ Career history:
Head of Operations and Group Finance, Bibimoney, UK
External Reporting Manager, Shawbrook Bank, UK
Audit Manager, Deloitte, UK
Chartered Accountant (SA), SAICA, South Africa
Postgraduate Honours degree, Accounting, University of
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Bachelor’s degree, Accounting, University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa
■ Nationality:
British
South African
■ Languages:
Afrikaans (native)
English (native)
Implemented and deployed mobile based financial SaaS
systems in various countries including in Sub-Saharan Africa
and the Pacific Islands.
Product lead on all consumer and administrative facing
products, including financial inclusive hardware and software
deployed to financial partners.
Implementation lead for the largest interest-rate hedge
transaction performed by Shawbrook Bank.
Luke Staton
linkedin.com/in/luke-staton
■ Career history:
Managing Director, phs Teacrate Ltd, part of PHS Group Ltd,
UK
Regional Director, Elliott Hire, part of the Algeco Group, UK
Operations Director, Elliott Hire, part of the Algeco Group, UK
Strategic Projects Director, Elliott Hire, part of the Algeco
Group, UK
MSc, Ecological Resource Management, Newcastle University,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Planned and executed an operational efficiency programme
at Elliott, delivering £5.1 million EBITDA benefit with £2.4
million through fixed cost reduction and £2.7 million through
labour efficiency.
Outsourced transport from in-house to external Haulier
partner model. Reduced sales, general and administrative
expenses by £1.8 million. Reduced transport spend per
move by 4% whilst maintaining service levels and increasing
capacity.
Embedded a cultural change programme throughout the
organisation by implementing top down strategic alignment, a
goal setting programme and work streams to execute change
actions. Resulted in attrition rate falling from 22% to 17%.
Amar Sumaria
linkedin.com/in/amar-sumaria
■ Career history:
Claims Manager, Everest Re, UK
Senior Claims Adjuster, Brit Insurance, UK
Claims Adjuster, Atrium Underwriters Ltd, UK
ACII - Chartered Insurer, Chartered Insurance Institute, UK
BSc (Hons), Mathematics, King’s College London, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Gujarati (intermediate)
Spanish (basic)
Japanese (basic)
Finalist for the prestigious ‘Contribution to Claims’ LMA
prize in 2019, awarded to claims professionals that have a
proven record of improving the industry, have demonstrated a
genuine understanding of the future needs of the sector, and
provided leadership within the claims community.
Conceived and delivered innovative academy programs to
train over 100 outsourced adjusters worldwide – a Lloyd’s
market first. Key contributor towards talent and professional
development in the industry.
Selected for the inaugural CII New Generations London
Market Group – the flagship leadership development program.
Currently a member of the Insurance Institute of London and
IUA Non-Marine claims committees..
Anirudh Suneel
linkedin.com/in/anirudh-suneel
■ Career history:
Management Consulting Manager, Sopra Steria, UK
Senior Management Consultant, Accenture, UK
Investment Banking Intern, Barclays Capital, UK
MEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Warwick, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Delivering strategic implementation and transformation
advisory services to military two-star and three-star leadership
across the defence ‘major’ transformation portfolio (portfolio
value circa £10 billion per annum).
Worked with a leading UK engineering services firm through
lifecycle from strategy design, business re-design, process
design, delivery management, business change and product
management. Achieved cost reductions of 40%, increased
service quality and a profitability increase of 30%.
Worked with a leading global aerospace manufacturer.
Designed and introduced an innovative supply chain de-
risking framework and procurement strategy for a leading
commercial fastener business. Successful implementation of
framework led to procurement savings of circa £48 million per
annum.
Goku Suresh
linkedin.com/in/goku-suresh
■ Career history:
Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Manager, Mobius
Life, UK
Data Analyst, Mobius Life, UK
Business Analyst, ISS Facility Services, UK
Unit Manager, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, UK
Professional Certificate, Data Science, Microsoft, UK
HND, Computer Science, Kingston University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
Tamil (native)
English (fluent)
Italian (basic)
Leading the newly created change and innovation team.
Driving business process improvements to optimise and
scale the current service offering, and further transform the
business to generate new revenue streams.
Democratise the digital data strategy with various change
programmes that lead to a reduction in cost (by 80%), human
error (by 100%), and financial impact (by 60%), as well as
an increase in efficiency and productivity in operational
processes.
At the age of 21, provided leadership, training, and mentoring
to a team of 127 employees, along with the responsibility and
accountability for a P&L (totalling £1.5 million gross revenue).
Through data, strategic thinking and errorless execution,
business operations delivered a net profit 2% better than the
target and a five-star food hygiene rating.
Agata Suwala
linkedin.com/in/agata-suwala
■ Career history:
Technology Manager, Manufacturing Technology Centre, UK
Senior Research Engineer, Manufacturing Technology Centre,
UK
Advanced Research Engineer, Manufacturing Technology
Centre, UK
Research Engineer, Manufacturing Technology Centre, UK
MSc, Computational Software Techniques in Engineering,
Cranfield University, UK
MSc, Mechatronic Design, AGH - University of Science and
Technology, Poland
BSc, Mechatronics, AGH - University of Science and
Technology, Poland
■ Nationality:
Polish
■ Languages:
Polish (native)
English (fluent)
German (basic)
Achieved status of Chartered Engineer through the Institution
of Engineering and Technology.
Co-ordinated and delivered several research projects
for automation in aerospace manufacturing, working
in collaborative and multi-functional teams. Resulted in
representative prototypes as well as industrial solutions.
Part of the research was published and presented at an
international conference.
Proven to motivate and empower teams and individuals, at
work delivering exceptional performance to our customers
as well as engaging and mentoring students as a STEM
ambassador.
Chatarpreet Singh
Taggar
linkedin.com/in/chatarpreet-singh-taggar-15617891
■ Career history:
Technical Service Director - BT Global, BT Plc, UK
Lead Technical Design Authority - BT Business, BT Plc, UK
Technical Design Authority - BT Business, BT Plc, UK
Senior Designer - BT Technology, BT Plc, UK
MEng, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Loughborough
University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Punjabi (fluent)
Led the technical contract re-signing for BT Global for a
contract worth over £100 million with a large Blue-chip
company. This was a complex deal including a number
of technologies such as WAN, LAN, Wireless and security
services.
Led a design team six to build a new state of the art managed
computer network within an accelerated period of 12 months.
The new network allowed BT to accelerate the onboarding of
new customers by over 30%.
Devised a new in-house managed security service capability
to help BT reduce its external costs, and grow a managed
service to over 20 retail customers. This also helped BT to
differentiate its services and increase revenues by over £1
million.
Rebecca
Thilaganathan
linkedin.com/in/rthilaganathan
■ Career history:
Senior Control and Governance Manager, Barclays Bank Plc,
UK
Senior Compliance Analyst, Barclays Bank Plc, UK
Quality Root Cause Analyst, Barclays Bank Plc, UK
Team Manager, Financial Ombudsman Service, UK
New York Bar Exam, BarBri, USA
LLM, The London School of Economics, UK
LLB, King’s College London, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
French (basic)
Spanish (basic)
Led a team of five on a multi-million pound bank-wide
implementation of an automated compliance tool, which
reduced email traffic by 25% whilst improving colleague’s
access to timely accurate compliance advice.
Created and implemented a Federated Council initiative to
assist the Chief Controls office record risk appetite decisions
and escalate within the policy and standards framework.
Reduced compliance breaches by 32% through design and
delivery of training for colleagues on policy and process
change.
Jennifer Tilson
linkedin.com/in/jennifer-tilson-0689a239
■ Career history:
Group Business Operations & Strategy Manager, BerryWorld,
UK
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, BBC, UK
Manager, Accenture, UK
BA, Economics, Durham University, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Led and successfully implemented a new and simplified
organisational structure for one of the world’s largest soft
and prepared fruit businesses, consisting of 14 business
units, selling into more than 30 countries worldwide, with an
increasingly dispersed workforce of around 800 employees.
Selected in the top 2% of the BBC Finance & Operations
Community, to participate in a two-year BBC Leadership
Development programme (2016).
Achieved accelerated promotion to Manager after four years
at Accenture (the average time to Manager is six to seven
years).
Dewald Veldsman
linkedin.com/in/dewaldveldsman
■ Career history:
Implementation Consultant Team Lead, IRESS, UK
Private Wealth Implementation Consultant, IRESS, UK
Internal Consultant, Private Client Holdings Ltd, South Africa
BComm, Business Science, University of Stellenbosch, South
Africa
Postgraduate Diploma, Financial Planning, University of
Stellenbosch, South Africa
■ Nationality:
South African
■ Languages:
Afrikaans (native)
English (fluent)
Successfully implemented XPLAN at three top-tiered
investment management firms in the UK, which ensured they
were able to remotely service their clients during COVID-19
without any disruptions.
Won ‘OneIRESS UK Employee of the Quarter Award’ in 2019,
during a period where we had to implement and manage
numerous challenging projects.
Improved and modernised Private Client Holdings’s Family
Office Proposition, which resulted in a number of high net
worth families giving the firm a mandate to manage their
wealth on their behalf.
Nicholas Ward
linkedin.com/in/nicholas-c-ward
■ Career history:
Business Development Manager, Overseas Development
Institute (ODI), UK
Roving Humanitarian Funding Coordinator, Oxfam GB, UK
Programme Funding Coordinator, Medical Emergency Relief
International (MERLIN), UK
MA, Conflict, Governance & Development, University of York,
UK
BA, Politics & Philosophy, University of York, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Established the business development strategy and capacity
within ODI to improve long-term fundraising for its research
work.
Completed 12 international humanitarian deployments for
Oxfam in response to conflicts and natural disasters, leading
fundraising and grant management of donor funds (up to
US$60 million per deployment).
Proven international track record of leading and mentoring
teams in raising seven and eight figure funds from
governments and foundations, to deliver global life-saving
interventions in water, health, and food security.
Richard Waumsley
linkedin.com/in/richard-waumsley
■ Career history:
Group Finance Director, David Brown Santasalo, UK
Group Finance Controller, David Brown Santasalo, UK
Group Financial Accountant, David Brown Group, UK
Assistant Audit Manager, KPMG, UK
ACA, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and
Wales, UK
BSc (Hons), Mathematics, University of Leeds, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Leading three financial due diligence processes for multiple
transactions with the David Brown Santasalo (DBS) Group,
including the merger and creation of DBS, three proposals to
potential external investors, and the incorporation of three
new service centres.
Coordinated and managed the restructuring and subsequent
refinancing of an £85 million debt facility for the group,
alongside the Private Equity investment owners.
Managed the financial integration of two operating groups
following the merger of David Brown and Santasalo industrial
gearing groups from June 2016, moving from a manual
system to a data driven automated reported mechanism.
Saved time and increased reliance and consistency of
information used for management decisions within 12
months.
Donna Williams
linkedin.com/in/donnamichellewilliams
■ Career history:
Director - Sales and Marketing, Sanctuary Group, UK
Group Head of PR and Communications, Sanctuary Group, UK
Group Marketing Manager, Sanctuary Group, UK
Business Development Manager, Sanctuary Maintenance, UK
MCIM Chartered Marketer, Chartered Institute of Marketing,
UK
BA (Hons), History, University of Oxford, UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Designed and implemented a sales, marketing and customer
care strategy that transformed a not-for-profit organisation
with limited new homes sale experience to one with the ability
to sell 15,000 properties over a 10-year period.
Led marketing and communications activity across a
Group with a turnover in excess of £660 million, containing
diverse business streams from social housing to student
accommodation and care homes.
Took new maintenance service to market, designed to
support the needs of not-for-profit organisations. Created and
delivered all aspects of resulting contract negotiation and
onboarding, resulting in new contracts each worth in excess of
£1 million per year.
Sean Worrall
linkedin.com/in/sean-worrall
■ Career history:
Business and Skills Development Manager, GKN Automotive
Innovation Centre, UK
Business Development Manager, GKN Automotive Innovation
Centre, UK
Account Development Manager, GKN Land Systems, UK
Key Account Manager (JLR, Ford), ThyssenKrupp Tallent, UK
IET Chartered Engineer
BEng (Hons), Manufacturing Engineering, Brunel University,
UK
■ Nationality:
British
■ Languages:
English (native)
Italian (basic)
Leading the development of an engineering research centre
with Nottingham and Newcastle Universities for next-
generation power electronics and motor drives for future
electric vehicles. With a £3 million budget, the centre will
lead to the generation of 10 PhD research programmes and
differentiating technology for GKN.
Led the bid writing and application for a £16 million UK
government co-funded consortium project. Managed the
project for GKN LandSystems to develop hybrid electric buses.
This project resulted in the acquisition and formation of the
GKN Automotive Innovation Centre, moving the focus to
automotive.
Led the development of new production facilities for work
I had won in the UK, Belgium and Turkey, from an empty
factory, through to production line installation, to customer
approved product, supplying Ford with an annual turnover of
£24 million.
Jiaqi Wu
linkedin.com/in/wujiaqiuk
■ Career history:
Regional Director, Investment Advisors - Internet Division for
Greater Southern Fujian, TianFeng Securities, China
Lifelong Honorary CEO, Fujian Quanzhou Huiwang Stone
Business Co., Ltd, China
Senior Marketing Project Manager and Distribution Channels
Manager, China Mobile Communications Corporation, China
MBA Exchange, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy
Dual Bachelor’s degree, BSc (Business Administration) and BA
(Senior Secretary), Fujian Normal University, China
Undergraduate Certificate, Human Resources Management,
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
■ Nationality:
Chinese
■ Languages:
Chinese (native)
English (fluent)
Created securities reports and commentaries published by
80% of China’s professional platforms. Read four million times
by 1.5 million investors annually due to the high accuracy
(95%) on forecasting. Influenced 100,000 investors to become
followers and taught more than 500 middle-level managers in
the Chinese financial sector.
Co-founded China’s top three grey marble suppliers of high-
end buildings and decorations. Built factories and managed
300 professionals to produce 600,000 tons of marble
annually. Originated a creative network of 3,000 distributors
to serve prestigious hotels like Louis Vuitton.
With China Mobile, managed the top 30 channel agents in
southern Fujian and led the management of seven company
lifeline income projects. Ranked first in the greater Quanzhou
region for two years. Profit of related projects tripled to drive
more than an extra US$36 million annually.
Maria Zhukova
linkedin.com/in/mariazhukova
■ Career history:
FPA&R Senior Finance Analyst, Jaguar Land Rover, UK
Senior Commercial Finance Analyst, Jaguar Land Rover, UK
Finance Analyst, Jaguar Land Rover, Russia
Finance Manager, Public Educational Services, Russia
ACMA, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK
MSc, Finance and Credit (Financial Management), Presidential
Academy of National Economy and Public Administration,
Russia
■ Nationality:
Russian
■ Languages:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
German (basic)
French (basic)
Developed and co-ordinated vital margin analysis of product
performance in the business plan to support strategy delivery.
Performed competitor analysis and identified profit
improvement opportunities to strengthen financial
performance of the business, leading to their presentation to
the Board of management.
Project managed finance aspects of the introduction of a
divisional marketing plan in Overseas and Asia Pacific markets.
Successful launch resulted in a 20% increase in return rates
within a year.
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