Imtiaz Patel

Imtiaz is a growth and turnarounds executive with a strong track record in building, growing and turning around businesses. As a former General Manager of multiple businesses, he has been able to combine strategy with execution to deliver significant results, growing both the top and bottom line. Imtiaz spent a number of years as a management consultant with a focus on growth strategy, digital expansion, market entry strategy and cost reduction. After 10+ years as a consultant he joined Dow Jones & Company, leading strategy and analytics in circulation marketing. During his tenure, The Wall Street Journal became the #1 newspaper in the US, with circulation growing while the rest of the industry was shrinking and delivered record revenue and profits. Imtiaz was then asked to join the B2B side of the business leading global strategy and operations, where he was responsible for right-sizing the business and developing a new go to market approach that involved fundamental redesign of sale processes, analytics and how products were sold. After leaving Dow Jones, Imtiaz led strategy and business development at The Children's Place where he delivered on a number of new growth avenues.Functionally, Imtiaz has deep experience in Strategy Development, New Concept Development, Marketing Effectiveness, Sales Force Effectiveness, Business Turnaround, Change Management, General Management, Enterprise Cost Reduction, and P&L Management.Imtiaz has experience in multiple industries, including Retail, Media, Publishing, Information Services in both B2C and B2B with a strong international bias having worked in multiple countries.