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The Clever Kitchen LtdFounder and Director
May. 2013 - Jun. 2020The Clever Kitchen is at the forefront of food strategy for the next century. Eating well and reducing our footprint on the planet has never been more important and The Clever Kitchen supports those values by educating their customers about how they can make simple changes to their daily diet to promote health, often using super foods, and smart changes that will have the least ongoing impact on the planet.
Changing the nutritional mindset one simple step at a time.
Speak Up and LeadFounding Partner
Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2015Nice Area, FranceSpeak Up and Lead ensures that you have the best communication skills you need in today's busy online and offline world. Providing workshops to teach communication skills to corporate and individual clients, we go the extra mile to really bring out your authenticity and authority. One on one communication coaching courses are available as well as group workshops.
Gulliver Fine WinesFounder
Feb. 1999 - Nov. 2001Nice Area, FranceI set up this retail business from scratch in Vieux Nice, France to sell up market wines. After 3 years of hard work building relationships, learning marketing methods, and supplying customers, the market proved to be too seasonal to make it worth the running costs in the winter, and so I sold the business. I still love to taste a great bottle of wine though, and still have an extensive cellar.
SARL GulliverFounding Director
Jan. 1998 - Jun. 2020SARL Gulliver assists start up businesses to present comprehensive business plans for investment. Specializing in the healthy food and beverages industry, SARL Gulliver works with you to build a growth or exit strategy for your business.
GFW Consultancy LtdIndependent Consultant
Dec. 1996 - Jan. 1998London, United KingdomI was on the Board of BBC Radio (Dame Liz Forgan was head at that time) working as a business analyst for the BBC, liaising between developers and business users, who were developing the latest commissioning, broadcasting and reporting software for Radio and developing digital audio broadcasting.
I also worked with the Board of the Scottish Tourist Board as an independent onlooker on a project to assess how they could promote initiatives to increase visitors to Scotland in the shoulder seasons. This produced a report that would then be implemented by the Tourist Board.
BBC TelevisionSpecial Projects Manager
Jan. 1995 - Mar. 1996London, United KingdomI was personally selected by the financial controller of Network Television to work as his special assistant on a varied selection of projects. This expanded further my knowledge of the BBC as I had to talk to people across many departments. My main project was working with external consultants on a 10 year strategy for BBC TV; I set up focus groups, reported back on them, helped with assumptions, consolidated figures to provide the necessary documentation for the strategy.
BBC RadioGroup Financial Controller
Jan. 1994 - Jan. 1995London, United KingdomI was promoted to this role to gain knowledge of radio and work at a higher management level. I sat on the Radio finance board meetings, had a team of 3 working directly for me preparing monthly and annual financial reports for BBC Network Radio. A lot of my work involved collaborating with other radio services within the BBC to develop our joint strategies.
BBC TelevisionDocumentaries Accountant, BBC Television
Jan. 1993 - Dec. 1993London, United KingdomI was taken on to work on a project to decentralise the finance functions of the BBC into the individual departments. So I set up all the departmental monthly reporting processes for finance, recruited assistants, and streamlined the reporting process. I also taught non-financial staff about finance matters and aided them to become more finance literate. I had responsability for preparing the monthly and annual financial reports and the budget (£3m) for BBC Documentary TV programs. I had a team of 4 reporting in to me directly, and 7 unit managers indirectly.
Waverley Cameron plcFinancial Controller and Company Secretary
Jan. 1990 - Sep. 1992London, United KingdomI started off as the assistant to the financial controller at the Head Office of this diverse group of companies preparing consolidated accounts, and managing the cash deposits. Due to the sudden unexpected death of the Financial Controller I was asked after only 6 months in the company and at age 29 if I would take on his role, which I agreed to. This meant I sat on the plc Board, I visited banks with the Chairman to argue for more liquidity funding. I negotiated settlements with suppliers, the taxman, employees. I also prepared consolidated monthly and annual financial reports for this company and acted as Company Secretary. I liaised with external auditors, and filed all company reporting requirements. I had one immediate member of staff, and 5 companies reporting in to me. The company struggled in the financial crises of the late 80s, and I think we might be the only company to survive having half of the company go bankrupt due to our major bank withdrawing our line of credit immediately after the Christmas period when our retail operation had made a lot of money! Luckily we had two banks supporting two sides of the business. We successfully found a buyer for the remaining businesses and I was then promptly made redundant.
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