I am an articulate and influential business leader, board adviser and change agent with 15 years’ experience, including a decade guiding transformational improvements to high-performance businesses in fiercely competitive sports championships, notably at McLaren F1. My detailed understanding of the financial and operational levers of business success is coupled with the proven ability to formulate and execute business and commercial strategy, inspire and motivate talented teams to deliver sustained growth.
In my current role as CEO of Seabird Technologies, I have built this fast-growing marine technology innovator from the ground up, directed the production, testing and launch of the racing e-boat, delivered a fleet of these craft under tight time constraints to the E1 Championship, and secured a long-term contract as sole supplier. I have also expanded the business into the design and development of a new electric outboard motor set to disrupt marine markets in both leisure and commercial craft.
I lead and expand successful businesses by empowering and driving teams to innovate and attain optimal performance. I create the strategy, define goals and priorities, set the roadmap, and build the organisational structures that enable people to deliver on their remits, while fostering communication and collaboration across functions and geographies. This approach, which places well-directed and supported talent at the centre of business success, is backed by an understanding of the details and the importance of harnessing data to develop solutions to business challenges.
My experience of ultracompetitive, technologically driven businesses enables me to quicky identify pinch points and obstacles to effective delivery in large, complex processes. It has also underlined the importance of recognising evolving industry and macro themes that will affect business outcomes.More...