Lauren Gill

Experience

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  Maia Consuting

  Sept 2009 - Jul 2011

  Outbound Telesales Advisor/Graduate Human Resources Adminstrator

  Working as an Outbound Sales Consultant. B2C, working within the mobile telecommunications department. Maia worked for numerous companies promoting their brands and products to customers including 3mobile, British Gas, and Southern Electric.

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  Sharnbrook Upper School

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2011

  Teaching Assistant

  Working with children with individual needs supporting in lessons and through exams.

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  Barclaycard

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2013

  New Business Manager

  • Working collaboratively with managers within the business banking sector to support their clients.• Assist businesses by implementing merchant services, tailoring the service to the specific needs of the client.• Understanding each business individually and having a general understanding of differing trade classes to ascertain their risk factor to Barclaycard as a merchant service provider.• Advising marketing products and a range of other solutions specific to each business to improve business growth including e-commerce, merchant services, credit cards, digital offers etc.• Managing newly acquired clients (approx. 200 a year) with turnovers of up to £2 million per annum. Show less

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  Octopus

  Apr 2013 - now

  Octopus Real Estate (previously Dragonfly Finance) has been around since 2009 and has offered a life cycle of lending opportunities lending over £3bn since inception. We specialise in:* Bridging (regulated and unregulated)* BTL mortgages up to 25 years* Refurbishment* Development* Commercial Bridging* Commercial termWe mostly concentrate on lending where others can't or won't, including, but not limited to:Portfolio landlords looking to restructure, add to their portfolios or capital raiseClients struggling with new rental coveragesForeign nationals and expatsFirst time buyers and landlordsOnshore and offshore company and trust structuresExtending leasesAdverse consideredHMO'sSemi commercialLow or no background income. Show less Octopus Investments are one of the UK's leading specialist fund management companies, with £5.5 billion in funds under management. I work with advisers in the West of Scotland and I am responsible for developing new and existing relationships with financial intermediaries within the region concentrating on the opportunities around VCT, EIS, IHT and AIM investments to provide returns and innovative tax planning solutions for clients. Expertise: - Inheritance Tax (IHT) solutions (individual and corporate) - Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) - Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) - Multi Manager funds - Specialist solutions for Tier 1 Investors - Tax planning ideas Show less

  • Investment Manager

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Corporate Development Manager - Real Estate

    Feb 2020 - Nov 2024

  • Head of Internal Sales - Real Estate

    Nov 2018 - Feb 2020

  • Business Development Manager - Real Estate

    May 2016 - Nov 2018

  • Business Development Manager - Investments

    Apr 2013 - May 2016