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Adire Venture Holding GroupChief Operating Officer
Oct. 2020New York, New York, United StatesAdirè Venture Holding Group (AVHG) is a luxury focused, equity investment holding group. Understanding the immense, historical, and proven depth of creative talent in fashion and luxury goods both on the African continent and its global diaspora, AVHG seeks to develop brands helmed by creatives of color into high return, sustainable, market leading companies while also creating a more balanced, merit-based reality in the industry. To do this, AVHG identifies or otherwise assesses potentially qualifying brands in the premium/luxury space and invests strategic resources in those it deems best suited for growth, profitability and ultimately global success and a good match for ADIRÈ's portfolio parameters.
• Manage capital investments and expenses to ensure that the company achieves investor targets for growth and profitability.
• Collaborate with the executive team to develop and implement strategic initiatives that align with the company's vision and goals.
• Participate in expansion activities: investments, acquisitions, corporate alliances and manage relationships with partners/vendors. • Direct overall operations of the Holding Company; analyze the internal operations and identify areas for process enhancement.
• Implement business strategies and plans that align with the short- and long-term objectives developed in tandem with CEO.
• Financial reporting and management including budgetary planning, expense management, financial tracking, check signing, and reporting for the managed areas.
Hamilton Partners.Executive Director
Nov. 2015 - Oct. 2020Greater New York City AreaProvide strategic advice and services to early-stage growth organizations related to social media strategy, corporate development, commercial growth, business planning, and financing alternatives. Clients typically face immediate challenges and need an agile partner to create a social media plan leveraging various platforms to reach target audiences and extend brand awareness. Create business and strategic plans to help clients prepare for capital raising.
● Engage in strategy calls and meetings to set initial strategy with assigned clients. Provide strategic oversight and guidance to ensure all project deliverables remain on strategy throughout the delivery process. Align client expectations around the scope of service and deliverables.
● Created social media presence and strategy for children's book authors. Grew audience by 100% over two years by creating targeted and strategic partnerships with retailers such as Pottery Barn Kids and Public Schools. Client recipient of the National Indie Excellence Award.
● Raised funds for luxury apparel brands and formed partnerships with on-line boutique retailers resulting in an increase in revenue by 80%.
engageSimplyCommunity Portfolio Director
Jun. 2013 - Nov. 2015New York, New YorkBuilt structures that expanded the community presences while safeguarding online relations by leading a team of 16 in community management including monitoring, moderating, writing, and publishing activities. Negotiated and managed contracts. Created and maintained community training, resources, guidelines, and policies. Oversaw social media presence for over 75 communities while overseeing 500+ pieces of content created weekly.
● Helped scale online reach resulting in community growth of 700% within the first year by directing initiatives through creation of content and identifying the tools and engagement processes for broader program-wide efforts.
● Grew audience to 200K using a new client strategy for the Pilot Project with Leading European Software Company that included tailored content and social media campaigns.
● Increased transparency into results, requirements, audience, and potential revenue with reports covering valuation metrics for lead generation, brand awareness, content campaigns, and marketing reach.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management2nd Vice President
Aug. 1997 - Feb. 2013New York, New YorkAccomplished objectives in amplifying revenue (+$100M) by creating marketing success stories that capitalized on the competitive position of the organization as an industry leader, educated clients, and demonstrated a commitment to achieving client goals within risk profiles. Collaborated with a team of eight specialists, including wealth planners, trust officers, private bankers, portfolio managers and insurance experts.
● Played a critical role in advising High-Net Worth individuals and Nonprofits (100 households and 250+ individual accounts) on sectors, changing markets, and over/underperforming areas.
● Created socially responsible and mission-related portfolios for clients. Defined the environmental, social and governance factors alongside financial factors in the investment decision-making process.
● Boosted financial transparency for clients and generated highly qualified leads/new revenue by creating a series of financial seminars for specific demographic groups.
● Strengthened clients’ perception and confidence in the organization’s accountability, credibility, and responsibility with new strategies to uphold communication standards and nurture critical relationships.
● Grew and scaled new business pipeline by double-digit percentages and share of client’s investable assets, in some cases by as much as 150% representing recurring revenue.
P. Schoenfeld Asset Management (PSAM)Marketing Associate
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1997New York, New YorkProvided marketing support and expertise focused on targeting endowments, family offices, private banks, and other institutional investors. Partnered with the marketing team to grow assets under management from $200M to $350M.Created client presentation materials and proposals. Monitored client accounts, generating 100% growth in new client acquisition and client retention. Analyzed and communicated investment processes and financial information to clients.
New York CaresDirector of Outreach Services
Jan. 1992 - Jan. 1993New York, New YorkBuilt 20 specialized Partnership Programs with corporations and professional associations, generating 1,000 new volunteers. Led first team that created the annual “New York Cares Day” (one-day volunteer event) - solicited and collaborated with 70+ corporations, public officials, professional associations, and civic organizations create a volunteer network serving city agencies and public schools. Program adopted by other National Cares chapters and publicly recognized by Time Warner. Implemented the first volunteer recruitment program to diversify demographics of 6,000-person volunteer base.
Teach For AmericaManager of Recruitment
Jan. 1990 - Jan. 1992New York, New YorkInitiated a business strategy which grew minority representation of teacher corps from 5% to 10% of total membership. Served as face of company at educational conferences and events. Contributed to the organizational development of the firm (i.e. building culture, processes and infrastructure).
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