
Strategy & Business Development Professional
London, United Kingdom

Strategy & Business Development Professional
London, United Kingdom
Most recently was Director, Sales & Business Development for Sportradar AG managing global sales, related aspects of sales, marketing and commercial strategy as well as business/product development.
Prior to that was Business Development & Commercial Manager at Rank Interactive Development Limited handling commercial strategy and business development and covering all strategic and commercial aspects of its businesses.
Previously was Business Manager working in business development for Cantor Index Limited and its parent Cantor Fitzgerald Intl. Cantor Index Limited is a consumer spread-betting firm, whilst Cantor Fitzgerald is one of the world's largest inter-dealer brokers and financial services firms in the world. Main role was a mix of business analysis, project management and (internal) strategy and management consultancy. Was responsible for most management and business reporting, analysis and ad hoc consultancy across Cantor Index's various businesses. Manager of Cantor Mobile - was responsible for administration, finance, marketing, customer services management, business and software development etc. European Business Development Co-ordinator for Cantor’s US-based HSX.com subsidiary. Senior Project Manager and technical co-ordinator for wide-range of marketing and business development projects including: Ongoing CRM and data management, an advanced web tracking project, testing and rollout of Cantor Mobile software updates, etc. European project co-ordinator for Cantor Fitzgerald Telecom Services, LLC. Wide-range of administrative and support tasks in support of the FinanceFone and Blackberry Institutional Trading products.
project management, fixed-odds betting, casinos, poker, sportsbook, online gaming, betting exchanges, sports data and content, client relationship management, supplier relationship management, management reporting, web tracking, mobile application development, marketing, PR, data management, data mining, commercial strategy, B2B, white-labels, business development, contracts, international gaming law
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2009 — October 2009 (3 months)
Responsible for global sales and business development. In particular: supervising, motivating and monitoring sales team performance; allocating areas and customers to the team; setting sales targets and strategies; controlling and reviewing monthly sales forecasts; controlling expenses and budgets; controlling and monitoring use of CRM system; monitoring the market and competitors; developing marketing and PR activities; doing sales work in the UK and internationally.
(Privately Held; Gambling & Casinos industry)
September 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 11 months)
Manager for all commercial and business development aspects of the business. Develop and maintain strategy for non-internet channels. Handle deal and contract negotiations and manage ongoing contracts and business relationships with all commercial partners and suppliers. Key account manager for white-label partnerships. Scope, analyse and develop future commercial partnerships and opportunities. responsible for identifying new business opportunities, territories and platforms. Provide support for and management of IT solutions for the marketing department. Represent Blue Square on the Executive Committee of the Remote Gambling Association.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
December 2006 — August 2007 (9 months)
Business management and development, continuing management support, reporting, business analysis, project management, internal strategy and management consultancy. Work primarily on Cantor's financial fixed-odds business, but continue to run Cantor Mobile and to work extensively in consumer spread-betting and wider projects for the Cantor Fitzgerald group.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
April 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 9 months)
Business development, management support, reporting, business analysis, project management.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ABN.N; Investment Banking industry)
December 2003 — March 2004 (4 months)
Various data analysis, integration and management tasks related to a new CRM system.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABN; Investment Banking industry)
May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)
Performed a variety of administrative and clerical functions in support of the WCS Communication Team. Assisted with ad hoc tasks including small project management, research, document writing, document preparation and binding, presentation writing, mailing list and database administration, answering queries, handling invoices, intranet analysis etc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
Input spread bets and CFD trades received via the Internet; and provided general support to traders. Assisted traders and customer services with error spotting and correction, and systems reconciliations.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; UBS.N; Investment Banking industry)
September 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 5 months)
Junior trader on precious metals option book. Performed a wide range of administrative duties as clerk for the trading desk, including: desk setup, trade input, error spotting and correction, option exercises and expiries, trade confirmation etc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)
June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)
June 1995 — August 1995 (3 months)
BA (Hons) , Politics, Philosophy & Economics , 1995 — 1998
MA , Politics, Philosophy & Economics , 1995 — 1998
House and electro, hard house and trance music, DJing for fun, dancing, classic and modern literature, movies and cinema, scuba diving (I'm a PADI Divemaster with over 100 dives) and underwater naturalism, tennis and racquet sports, modern history especially WWII, travelling (I travelled solo in Asia for 18 months), Buddhist and Western philosophy, astrology, watching rugby, photography and film-making, creative writing, eating out, going to art exhibitions / concerts / museums / theatres etc.
Oxford University Society, Christ Church Association. PADI Member #622774., Gambit
Certified Medic First Aid (PADI) # 0104A31242, 30/03/01. Certified PADI Divemaster # 622774, 07/09/01. Awarded ‘Collections Prize’ for academic achievement at Christ Church, Oxford, 1997. Awarded ‘Company’s Prize for Geography (Junior)’, 1992 & ‘National Westminster Bank Prize for Political Studies’, 1994 at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood. 13+ Scholarship to Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.