“It has been a pleasure to work with Simon. Not only is he an inspirational and motivational leader, developing team members' skills and encouraging them to expand their knowledge, but he has a unique perspective on business challenges. This helps him to quickly cut through to the essence and define, develop, deliver -and importantly, articulate- impactful strategies. A talented Marketer who would be an asset to a forward-thinking organisation.”
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With over 25 years of experience, I am a skilled and versatile leader who can drive…
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Twitter/x - We're finished! After 15 years, 18,300 Tweets, running courses on the channel and helping to co-author a book explaining how to use…
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SAC Consulting
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Trustee (Communications)
Fight for Sight
- 3 years 8 months
Health
In 2016 I was appointed as a trustee for Fight for Sight, the UK's main eye research charity with a remit to assist the in-house team develop and maintain focussed communications activity.
Fight for Sight is the largest charity in the UK dedicated to funding research into eye disease which partners with leading institutions across the UK to fund world class research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease.
The charity's research has:
- saved the sight…In 2016 I was appointed as a trustee for Fight for Sight, the UK's main eye research charity with a remit to assist the in-house team develop and maintain focussed communications activity.
Fight for Sight is the largest charity in the UK dedicated to funding research into eye disease which partners with leading institutions across the UK to fund world class research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease.
The charity's research has:
- saved the sight of thousands of premature babies
- created the UK Corneal Transplant Service (52,000 transplants to date)
- set up the first clinical trial of gene therapy for inherited retinal disease
- sourced a potential treatment for choroideremia (with the Tommy Salisbury Choroideremia Fund)
Fight for Sight is funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
Honors & Awards
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Guinness World Record:
Guinness World Records
Participant in the successful record attempt for ‘largest human image of a boat’
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Certificate of Excellence
International Association of Business Communicators
Won as part of the team working on communications for the ROMANSE project: part of the EUs transportation telematics initiative based in Southampton, England
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French
Professional working proficiency
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Japanese
Limited working proficiency
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Chinese
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Hungarian
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Zulu
Elementary proficiency
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English
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Royal Geographic Society
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Chartered Institute of Marketing
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Institute of Public Relations
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