I occasionally take on project work, ranging from fundraising to forming revenue-share relationships, marketing and startup strategy. You can find my current CV on LinkedIn.
My background spans work in finance at private equity firm 3i; work as an analyst at the Bain-spinout strategy consulting arm of The Seabury Group; and work at the market research arm of FreshMinds, where I managed as many as seven analysts on up to four concurrent projects. I have also been involved with evaluating the potential of startups for private investors, and several other projects which I shall keep confidential for the time being.
My experience includes:
- Conceptual strategic analyis, particularly with startups (e.g. business model review; product positioning)
- Structured strategic analyis including operational and scenario-based modelling
- Commercial due diligence
- Financial skills, including comfort with financial statements and basic modelling
- Market research (quantitative and qualitative)
- Project management
- Marketing (familiarity with both online and offline methods; brand identity; name creation)
- Recruiting (I once sourced an excellent analyst at 3 hours’ notice)
- Copywriting (e.g. this blog; the Gloves Off Guide to Graduate Job Hunting)
- Expert use of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and some familiarity with MS Publisher and MS Access
- Basic web design
- Basic image manipulation with GIMP (such as the banner for this blog)
Please call me on +44 (0) 7977 503 961 to discuss rates and any project requirements.