Name
Leigh

Position
Regional Director

Location
Yorkshire

Big Business Experience

Canon UK

Sensormatic UK

Small Business Experience

Smartech Energy ltd

Complete Business Solutions

Summary

Leigh is a highly motivated business leader with multi-sector experience spanning over 30 years.  Leigh has owned, managed and grown businesses over 20 years for both him and others, including a multi-sector regional business to business company that delivered services and products to over 20,000 companies across 16 different business units. His role as Group MD was to develop multiple strategies to enable growth in each business unit. Creating strong foundations was key to growth which went from £29m to £121m in 3 years.

Leigh has experience in attracting and working with Private Equity investors.  One of his more recent roles was focused on scaling a business to get ready for sale.

He has worked for Blue chip companies such as Canon UK, helping build and run their Partner channel network. Over a 15-year period he worked with over 50 partners helping them grow their businesses, in some cases taking a client from £200k to £11m in 9 years.

As a Boardroom advisor Leigh can help companies develop strong, measurable, business strategies and sales strategies for growth, as well as implement robust operational systems and practices.

Qualifications

• Complete Business Solutions – Senior leadership Programme
• Cohen Brown Management Group – Extraordinary Leadership programme
• Cohen Brown – Leading Breakthrough Service Performance
• Cohen Brown – Sports coaching for Business
• Canon Senior management courses (5 modules)
• Henley Business School Executive Education programme
• Miller Heiman Professional Selling Skills®, Advanced Selling, Strategic Selling®, Conceptual Selling®, SPIN® Selling courses
• Miller Heiman – Executive Impact℠
• Miller Heiman – Large Account Management Process℠ (LAMP®)
• Miller Heiman – Channel Management & Channel Sales programme
• Miller Heiman – Sales Coaching
• Miller Heiman – Customer Experience Strategies

Key Areas of Expertise

• Business Planning and Strategy
• Project Leadership and mentoring
• Organic sales growth
• New product strategies
• Coaching and Development
• Mentoring
• Sales planning and Strategies
• New Business Sales Development, UK
• Brand Launch and Development in UK
• Building Human Capital (building great teams)
• Developing cultures & values
• IT Services & Office Technology

Experience

Consultancy:

WHM Consultants: Founder/Director

Early-stage start-ups with high-growth potential &, established businesses. Help with strategy, operational management, planning, funding and marketing.

Business:

• Smartech Energy Ltd: Co- Founder/Director
• Supplying Energy management consultancy, products, and services to business.
• Developed and launched a unique no cost, high tech solution to help companies reduce their energy consumption and lower their carbon output.
• Opened a second office location as part of the growth strategy
• Built a sales team with a clear focus on growth
• Developed a company wide sales and marketing plan
• Pioneered industry unique financial propositions for the food retail sector
• Designed and implemented operations plan
• HR Plan

Minimise Energy Ltd: Co-Founder/Director

• Supplying Energy management technology, and services to business.
• Developed and launched a unique sales proposition for Manufacturers, retailers and Quick Service restaurants helping them reduce their energy consumption and lower their carbon impact.
• Business planning
• Sales planning
• Operational planning
• Financial modelling

Sharp Capital Management: Co-Founder/Director

• Private Proprietary trading firm
• Business planning
• Sales and marketing plan
• Building a Brand
• Built and launched a subscription service (B2C)
• Social media plan
• IT &Technology strategy
• Capital funding
• Exit Strategy plan

Complete Business Solutions: Group Managing Director

• Business strategy
• Business planning
• Acquisition Strategy (purchased 14 companies)
• Sales & marketing planning
• Operations planning
• HR planning
• L&D planning
• Raising capital
• Attracting and working with Private equity company (London)
• Sale/exit strategy post growth execution
• Building highly effective teams at all levels