Experience

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  Nomura asset management

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Portfolio manager
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  Capel cure sharp limited

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  Telecoms analyst
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  Hsbc securities

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Telecoms specialist sales
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  Ubs ltd.

  Aug 1994 - Mar 1996

  Director

  Telecoms Research and Sales

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  Flemings bank

  Mar 1996 - Apr 1997

  Director

  Head of Telecoms Investment Research

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  China fashion network ltd.

  Sept 1997 - Nov 2009

  Director

  China Fashion Network licences brands for European companies in the Chinese market. CFNL also manufactures clothing and footwear for the European Market.

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  Csfb ltd.

  Jun 1998 - Apr 1999

  Director

  Director of Telecoms Research

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  Dresdner rcm global investors

  Apr 1999 - Aug 2001

  Director

  Global Head of Telecoms and Media Research and Investment

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  Vector business group

  Jun 2003 - now

  Founder

  Vector Business Group offers a one-stop-shop advisory service to business at every stage of their evolution and growth. With the highest calibre of associates, VBG gets you from A to B in the least number of moves.

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  Witherdens hall

  Jan 2005 - now

  Founder

  Witherdens Hall helps enable individuals and companies to achieve their full potential. We offer residential stays in our Retreat as well as business advisory services in Witherdens Hall and in the workplace. Anyone, from any walk of life, can benefit from a stay at the Retreat - which gives the guest a time and space in which to regroup, refresh and rejuvenate mind, body and spirit. In the workplace, we help companies at every stage of their growth to manage the development while continuing with the day-to-day running of their businesses. Show less

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  Greentarget global group

  Oct 2007 - Dec 2008

  Senior consultant
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  Sospiro ltd

  Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

  Partner and commercial director

  Tim Jackaman and I took the excellent foundations of powerful performance training for leaders that John Harle had discovered through his years as a highly successful composer performer and turned Sospiro into a viable business, with clients such as the NHS and Christchurch University. A highly-successful series of Performance Lectures and Workshops through Autumn 08 should ensure that Sospiro with a bright future ahead of it.

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  Mindfulness at work ltd

  Jan 2010 - now

  Founder

  Over the last 12 years, Mindfulness at Work has become the trusted advisor for over 150 organisations. We help companies and institutions of all kinds (from schools and hospitals, to charities and businesses) choose, design and deploy best-in-class mind-based interventions to enable their employees become more focused, creative, collaborative and resilient - not just at work but in all areas of their lives. Since 2010, we have introduced well over 100,000 people to mindfulness training, winning (in partnership with Ashurst LLP) a coveted award from UK legal sector in the process. We select the best programmes from around the world - ones that we believe are particularly suitable for our individual clients’ unique business imperatives – and partner with our clients to help them to deploy them in the most effective way possible. We also help them measure the outcomes - which has included compelling uplifts in resilience measured through a world-first randomised, controlled global study conducted for a client in conjunction with Cranfield School of Management.Our flagship programme for Managers, Teams and Leaders are those of our global partner, Potential Project. Their highly-acclaimed Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training (CBMT) & Mindful Leadership Programmes have been delivered to over 45,000 employees in corporations throughout the world.Other programmes include our proprietary Introduction to Mindfulness (MiN) for the general workplace population, Mindfulness in Schools Project Programmes for the education sector, Mindful Self-Compassion training for the healthcare sector, Street Wisdom for one-off team events and Walking the Talk interventions for whole organisation culture change. Show less

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  The potential project

  May 2015 - Jan 2023

  Country director

  Potential Project is the leading global provider of Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training for Teams and Leaders. Having received many accolades for their training of over 35,000 employees in organisations ranging from Accenture to Nike, these programmes are now available in the UK. With a large group of trainers, all who have senior-level experience in the corporate world coupled with long-standing mindfulness practices, we are the perfect partner to help enable focussed minds and organisational excellence for teams and leaders throughout the UK. Show less

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  Center for compassionate leadership

  Jan 2023 - now

  Global ambassador
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  Reboot the future

  Oct 2023 - now

  Ambassador