Gary: Central to the Development of Several Multi-National Consumer Products

Gary has been central to the development of a number of multinational consumer products through his retail, consultancy, e-commerce, training and start-up experience in both the UK and overseas.

• Interim sales and marketing director for Grey Archer, a Nomura funded b2b e-commerce start-up for the leisure industry
• Grey Archer developed and implemented the business plan, and recruited, trained and developed the sales and marketing team
• Set up first marketing department for Burton McCall, with clear roles and responsibilities with specific brand budgets
• At Littlewoods' scratch card division was responsible for the sales and marketing of a £30m turnover operation
• Littlewoods obtained broad distribution for the business across the impulse sector
• Instrumental in the acquisition of Littlewoods' key competitor UKCL and integrating the two businesses
• At Marston's he created two new divisions, the UK take home sector business and an international business unit to handle exports
• Developed Tesco and Victoria Wine 'own brand' ranges of bottled beers
• Appointed and managed distributors in Sweden, Italy, France, Russia, Canada and the United States
• At Kenner Parker (Hasbro) grew the Parker Games divisions' turnover by 43% in 2 years
• Personally developed the Argos and Woolworths accounts