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ABOUT ME

 

Profile

 

A seasoned company director with 19 years of experience in the Import/export sector, along with various voluntary work. This also includes leading a free award winning, walking and running group for adults based in London. 

Work

Experience

 

Quintex (UK) Ltd​ - Director - May 04 - Present

  • Procurement: sourcing products on behalf of clients, and preparing documentation relevant for export/Import sector, as well as assisting in key export negotiations

  • Responsible for Accounting tasks such as VAT Returns and company bookkeeping

  • Prepared quotations in the form of a Proforma Invoice

  • Dealing with clients in sectors such as Governments, Law, Media, Pharmaceutical and Natural resources

  • Social media pages & web design: managing quintexuk.com 

  • Worked with companies from around the world, particularly China,

  • Nigeria, India, Dubai and Europe

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Run with Andy® - Founder & Leader - May 17 - Present​

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AP Security (APS) Ltd - Steward - Mar 16 - Jun 16

  • Provide directions to customers

  • Greet customers and check tickets

  • Provide excellent customer service and assist with public queries

  • Ensure customer safety within Wembley Stadium

 

BBC Watchdog - Researcher - Oct 09 - Nov 09                 

  • ​Responsible for admin tasks for the Watchdog Production team as well as opening and logging audience correspondence

  • Finding stories which have been sent in to Watchdog for researchers to consider for future shows and delivered tapes to and from UNIT post production house

  • Assisting on film shoots, which consisted of runner duties as well as participating in the live studio broadcast

  • Data-entry of individuals personality tests on behalf of BBC `Child Of Our Time`
  • Producing Watchdog styled 3 minute documentaries using the Sony Z1 camera and researched archived clips from other shows to be used in future shows

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Events

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Crisis at Christmas - Dec 13 - Dec 22

  • Help for the homeless charity; general volunteering duties i.e. serving food, cleaning, CV help, clothing handouts, personal care, main door and outside security

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Birmingham Commonwealth Games - Mar 22 - Aug 22

  • Auditioned and rehearsed at both Edgbaston and Longbridge, Birmingham

  • Performed in front of a live crowd at Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham, as part of the `work hard play hard` section in the closing ceremony

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Queens Jubilee Pageant - Apr 22 - Jun 22

  • Performed as part of the `times of our lives` section of the Pageant, 2000`s cast

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UEFA Euro 2020 - Jun 21 - Jul 21

  • Providing the best possible support to all broadcast partners in order to fully exploit their media

      rights and deliver a truly bespoke production to their respective                audiences

  • Responsible for ensuring that freelancers and journalists are supported with their broadcasts

  • Provide basic information on TV production and booking matters, general tournament information as well as tourist information to UEFA EURO 2020 broadcast partners (UBPs)

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We Day UK - Mar 14 - Mar 20

  • Escorting and registering media to specific areas in the venue

  • Host and facilitate media activities in the press room

  • Working alongside the talent wrangler team to greet and host talent during their time in venue

  • Managing the schedule of WE Day speakers or performers to ensure they are where they need to be within the venue throughout the day

  • Communicated talent arrivals, drop-offs and media room check-ins to the production team

  • Ushering talent to their scheduled red carpet and media interviews 

  • Following the producer’s cues throughout the live red carpet broadcast regarding talent call times and schedule changes​

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ICC Cricket World Cup - Apr 19 - Jul 19

  • Worked alongside the Venue Media Manager on the day to day operation of a media centre

  • Assist media, and ensure that they have all needed to capture the action (interviews, quotations, footage)  

  • Support the media team at press conferences and mixed zones in each venue

  • Provide operational support to the Venue Broadcast Manager and the Broadcast Team as they capture images to beam across the globe​

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Silverstone Circuits Ltd - Apr - Jul 15

  • Provide directions to customers and check tickets

  • Assisted with public queries, ensure customer safety within the grandstands

 

Pride London - Jun 15

  • Responsible for crowd control, spotting and reporting any incidents, providing information and creating a good atmosphere​

 

IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 - Sep 14   

  • Scrum participant; setting a Guinness World Record for the worlds largest scrum of a total of 1,008 people recorded live

 

Tower of London Poppies - Aug 14

  • Planting ceramic poppies to reflect World War 1 centenary commemoration

 

Rugby League World Cup 2013 - Sep - Nov 13

  • Handing out flyers inside Wembley Stadium before kick off

  • Visited the Houses of Parliament; represented team 13 in photo shoots with MPs

  • Interviewed by BBC London News in Wembley Stadium, representing team 13 

 

BigIF Event - Jun 13

  • In charge of marshalling people up the viewing platform

  • Planted spinning flowers, with each flower representing each person suffering from hunger

 

UEFA Champions League Opening Ceremony - Apr 13 - May 13

  • Volunteered and rehearsed at the Hive Football Centre, Edgware, and Wembley Stadium alongside 500 other volunteers under Director Hamish Jenkinson, and Mass Movement Choreographers Andy Turner and Jonny Grant

 

LOCOG - Olympics and Paralympics Opening Ceremony  

Mar 12 - Aug 12

  • Volunteered and rehearsed at 3 Mills Studios, Dagenham East, and the Olympic Stadium alongside 10,000 other volunteers under Artistic Directors Danny Boyle, Toby Sedgwick, Bradley Hemmings, Jenny Sealey, and Movement Director Kevin Finnan

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Skills & Training

 

  • Proficient In Office 03 - 17 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and Access

  • Sage 50 payroll accounts course with Grover & co. chartered accountants

  • HTML5 editing for web design

  • Assited BBC Sinhala and Tamil world service, finding and editing news articles 

  • BBC online production health and safety course

  • Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) 

  • First Aid Essentials in Sport & Active Leisure

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Languages
  • Conversational Level French, German and Hindi 

Education & Interests
BSc (Hons) Business Management

​Sep 05 - Jun 08

  • Subjects: Business, Economics, Accounting (ACCA), Statistics, Information Technology & Management modules

 

My Interests and activities include: playing football, cricket, rugby, swimming, and leading my own walking & running club

  • Various runs - Sports Relief; Big Half; Richmond Park Half; Vitality 10k; The London Marathon, Asics 10k, Tough Mudder, Men's 10k Survival of the Fittest as well as travelling on business trips to Austria, Canada, Scotland, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore

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