Don't just take my word for it...
In my ten years as an interim I've been fortunate to work for some amazing people and they've been kind enough to tell you what they think...
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"As a result of continued expansion Riviera Travel was looking to recruit our first Marketing Director which we started searching for in November 2014. Our standards were extremely high, we were looking to recruit the best in the industry and were prepared to pay accordingly. Even after using the best of recruiters and head hunters we were still struggling to find the correct calibre six months later. In order to ease the time pressure we recruited Colin as an interim solution and were extremely pleased we did. He quickly reviewed our marketing mix and proposed various quick, medium and long term solutions and projects. He is well used to giving a top down review and equally as important effective implementation and communicating these sometimes rapid changes to all relevant parties without angst which is a rare skill. I remember thinking a couple of months ago, 'it makes you realise how much we don't know and wish we had met him sooner'. He has a great deal of experience and I really wish him well. He did a great job and thoroughly recommend him." Michael Wright
Founder and Non-Executive Director |
"A first rate interim! Understood the challenge, the business and the culture really quickly and spearheaded the change needed to deliver results. Hands on as and when the role demanded but equally capable of shaping the marketing strategy. Would have no hesitation in recommending Colin." David Clemson
Managing Director |
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"In a highly competitive and fast moving space our consumer marketing was in need of an overhaul with focus on performance, speed and quants. Colin helped us identify and deliver against our opportunities, additionally developing out exciting new activities using traditional as well as new media and technology including increased focused on partnerships. Colin hit the ground running, fitting in well, quickly delivering and adding real value. Colin is a very creative and experienced individual who brings a lot of common sense knowhow. A strong team player, who gets things done whilst keeping his feet firmly on the ground." Jesper With-Fogstrup
Managing Director |
Brian Wilkinson
Executive Board Member UK, Gulf, India, China & Australasia |
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"Colin was recommended to us. He joined the marketing team during a period of change and low morale. He was quick to understand the key challenges facing the business and the team, and worked hard to refocus them into key priorities. He is a very hands on creative marketeer who fits in well and is quite at home tactically or strategically. A good all-rounder with plenty of breadth and depth whom I would also highly recommend." Morwenna Angove
Chief Executive |
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"I worked with Colin during his time at Home Retail Group. Despite Colin only having been in the position for short amount of time he managed to gain a thorough understanding of all of the issues and deal with those that actually made a difference. More than anything Colin has that rare ability to make things happen!: defining a course of action, lobbying the appropriate stakeholders and decision makers, getting them all on board and then executing effectively. All the while maintaining a great relationship with all interested parties. In summary, Colin is intelligent, decisive, hard working and a pleasure to work with. I would recommend Colin to anyone." John Paleomylites
Product Director, Google Founder, Beat That Quote |
"Colin is a highly knowledgeable marketing professional, good at developing strong working relationships at all levels. He is a detailed planner with a thorough approach to gain alignment on actions to be taken. He is also a strong team player - seeking to find the best means to support teams to achieve their objectives." Andy Davies
Group Commercial Services Director Merlin Entertainments |
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"Colin is an excellent project manager who has the ability to hit the ground running and integrate into the business very quickly. He has the ability to articulate complex matters in a clear and concise way to enable all levels of people to understand and buy into his proposed solution. A stickler for detail who manages partners well and delivers on time. He completed an excellent piece of work over 7 months at Goodwood" Tracey Greaves
Chief Commercial Officer |
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"Our industry is very fast-moving and marketing needed to change in response. Morale in the marketing team was low, key team members were leaving and a change in marketing approach was needed. As an experienced interim, Colin had a rapid impact on both our UK and Asia Pacific operations - prioritising resources, re-building internal relationships, repurposing the team and building out new and effective marketing. Very committed, hard-working and commercially focused. It was a pleasure to work with him." Andrew MacKinnon
Finance Director |
"Colin is a personable and trust worthy interim Marketing Director, he is able to hit the ground running which is a critical factor in an interim role and he seamlessly slots into a team. His strength is in timely communication and detailed follow up, creating a suitable audit trail which is again beneficial within the interim environment. He is equally capable of tactical execution as and when required." Dominique Sidley
Group Trade & Promotions Director |
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"I worked with Colin at Littlewoods Shop Direct Financial Services. Colin is a very talented individual with wide ranging skills. His primary specialism was in Marketing where he was hugely creative and disciplined but he could also turn his hand to many other complex operational tasks and projects (including a whole business relocation). I also found him to be very pro-active with new ideas and concepts adding considerable value to the business. Highly recommended." Steve Baker
Sales & Marketing Director |
"Colin worked on behalf of our group of luxury hotels; alongside myself and the Marketing Manager at unit level he assisted us in our rebranding project, the development of the brand both internally and externally whilst also helping us to more fully develop our group website .I enjoyed working with Colin immensely; always positive and his knowledge was invaluable to us." Sue Wolton
General Manager, Runnymede Hotel & Spa |
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"Colin led the MyTravel partnership and promotions business for over 18 months with great results - his core marketing skills coupled with his strategic and commercial approach where key attributes to the success." Ruth Hilton
Head of Sales |
"Colin is an excellent marketeer with innovative and creative ideas who executes marketing campaigns on time and on budget. Colin adds value to the whole management team with clear thinking and plenty of common sense." Richard Smith
Client Director |
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