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Jonathan Straight
Creative Entrepreneur at WGN Chartered Accountants
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Jonathan Straight
Creative Entrepreneur at WGN Chartered Accountants
Joined 02/05/2018
Level: LEVEL 01 (12 mo pts: 0 pts)
Lifetime points: 67 pts
I am a dynamic and award-winning entrepreneur with a broad range of experience and skills. Having founded a business, growing it organically and through acquisition to become the market leader in its sector and floating it on the London Stock Exchange ten years in.
I successfully exited after 21 years at the helm. I am in the process of building a portfolio of non-executive roles within organisations that can benefit from my extensive experience and wide-ranging skills. I also write and present for television.
In addition I work extensively with start ups and small businesses, mentoring, assisting and potentially investing.
Specific skills and areas of interest include:
Making the world a better place through impactful and creative commercial activity;
Proven futurist approach to business strategies;
Environmental issues and regulated markets;
Working with utilities, private, public and third sectors;
Waste management and recycling;
Business with social or environmental purpose;
Company floatation with expertise in investor relations and corporate governance;
Fundraising and refinancing via equities, banks and invoice discounters;
Strategic, visionary and entrepreneurial sales and marketing skills;
Creating and building brands both conventionally and on line;
Detailed understanding of direct marketing and e-commerce;
Development of export distribution networks;
Independence of thought, often left of field;
Problem solving;
Media and social media savvy - TV writer and presenter.
I successfully exited after 21 years at the helm. I am in the process of building a portfolio of non-executive roles within organisations that can benefit from my extensive experience and wide-ranging skills. I also write and present for television.
In addition I work extensively with start ups and small businesses, mentoring, assisting and potentially investing.
Specific skills and areas of interest include:
Making the world a better place through impactful and creative commercial activity;
Proven futurist approach to business strategies;
Environmental issues and regulated markets;
Working with utilities, private, public and third sectors;
Waste management and recycling;
Business with social or environmental purpose;
Company floatation with expertise in investor relations and corporate governance;
Fundraising and refinancing via equities, banks and invoice discounters;
Strategic, visionary and entrepreneurial sales and marketing skills;
Creating and building brands both conventionally and on line;
Detailed understanding of direct marketing and e-commerce;
Development of export distribution networks;
Independence of thought, often left of field;
Problem solving;
Media and social media savvy - TV writer and presenter.
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