• Research and communications professional with extensive experience and foreign language skills working with a variety of mulitnational firms.
• Skilled linguist and experienced trainer of individuals learning English as a second language.
• Logical, analytical, entrepreneurial, adaptable, objective, a self-starter, a team player, and a relationship-builder.

• Project-managed the selection, and assisted in the tender process and evaluation of a large number of suppliers world-wide for a global FMCG corporate (number two in their industry) in a project worth c. 50 million euros of Point Of Sale materials.
• Involved in the design of a questionnaire for, the analysis of critical data from, and subsequent interviewing of, a large number of senior Trade Marketing, Brand Marketing, Procurement and POSm executives for a global FMCG firm as part of a project across three major European markets to understand current processes and find ways of reducing marketing spend related to print, press, TV, outdoor promotions, direct mail/CRM, research, POSm, and other activities. Probable outcome is savings of 30% of marketing spend.
• Produced the background research and presentation to a client of facts related to an audit project involving printing spend of £10 million annually which will save a major European telecommunications client c. 15-20% per year.
• Managed a project with a Brussels-based firm to gather data across 40 sectors and multiple countries, and to provide insights, to assist Product and Marketing Management make strategic decisions regarding new go-to-market initiatives, and with external marketing communications campaigns.
• Delivered a report which included the use of geo-marketing software to facilitate the interpretation of information and accurate targeting of strategic market segments.
• Produced spreadsheets of almost 35,000 cells of statistics deemed to be highly strategic in selecting new markets by unearthing a new source of intelligence.
• Managed a project with a City of London-based consulting firm to create a framework for the first of new subscription-based market intelligence reports in the capital markets sector.
• Managed multiple projects with Peoplesoft Product Marketing groups and with the central Data Management Team.
• Responsible for analysis of 'World’ migration global market research and for providing recommendations to Marketing Management.
• Conducted primary and secondary research and wrote a research report on HR and Payroll technology over three consecutive years for a global exhibition firm looking for best practice case studies, articles on innovative uses, market trends, and issues to attract visitors to their events.
• Prepared and executed a major questionnaire across several European countries for an HR software firm in order to better understand market perceptions as part of a strategic drive in their international marketing communications campaign.
• Won and managed a 9-year relationship providing a leading global strategic management consulting firm with an outsourced on-demand IT focused research and information service.
• Managed a contract from a major U.S. vendor to interview the Top 10 insurance companies in 8 countries to help the vendor better position themselves.
• Managed a project to interview senior executives in payments processing firms and banks in Germany and Switzerland resulting in a strategic market repositioning for a global IT firm.

Aston University in Birmingham, UK - Bachelor of Science Honours Degree, Business Administration and German.

Member of SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals).

Member of CiG (City Information Group).

Extensive foreign language skills:  English - Native speaker; German - Fluent; French - Good working knowledge.