Alex C.

Alex C.

British International Men's Sabre Fencer

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  • About me

    Strategy & Consulting Senior Manager at Accenture UK

  • Education

    • Brentwood School, UK

      1995 - 2008
      3 A Levels, 1 AS Level Classical Civilisation, English Literature, Philosophy and Ethics, Latin A
    • University of Oxford

      2008 - 2011
      B.A. M.A. (Hons) at Balliol College Classical Archaeology and Ancient History 2:1

      Activities and Societies: Captain of Oxford Men’s Blues Fencing Team, Balliol College JCR Amalgamated Sports Representative, Balliol College AFC .

  • Experience

    • Semi-Professional Athlete - Fencing

      Sept 2005 - Aug 2015
      British International Men's Sabre Fencer

      - Double Commonwealth Gold Medallist 2014- Represented Great Britain at 2013, 2014 & 2015 European Fencing Championships and World Fencing Championships- Current British No1 Senior Men's Sabre- 2011 Senior British National Champion- 8 time National Championship Medallist- Ranked in the top 3 in the Senior British National Rankings for the last 5 years- Member of the British Senior International Squad and Team.- Junior Commonwealth Double Gold Medallist- Former British No1 at both Cadet and Junior levels- Twice Varsity match winner and recipient of a sporting ‘Blue’ from Oxford University- Double Gold Medallist at the inaugural UK Schools Games- Public Schools Fencing Champion at Mount-Haes and Senior level.- Eastern Region Champion at all age groups. Show less

    • Balliol College, University of Oxford

      Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
      Balliol College Annual Fund Telephone Campaign Officer

      Worked on a two week telephone Campaign for Balliol College, contacting alumni for donations to the annual fund. Through use of negotiation and my strong communication skills I personally raised over £20,000 from a professionally diverse pool of old members.

    • British Fencing

      Sept 2011 - Jun 2012
      Special and Corporate Event Presenter and Performer for British Fencing

      Presented and performed demonstrations of International level fencing at various corporate events for companies such as Coca Cola, Cisco and Rio Tinto and at certain special events such as the Chelsea Flower Show and at the Excel Arena for LOCOG. This often involved interacting on an individual basis with executives or sporting celebrities, teaching them the sport using practice equipment as well as performing exhibition matches and giving presentations in front of, in some cases, thousands of people. Show less

    • Brentwood School

      Sept 2012 - Jul 2013
      Fencing Coach specialising in Advanced Sabre Tuition

      Specialist sabre coach working with 15-18 year old pupils. Responsible for running sport-specific training sessions including giving one-to-one lessons, involving physical, tactical and mental coaching

    • Accenture UK

      Sept 2013 - now

      Advising senior clients in the Telco and Media space, to accelerate their business, organisation, and transformation priorities. Leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative future solutions. Utilising cutting edge data-driven and AI capabilities to lead strategic programmes for our major clients across the Global and UK Comms and Media industries. Applying proven complex transformation experience, to successfully advise business leaders, solve complex problems, and deploy multi-disciplinary teams to deliver leading-edge solutions. Management Consultant working across a Communications, Media and Technology client portfolio. Cross-Industry and project lifecycle expertise; ranging from Strategy through to Operations. Key focus on Sales and Commercial Transformation and the drive toward data-driven 'guided' selling. Trained in Management Consultancy, with project experience in the Technology Service Group. Specialised in Service Introduction and Process Transformation.

      • Strategy & Consulting Senior Manager

        Jun 2021 - now
      • Management Consulting Manager

        Dec 2018 - May 2021
      • Management Consultant

        May 2015 - Nov 2018
      • Performance Excellence and Change Enablement Analyst

        Sept 2013 - Apr 2015
    • Team GB

      Sept 2015 - Apr 2016
      Professional Athlete - Men's fencing

      Team GB athlete competing on the Elite International Fencing circuit in Olympic qualification events.World Top 50 athlete, British no.1, and reigning Commonwealth Champion

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ITILv3 Foundation

      QA
      Apr 2015
    • Northwestern University 101: Leading with Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

      Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
      Aug 2020