Jof Walters {jof_walters@hotmail.com}

Current

Consultant at Eastside Consulting
Partner at Shilling Group

Past

Managing Director at Shopcreator
Managing Director at Hukuwaku
Head of Innovation at Barclays

Strategy and Concept Manager at Egg

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Education

Friary School

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Jof Walters {jof_walters@hotmail.com}’s Summary

I am interested in creating social change using emerging legal structures backed with known commericial techniques.

I am currently involved in Social Enterprise cosulting and designing a commercial finance product set to support the sector.

Jof Walters {jof_walters@hotmail.com}’s Specialties:

Investment, Change, Turn Around and Innovation

Jof Walters {jof_walters@hotmail.com}’s Experience

Consultant

Eastside Consulting

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

I am currently working independantly with Eastside Consulting on Social Enterprise feasibility and business case development.

I also helped to facilitate the 2009 Spark Conference which was a bloody good laugh.
Partner

Shilling Group

(Financial Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

The Shilling Group is a corporate finance entity focussed on Mergers and Acquisitions within the Social Enterprise and British Manufacturing sectors.
Managing Director

Shopcreator

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 5 months)

In 2007 I joined a team of investors in the buy out of Shopcreator from administration. We raised funding from private investors to complete the purchase and provide working capital.

Over the last 18 months we have restructured Shopcreator to become a SaaS software provider to the growing number of SME's seeking ecommerce solutions.

On December 31st 2008 Shopcreator was merged with Charlton Commerce Inc giving me the opportunity to exit my investment and handover leadership responsibilities.
Managing Director

Hukuwaku

(Internet industry)

July 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 5 months)

I ran Hukuwaku as a business vehicle for managing personal consultancy roles (although it also had employee's from time to time as required).

Contracts included acting as the Product Director of an exchange and a number of tech turnarounds, leading to my eventual purchase of Shopcreator (above).

Additionally, during this time I worked with Eastside Consulting (also above) in partnership with the LDA on small fund raising contracts utilizing the SFLG.
Head of Innovation

Barclays

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BARC; Banking industry)

September 2004 — August 2006 (2 years )

My time at Barclays was largely spent proposing and then running a large Pre-Paid Card program.

I also helped to develop the companies mobile and digital strategies.
Strategy and Concept Manager

Egg

(Public Company; EGG; Banking industry)

April 1999 — July 2004 (5 years 4 months)

During my time with Egg I worked on the successful role out of Egg Card, Egg Pay, Account Aggregation and a number of other successful programs.