Description

Senior multi-skilled strategy professional who excels in unlocking and accelerating business potential within competitive, fast-paced technology markets. Strong record of partnering senior management teams and operating as an influential contributor to C-level strategies, is underpinned by advanced interpersonal & finance skills and management consulting expertise. Extensive experience of project governance, defining & controlling multiple concurrent projects and delivering organisational restructuring programmes.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

AXA
Strategy Manager
May 2022 - Today (4 years and 1 month)
London, UK
Interim corporate strategy role within €5.4bn UK and Ireland division of 100bn insurance group
• Driving AXA UK and Irelands long-term strategy by identifying opportunities and initiatives that will fuel long term growth
• Devising AXA's climate strategy by creating green initiatives & propositions, offsetting the company's carbon footprint and helping customers deal with climate change
• Identifying growth opportunities in underserved "mid-market" segment between AXA divisions aiming to increase GWP by £250m a year
vodafone
Strategy Manager Unified Communications
October 2016 - March 2022 (5 years and 5 months)
London, UK
Head office group level role within €13bn Unified Communications division of €45bn group
• Devising & driving strategic customer base and performance growth initiatives for B2C fixed TV & broadband networks, converged fixed & mobile products and entertainment services
• Monitoring KPIs against targets and providing leadership team with commercial recommendations
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders across finance, commercial and centre of excellence teams
• Contributing to group CX programme; currently achieving +2% NPS and
-20% customer complaints
• Producing analysis and insights to aid executive strategies, including competitor analysis, market opportunities, option assessment, business modelling and go-to-market guidance; shaped strategic imperatives, such as acquisition of Liberty Global's assets in 4 markets, leading to +€3bn in revenue
Liberty Global
Strategy and Business Analyst
November 2012 - September 2016 (3 years and 10 months)
Head office group level, B2C & B2B strategy role within €18bn group; reported to VP wireless development
• Led analysis and research for long-term mobile telephony strategy, including CAPEX investment roadmap in new technologies, products and new country rollouts, as well as M&A activities
• Led strategy consultants business case delivery; managed project prioritisation & vendor selection
• Set up consolidated corporate and subsidiary investment roadmaps for wireless domain
• Managed, consolidated and challenged corporate & affiliate budgets and long range plans
• Conducted strategic studies and business analysis across wireless space, such as long-term strategic options, wireless business cases, wholesale proposal analysis and product profitability
• Collaborated closely with senior stakeholders across group finance and group networks & IT
• Helped enable revenue increase of €1 .2bn from organic growth and acquisition of Virgin Media
• Supported €1 .3bn acquisition of Belgium telecoms company Base, as well as merger of Dutch operations Ziggo with Vodafone in Netherlands, to create 50/50 joint venture valued at €11 bn