eCommerce leadership and transformation in retail and publishing.
London, United Kingdom
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- Founder & Editor in Chief at InternetRetailing.net
- Non-executive Director at Business Link for London
- Director at Pencil: Multichannel Retail and Digital Marketing
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- Group eCommerce Director at Littlewoods Shop Direct Group
- Chief Executive at ICP Europe Publishing PLC
- Head of Online Operations at BBC
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- Education
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- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- University of Oxford
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Ian Jindal’s Summary
Ian creates and transforms digital businesses in retail and publishing.
Ian builds sizeable and demanding businesses from initial idea, or effects a step-change within complex, multi-stakeholder enterprises: working with the board - and either directly leading teams or mentoring senior internal leaders.
Ian has been responsible for P&Ls from £5m to £400m within organisations of up to £3.3bn turnover. Since 1991 Ian has operated at Board level, either as director, CEO or investor.
Ian now works as an executive (leading business transformation at Board level), non-executive (working with Board and CEOs to build businesses) and investor (founding and growing early-stage companies).
Consulting clients include House of Fraser, Austin Reed, Reiss, Couturelab, Otto UK, The British Council, IPC Media, Shell and David Morris.
Ian is committed to skills and peer development within industry sector. Ian founded InternetRetailing (with Mark Pigou), the European eCommerce Forum (with Joris Beckers), the UK's first Diploma in Internet Retailing (with e-consultancy.com) and RetailGreen.eu. Ian is a course assessor for the Masters in Digital Marketing and a tutor on the PPA's Diploma in Digital Publishing.
A frequent speaker and conference Chair, Ian has spoken for e-consultancy, Adobe/Scene 7, Bazaarvoice, Sky, London College of Fashion, Google UK and many others.
Ian's skills encompass technology (Chartered IT Professional, Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society), marketing, commerce and finance (Chartered Accountant) and business-wide innovation.
Ian is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, collaborator in planning the Future Media Conference, occasional blogger and struggling to grow olives and figs in London's east end.
Ian Jindal’s Specialties:
Large scale, enterprise eCommerce activities in integrated multichannel retail, online publishing and digital/interactive TV; digital marketing, including direct communications, customer acquisition and retention, web2.0 and complex behavioural segmentation; Journalism - commentary and analysis on retail, technology and marketing; Creating and building business - Startup, transformation and growth.
