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Lindsey Pitt

BA from Cambridge University , MBA from Harvard University , 6 years at Mckinsey & Company Inc, 1 year as Director at Clicksure Ltd & Principal at Strategos Ltd, Presently Independent Consultant at Green Dragonfly Ltd

Headline:	Service Provider
Work status:	On Sabbatical
Skills:	Business, Design, Languages, Leadership, Management, Public Relations, Retail, Sales, Writing
Next step:	When I arrive in SF in early 2010, I'll find a job helping a start-up/start-ups to grow.
Location:	London/San Francisco
Visas:	EU, US (visa pending)
Interested in:	Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding mentors, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups
Tags:	professional opportunities
Schools:	Harvard University, University of Cambridge

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer:	GREEN DRAGONFLY LIMITED, LONDON, U.K.
Position:	Independent Consultant
Time period:	January 2002 - Present
Description:	Independent Consultant, Innovation and Growth. Role includes analysis and identification of growth/innovation opportunities; design and implementation of staged growth/innovation programs; coaching clients in developing fresh perspectives, brainstorming/prioritizing opportunities and building business cases for early-stage investments; running internal “Dragons’ Den” events to pitch ideas for investment and support; project management. Example projects: European Telecoms Company. Client team of 40, 3 colleagues, 5-month project. Coached client teams to identify broad growth areas and sell them to the senior managers at a “Venture Fair”. European Food Manufacturer. UK and French client teams 6-8 members each, 3 colleagues, 4-month project. Worked with client to investigate customers, discontinuities, corporate and industrial orthodoxies, core competencies and business models. Coached client teams to analyze and identify growth opportunities and pitch them at a Dragons’ Den event to the European Management Team. First new product launched Q1 2007 just one year after pitch. Global Packaging Manufacturer. 50 clients, 2 colleagues, 6-month project. Designed and helped embed incremental and transformational innovation programs. Mexican Conglomerate. Ran innovation program to transform five nascent ideas into ventures. Four ventures secured funding. Global Media Company. Developed innovation project business plan and pitch with client team. Project was given green light and over £1M in funds by top management. Independent Consultant, Strategy. Role includes product, customer, competitor and supplier analyses; development of differentiated strategy, strategic initiatives and corresponding forecasts; drafting of implementation roadmaps; coaching and challenging clients; project management; report-writing. Primarily retail and consumer industries. Example projects: U.K. Department Store. Analyzed markets for 2 departments and forecasted growth opportunities, potential sales and investment requirements. U.K. General Merchandise Retailers. Articulated strategy and validated projects already underway for management board. Analyzed five-year threat from grocers and presented findings to board, identifying priority actions to address market changes. U.K. Durables Retailer. Led team of five to develop growth strategy in existing and new markets and to quantify impact of recommendations. U.K. Media Company. Developed web strategy and implementation roadmap. U.K. Publisher. Drew up plan describing five different scenarios to increase profits, quantifying the financial impact of each and setting out recommendations.

Employer:	REAL WORLD MULTIMEDIA
Position:	Assistant to CEO.
Time period:	January 1995 - Present
Description:	Developed CD-ROM distribution strategies

Employer:	STRATEGOS LIMITED,LONDON, U.K.
Position:	Principal
Time period:	January 2001 - December 2002
Description:	Consultancy founded by Professor Gary Hamel, specializing in blue-chip growth and innovation. Global Publisher. Diagnosed obstacles to growth and innovation. Oil Company. Designed and delivered innovation capability-building programs. European Industrial Company. Supported development of five new business cases.

Employer:	CLICKSURE LIMITED, OXFORD, U.K.
Position:	Director of Business Development.
Time period:	January 2000 - December 2001
Description:	Member of management board. VC-funded quality assurance start-up providing advisory services, software tools and assessments for e-businesses. Structured partnership deals and negotiated contracts with blue-chip customers. Set strategy and wrote business plans with CEO. Secured $6M funding. Developed and delivered quality bespoke products/services with operations team. Managed research team to identify and qualify sales targets and competitors.

Employer:	McKINSEY & COMPANY, INC.
Position:	Engagement Manager.
Time period:	January 1998 - December 2000
Description:	Team leader. Requires strong project management skills. Web-based B2B Services Start-up. Developed website content and customer offer for new service line. Global E-commerce Initiative. Led McKinsey team in design of e-commerce research program. U.K. General Insurance Company. Led team of two McKinsey and 20 client team members in 6-month review of quality of household indemnities and development of improvement programs. Played key role in £200M savings year 1.

Employer:	McKINSEY & COMPANY, INC.
Position:	Associate
Time period:	January 1996 - December 1998
Description:	Team member. Requires strong analytical and interpersonal skills. Global Consumer Products Manufacturer. Developed work plans for central/market integration activities and organization-wide training program for $10B merger. U.K. Off-License Retailer. Developed micro-marketing approach to estate planning. U.K. Food Retailer. Drew up catalogue retail strategy. Major International Broadcaster, Facilities Division. Built five-year model to forecast financial impact of alternative business strategies, and assessed longer-term future of the facilities industry. Analyzed best practices in supplier-customer relationships and helped redesign approach to trading.

Employer:	McKINSEY & COMPANY, INC.
Position:	Business Analyst
Time period:	January 1992 - December 1994
Description:	Team member. Requires strong analytical and interpersonal skills. U.K. Goods Retailer. Trained and supervised team in company-wide cost reduction program, resulting in 20% cut in workforce and 19% increase in employee productivity. U.K. Food Retailer. Developed and refined “bulk” section offer. International Broadcaster. Assessed broadcasters to compare client performance with benchmarks. Report was published by client for worldwide distribution.

Employer:	THORN E.M.I. ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Position:	Engineer
Time period:	January 1987 - December 1988

EDUCATION

University:	Harvard University
Time period:	1994 - 1996
Degree:	MBA

University:	University of Cambridge
Time period:	1988 - 1992
Degree:	East Asian Studies (Japanese), BA

INFORMATION

Hobbies:	Writing, reading, live comedy, cinema, running, cooking badly.
Awards:	Won university scholarship. Won Fulbright Award 1994-1995.

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