Darran - COO/Managing Director - UK - iCEO #90306

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Darran's Profile

iCEO #90306

Position: COO/Managing Director

Nationality: UK

Experience

Proven Executive Board member with an MBA from University of Warwick. Results-driven leader specialising in strategic transformation and business optimisation to scale at pace across a global footprint. Strong track record of delivering measurable outcomes and exceeding P&L targets, driving commercial revenues and margin improvement.

Major Achievements

• Orchestrated the strategic growth of several businesses with a focus on value proposition, SAAS development & pipeline expansion. Achieved >36% increase in revenues. • Direct leadership of Operations & Transformation functions, inc. Strategy, IT, PMO, Risk, Customer Service, Change & Technical teams, >300 staff and annualised budgets in excess of £250m. • Enterprise Target Operating Model design, focused on CSM, CX, UX & Value Chains. • Turnaround and maturity of struggling operations & change functions across multiple sectors. • Large scale capital investment Programmes >£50bn in Supply Chain, Rail & EV Battery Materials.

Industry Sector Competencies

Systems Integration

Telecommunications

Energy-Oil-Gas

Financial Services

Chemical

Professional Objectives

Function: Managing Director

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time, part time

Prefered Locations: United Kingdom

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

Australia

Hong Kong

Ireland

Singapore

UK

Operational Competencies

AI strategy (Professional)

Technologies to market (Professional)

Business development (Professional)

Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)

Pre or post investment audit (Professional)