David Roberts

A creative veteran business development professional with considerable financial market experience in generating new opportunities and managing existing account sales. A senior player who has a keen interest in funding the new economy of electric car charging infrastructure, sustainable energy, robotics and tele-medicine. Highly established skills in setting up sales and service teams in country and in different countries across a range of different businesses. A hands on developer / leader who drives business from the front. Excellent people skills in leading, motivating, coaching and mentoring diverse commercial sales and support teams to deliver exceptional customer value experiences. Proven history in delivering results for major global organisations. A strong negotiator, speaker and presenter, who has extensive experience in building performance based environments for people to grow. A leader who has taken sales teams through massive change and re-structuring. Proven strengths in: • Business Development over a range of businesses - not only financial • Leading sales teams to identify and grow profitable business • Change Management, strategic business planning, re-engineering and delivery of results • Recruiting, coaching, mentoring, training and developing people from diverse backgrounds • Monitoring and reporting of results, with a focus on effective forecasting • Performance improvement and implementing best practice strategies • Credit and Risk Management, Compliance and Best Practice Procedures • Working with professional associations and local groups Specialties: SALES + Specialities: C Suite and Senior level relationship building, growing & motivating teams, business planning, credit and risk management, P&L responsibility, process analysis, integrating company operations, product development, market pricing, managing complex client relationships, championing diversity in the workplace. Personal skills: Honest, loyal, trustworthy, respectful, sharing, resourceful, courageous, audacious, durable, creative, diligent, tenacious, low maintenance, team player, solution centric, trusted advisor, industry knowledgeable, turns up rain or shine, gets the job done,