Digital Entrepreneur and Retail Consultant
Twickenham, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Associate Director at Venturing Unlimited
- Commercial Director at The Glasshouse
- Past
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- Interim Head of Retail Recruitment at Barclaycard
- Founder & EVP Sales at Zebtab
- Trading Director at GlaxoSmithKline
- Category Manager at J.Sainsbury plc
- Education
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- Manchester Metropolitan University
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Richard Edwards’s Summary
My professional experience spans both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds with early experience gained in the Retail/fmcg sectors with Sainsbury's and GlaxoSmithKline, culminating in the UK Trading Director Role at GSK, responsible for UK supermarket sales of Ribena, Lucozade and Horlicks.
Venturing out beyond the protective corporate bosom I founded/co-founded three companies, namely Nutrinnovator (a unique food proposition, balancing taste & health), Thrive Coaching (a personal indulgence to follow an enduring passion of mine) and Zebtab (the award winning content platform).
Having now left Zebtab behind I am excited by the new challenges presented in my dual roles of Commercial Director, The Glasshouse and Associate Director, Venturing Unlimited. It's early days for both roles but it's truly energising to be working with some truly fantastic Digital & Retail colleagues (oh...and we have some great clients too!).
So, in all, a rounded, commercially focussed person who thrives in pressurised environments and loves the 'cut & thrust' of business.
My goal is to remain challenged, motivated and rewarded in equal balance.
Richard Edwards’s Specialties:
Specialities included content and commercial partnerships (incl. advertising) within the digital sector. Headline commercial negotiation with industry leading operators, incl Tesco, P&G & Coca-Cola. Also, international buying having worked in US for Sainsbury's and, separately, being responsible for global produce procurement.
Richard Edwards’s Experience
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Associate Director
Venturing Unlimited
(Management Consulting industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Venturing Unlimited is a boutique consultancy with particular expertise in the Digital, Retail and Entrepreneurial space and is a close ally to The Glasshouse (both founded and headed by Judith Clegg).
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Commercial Director
The Glasshouse
(Events Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
The Glasshouse was founded in 1998 to provide support, encouragement and inspiration to entrepreneurs across all sectors. Success in London spawned events in San Francisco, Prague, Sydney and, most recently, New York.
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Interim Head of Retail Recruitment
Barclaycard
(Management Consulting industry)
September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)
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Founder & EVP Sales
Zebtab
(Online Media industry)
February 2004 — October 2008 (4 years 9 months)
Zebtab was the award winning direct-to-desktop content channel and served tens of thousands of users and partnered with household content owners such as Manchester United, Dennis Publishing and Setanta Sports.
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Trading Director
GlaxoSmithKline
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GSK; Pharmaceuticals industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years )
Responsible for UK supermarket sales of Lucozade, Ribena & Horlicks through management of the UK National Account Management team.
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Category Manager
J.Sainsbury plc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
1993 — 2000 (7 years )
Variety of commercial roles culminating in management of £600m Soft Drinks category. Roles including a periof of secondment in US business, based in Boston 1999-2000.
Richard Edwards’s Education
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Manchester Metropolitan University
2.1 , Hospitality/Business , 1989 — 1993
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