Nov 2014 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• Partnered with Group CEO, John Walden to accelerate the renewal of Argos & the restructure of Home Retail Group plc. HRG Board recommended the acceptance of Sainsbury plc's offer of $2bn for the Group. Deal completed end of August 2016

Apr 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 1 mo · US/UK

• Trusted advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and boards, partnering with public and private leaders on strategic clarity, transformation, and corporate renewal.
• Selectively investing in and mentoring game-changing founders at the early-stage and university spinout level; challenging industry orthodoxy to mentor the next generation of CEO's.

Apr 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · London and New York

• Partnered with CEO and Founder of LRN Dov Seidman to help accelerate the growth of the advisory business globally. LRN is the leading ethics and compliance firm helping brands create compliance-aware and ethically-inspired workforces. Director of LRN Global Ltd and LRN Ltd in UK. Represented LRN at the World Economic Forum(WEF), facilitating membership as a prestigious WEF, Global Growth Company.

Jun 2011 – Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Bruno, CA

• Investment Partner and Board Advisor for Portfolio Companies. Shaped and led the firm's strategic partnership program - designed to help scale businesses in portfolio.
• Vantage Point Capital Partners was the leading global investor in energy innovation and efficiency - $4.5bn in committed capital. Investment portfolio included Tesla Motors (IPO), BrightSource Energy, AlertMe (acquired by British Gas - now Hive), Genomatica, Liquid Robotics, Switch, Edo Interactive, Identified (acquired by Workday), Evolv & ScribD.

Feb 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Best Buy was organized globally into three regions, Americas, Europe and Asia. I led the Asia region reporting to CEO of Best Buy Inc.
• Asia was the fastest-growing region within Best Buy - with over $5bn in revenues, 17,000 employees. Shaped and led the restructure of the Best Buy's International operations - including the geopolitically complex closing of the Best Buy branded stores in China, to focus on Five Star (fast growing Chinese business acquired in 2005).

Jun 2008 – Jun 2011 · 3 yrs · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Founded, led and operated Best Buy Capital, a strategic Venture Fund to enable the strategic vision of Best Buy's reinvention.

Nov 2007 – Feb 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Shaped, and led the development of the Emerging Business platforms which then evolved into the New Business Customer group. We built platforms, strategic relationships, and new distribution channels in the spaces of HealthCare, New Media, Electric Transportation and Home Energy Management . General Management of merchant, supply chain, finance, marketing, customer insights functions. Reported to CEO Best Buy. Member of Executive Committee.

May 2003 – Nov 2007 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Reporting to Brad Anderson (CEO) and as member of Executive Committee co-led the strategic customer centric transformation of Best Buy. Partnering with Brad, engaged proactively with teams of frontline employees all across the organisation to catalyse and build the foundations of the well known and respected sustainable innovative culture at Best Buy.
• Started as VP Strategy and Innovation in May 2003.

Apr 1999 – May 2003 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Menlo Park, California

• Strategos was built on a solid foundation of academic theory and real-world practice. A group of talented professionals partnered with Professor Gary Hamel and formed Strategos to help organizations create a point of view about future opportunities and develop innovation capabilities to exploit them. In essence partnering with Fortune 100 companies on their 'innovation and transformation journey'. Clients included McDonalds, Whirlpool and Best Buy.

Mar 1991 – Apr 1999 · 8 yrs 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

• Co-founded the Business Transformation Practice in Europe,
• Business Process Re-engineering,
• Company Restructuring/Turnarounds.

Mar 1990 – Mar 1991 · 1 yr

Sep 1987 – Mar 1990 · 2 yrs 6 mos