ROBERT WAINWRIGHT

ROBERT WAINWRIGHT

Robert Wainwright
Midlands, London & South West

Robert Wainwright

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE	COMPANY EXPERIENCE	EXTERNAL SERVICES PROVIDED AT
Portugal, Spain, Denmark	Automotive Products, Varta, Tudor, Raaco, Ewbank,	RS Components, Microsoft, Vodafone, Deliverers, ScanCorner, Glintt
SPECIALIST SKILLS	A well rounded and experienced Business Manager, Managing Director and CEO with a Strategy, Sales, Marketing and ROI focus.Experienced with overseas corporates, supply chains and working across borders and cultures.  Opened UK&I as new markets Rescued and turnaround of companies both for Corporate overseas owners and local SMEs. Access to finance work for established firms seeking to grow, for start-ups and debt restructure for turnarounds
OTHER	Well suited to working with overseas companies overseeing their UK subsidiaries and operations.  Recognising, respecting and integrating well with differing corporate cultures Climbed in the Himalayas, Alps. Sailed/Raced in Fastnet, Middle Sea, across Gulf of Mexico. Member of the Royal Yachting Association and British Mountaineering Coucil

Robert Wainwright
NXD Non-Exec

Rob spent most of his career working for overseas companies as MD/CEO of their UK subsidiaries.  He describes himself as an all-round MD/CEO with a commercial (strategy, sales and marketing) orientation.

Rob launched SEA Tudor onto the UK market, winning 5% market share within 2 years and increased profits 500% from 10% ROS (£250k) to 25% (£1.25m) ROS.

Opportunities usually came about because of business problems; Rob discovered that he had a talent for business growth and turning businesses around, dealing with crises, developing businesses and putting them on the path for sustainable profits

Rob comes from a family business background spending his school holidays working in the family firm, eventually becoming a salesperson for the company after leaving full-time education.  The business was sold and Rob was appointed General Manager by the new owners. Around this time Rob added professional qualifications to his practical experience.

Rob is Non-Executive Chair of an SME and a Non-Executive Advisor to the Board of 2 other organisations.  He has previously been part-time CEO for an online brand development company and also acts as an advisor to SMEs.

He is a keynote speaker at HSBC and NatWest events, the Business Network and the Institute of Directors (IOD). Articles about Rob have appeared in business publications such as CIE and Growth Business magazine

Supplemental Information;

• HSBC and NatWest keynote speaker to SMEs
• Articles (about Robert) in CIE and Business Growth Magazine
• The Business Network keynote speaker
• Institute of Directors (IOD) keynote speaker
• Other articles include, ‘The Sales Person You Never Knew You Had’