About Gordon
Accomplished entrepreneur with over 15 years of financial, sales, marketing and operational experience. Known for the ability to be enterprising and imaginative, and to resolve problems and identify areas for improvment and expansion that drive results. Highly enthusiastic and motivated, with the capacity to work under pressure and embrace change, a natural and proven leader combining creativity with analytical, business and exceptional communications skills.
Core competencies include:
Leadership: Babson Leadership Award, Graduate Admissions Ambassador, ICAS tutor, charitable fundraiser, various committees.
Flexibility: Success in various roles in finance, customer management, sales, strategy, consulting and operations; with a willingness to travel and to assist in many areas of your business, in summary possessing an open and positive 'can do' attitude.
Creative: Personal skill enhanced through work in design, branding and media, and creating various business and social collateral.
Innovative: Devised and introduced new mobile telephony plan for Alfred McAlpine that Vodafone introduced to other customers, creating value for both organisations - $400k savings per annum, and Vodafone revenue stream worth >$6m from first five customers.
Networking: Created extensive US, UK and international networks, and witht he ability to continually grow through tenacity, interpersonal skills, and enthusiasm. Grew consulting business from start-up to twenty clients in eighteen months.
Negotiating: Contractual negotiations with Vodafone and British Telecommunications plc, resulting in $10.6m savings over three years.
Presenting: Highly articulate and adept, with expereience presenting to small groups and large audiences, both business and social.
Entrepreneurship: Involved in five start-ups from age 25, created and built new division of large corporation to 500+ new customers.
Mergers & Acquisitions: Conducted all phases, from identification and negotiation, to integration, of eight acquisitions, and involved in several others.
Learn New Skills: Graduated 3rd of 81 MBA students at Babson College, MA, undertaking Private Pilot's Licence, learning Swedish and Spanish.
Chronologically, Gordon graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1991 with a Bachelor of Accounting, and qualified three years later as a Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) whilst training with Ernst & Young. Thereafter, he gained further experience in controller roles with Relayfast Ltd, the first privatised company within British Rail, and Havelock Europa, the UK's leading shopfitters. A deep-rooted entrepreneurial streak transitioned Gordon to VFactO plc, a startup IT and new media company, as CFO in 2000, followed by five years with Alfred McAlpine Business Services, covering financial and commercial activities for the rapidly expanding IT Services' division.
In 2007, Gordon left to start his own consulting business, and rapidly grew this over eighteen months, enjoying the varied lifestyle of managing his own business, and being able to identify with many of the issues facing his clients. In 2009, with an eye to expand to the US, he took on the intensive One Year MBA at Babson College, the #1 ranked school worldwide for entrepreneurship for the last eighteen years, with the One Year programme voted #2 in the US and #5 globally for fast-track MBAs. Gordon graduated Summa Cum Laude, finishing 3rd in a class of 81, and being awarded the Babson Leadership Award for the One Year programme, as well as being appointed an Ambassador for Graduate Admissions in the inaugural year of this initiative. He now operates from New York City and Glasgow, Scotland.
Personally, Gordon enjoys most sports, but primarily football (soccer), rugby, golf and skiing. He also enjoys flying and scuba diving, and travel is a real passion. Believing that pirates were just entrepreneurs of their time without the funding, with an addiction to risk and excitement over the pursuit of riches, he has been seen as Jack Sparrow for various Halloween and Mardi Gras festivities. Gordon is also a qualified massage therapist and Reiki practitioner, having spent two winter seasons in Verbier, Switzerland, relieving aching skiing muscles, and continues this in his spare time. He is also involved in coaching life skills to youths, helping them to improve confidence and learn personal and business skills to improve their lives.
Bungee jumping in a kilt, white water rafting and ziplining through rainforests in Costa Rica, surfing lessons at age 40, life is never dull when you are around Gordon. And with a unique personality and strong business and entrepreneurial skills, he will provide your business with new ideas, different challenges, and performance improvement. He looks forward to working with you.
