Non Executive Director – Nominet
June 2009 – Present
Nominet operates at the heart of e-commerce in the UK, running one of the world’s largest Internet registries with over seven million domain names. With highly respected industry credentials, it is entrusted with the management of the .uk and .44 registries, employs 119 staff and has an annual turnover of £20m. As a Non Executive Director at Nominet, I:
- provide leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls
- help set the Company’s strategic aims, ensure that the necessary financial and human resources are in place for the Company to meet its objectives, and review management performance; and
- set the Company’s values and standards and ensure that its obligations to its shareholders and others are understood and met.
Member “Pilotlighter” – Pilotlight UK
January 2009 – January 2010
Pilotlight addresses the need of small charities who have the expertise to address the needs of their beneficiaries but do not have/could not afford to buy the time and skills to develop their business infrastructure. As a member, or “Pilotlighter”, I provide business consultancy to selected charities to support their social visions and to help ensure strong, sustainable organisations. This involves business planning, helping to set strategic priorities, advising on effective financial management and cost control and helping these charities ensure sustainable and long term funding through donations and investments.
Director of Business Development – Sedo UK
November 2007 – Present
Responsible for the launch of Sedo’s UK office, tasks include hiring a team, sourcing a location, growing our existing client base and driving growth in the UK/Irish markets by heading up client acquisitions and the effective design and implementation of Sedo UK’s business development strategy. This position also involves:
• Developing and executing successful multi-channel external communications and consumer education programmes, including media relations, PR, targeted publications and a public presence at industry events and key stakeholder working groups
• Producing viable business plans, setting the strategy for Sedo UK and mapping these plans against marketing and HRM roadmaps
• Sourcing and leveraging business partnerships to provide mutual value
• Ensuring fully integrated post-sale service delivery
• Developing and maintaining Sedo’s high profile
• Setting KPIs and reporting to Sedo’s board of management
Elected PAB member – Nominet Policy Advisory Body (PAB)
June 2008 – Present
In my role as a Nominet member-elected PAB representative, I provide advice to the Board of Directors on the non-operational guiding principles regarding the oversight of the .uk domain name registry. This includes:
* Providing policy advice which is clear and flexible
* Assisting in advising on the policy direction Nominet should take
* Considering and bringing to the attention of the Board any policy issues that may be of future importance or affect the .uk namespace.
* The periodic review of current policies.
* Periodic review of the performance of the PAB and PAB members
Director of UK/International Operations – Sedo GmbH
June 2005 – December 2007
Key responsibilities included day-to-day operations of Sedo’s UK and international markets, managing an international team and handling a large portfolio of key B2B and B2C customers. Central tasks included the growth of Sedo’s domain monetization and domain trade solutions in the UK and other key markets, internal and external contract negotiations and regular on- and off-site client meetings. I liaised daily with other team managers, the marketing and Bus Dev teams and reported directly to the VP of Sales.
Brokerage Manager – Sedo GmbH
June 2004 – June 2005
Key responsibilities included domain and website evaluations and high-value domain sales. I negotiated directly with traders, including the terms of their contracts and sourced and managed buyers and sellers as well as leading a team of brokers.
