
Director of Product & Digital Development at Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment
United Kingdom

Director of Product & Digital Development at Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment
United Kingdom
Entrepreneurial executive specialising in strategy, new ventures and new product development. Experience in running IT, product, project, customer service and finance operations. International experience in media, e-recruitment, online classified advertising, and across the TMT sector in blue chip consulting and corporate roles.
My latest new venture is Workthing+; offering the best online career advice, jobsearch support and career tools in the world - at http://www.workthingplus.com. Learn how to build the perfect CV; perfect your interview technique; how to network; expert career advice by video and webinar.
Affiliations
Member of The Institute of Directors (IoD)
Chartered accountant (ACA) - ICAEW
Bachelor of Laws - University of Leicester
New ventures launched: Workthing+ (Trinity Mirror) http://www.workthingplus.com; Connect2 (Adcorp) http://c2.adcorp.com.au; GrowthPLUS (Deloitte Australia);
Innovation:net (Deloitte UK).
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PSON; Newspapers industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year )
Exec-Appointments runs a portfolio of niche job-boards for senior executives, the business was acquired by the Financial Times in Nov 2007. My role focused on revenue enhancement, building operational excellence into a fast-growing business, and post-merger integration.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
Adcorp is the leading Australasian recruitment advertising agency group. It is an ASX-listed group, billing $200m across 12 offices. My role was to drive the company forward through strategic and technological innovation. I reported to the CEO, managing software, IT and new product teams.
(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
GrowthPLUS Project Director, Growth Solutions, Sydney - innovative web-based business development tool and thought leadership methodology.
Senior Manager – TMT Strategic Advisory, London.
VC Business Coach, Sydney.
Growth Solutions Director, Sydney.
Project manager for 2003 & 2004 Technology Fast 50 programmes.
(Privately Held; Accounting industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years )
1997
PGDipLP , Law , 1993 — 1994
LLB Hons , Law , 1990 — 1993