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Tom Green

Tom Green

London,UK

Summary

I'm a business leader with experience launching products and services across the enterprise and startup worlds. With experience spanning from defence to financial services to software development, I have a unique perspective on what it means to provide value to clients. I'm excited by the prospect of taking the experience I've gained in taking a startup from 0-1 and building upon it so that I can lead large organisations through growth, scaling and ultimately exit.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Co-Founder & CEO

Verticode
London, UK
2022.09 - Current
  • Established the business, growing to £1m (AUD$ ~2m) annual revenue in 3 years with no external funding.
  • Led profitability growth at 20% while maintaining 95% year-on-year revenue increase.
  • Directed recruitment growth of the team to 15 full-time employees across London and Sheffield offices.
  • Personally formed partnerships with accelerator programmes in US and UK, including UK government-backed national incubator Plexal.
  • Diversified the client base from UK-only to a 50/50 UK/US split, enhancing market opportunities and revenue.

Strategy Analyst

American Express
London, UK
2019.09 - 2022.01
  • Led the strategy for operations within the launch of small business banking in the US market, Amex's entry into traditional business banking
  • Collaborated with external consultants to identify and install optimum approaches to service levels within digital-first banking while ensuring positive customer experience for a new product launch.
  • Received promotion offer into leadership within strategy for the roll-out. Declined to pursue business education at UC Berkeley.

Business Assurance & Improvement

Airbus Defence and Space
, UK
2017.06 - 2018.06
  • Responsible for introducing lean management strategies across the Communications, Intelligence & Security arm of the defence business.
  • Coordinated the CEO-led review of a Gulf state border security project. Culminating in a week-long review attended by senior officials, including then group CEO Thomas Enders

Education

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
2022.01 - 2022.07

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

University of Leeds
Leeds
2015.09 - 2019.06

Skills

  • Strategic leadership
  • Operational leadership
  • Business planning and governance
  • Business development & sales
  • Technology implementation
  • Strong communication (written & verbal)
  • Staff recruitment and retention
  • Project management

References

References available upon request.

Affiliations

  • Mentorship - Startup mentoring across multiple accelerator programs including Founder Institute, LSE Generate, UoL City Launch Lab among others
  • Investing - Active in opportunistic investing, including startups, fine wine and art (alongside more traditional asset classes)
  • Sports - Represented reputable sports clubs in both Soccer & Cricket

Timeline

Co-Founder & CEO

Verticode
2022.09 - Current

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
2022.01 - 2022.07

Strategy Analyst

American Express
2019.09 - 2022.01

Business Assurance & Improvement

Airbus Defence and Space
2017.06 - 2018.06

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

University of Leeds
2015.09 - 2019.06
Tom Green