Warren Hammond

Volt.io

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Volt is building the global infrastructure for real-time payments. Our network of networks unites and harmonises the world’s next-generation account-to-account payment systems, enabling merchants across the globe to accept real-time, account-based payments from their customers – seamlessly, and at lightning speed. Real-time payments, everywhere.

Interim CRO

Rhino Consulting BV

At Rhino Consulting, I work with founder owners, business leaders and sales professionals to improve the whole sales organisation - through strategy, structure, methodology and management – analysing the entire organisation that supports the salespeople. And then making it better.
Clients: Studytube, Panda International, Yonego, PCN, Belvilla, Social Talent, SendCloud

CRO| CCO| CSO |Fractional Leader

Green Story

Green Story (www.greenstory.io) is the platform helping brands unlock the potential of their sustainability data and achieve a better way of doing business - whether they are at the beginning of their journey to net-zero or are far into it already.

Thanks to our customer-friendly solutions and using the global standard of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, Green Story enables brands to accurately quantify and show the environmental performance of their products, and offset their carbon footprint, making them carbon neutral. 

As a result, we elevate the customer experience with a brand’s sustainability narrative throughout the customer lifecycle, enhancing transparency, increasing loyalty, and driving revenue. 

Green Story partners with hundreds of leading brands, such as PANGAIA, thredUP, Rent the Runway, and Pact. Our global team of experts works to empower 1 billion people to know their impact and make choices that are better for the planet and the generations to come.

Commercial Consultant & Investor

Pavilion

Executive Member

Innovative and strategic Chief Revenue Officer with extensive experience in leading sales operations, driving profitable growth, and preparing businesses for successful acquisitions in the competitive European vacation rental market. 

At the helm of sales for one of Europe's largest vacation rental companies, I orchestrated the transformation of the business, culminating in its acquisition by OYO in 2019. 

Key Member of the Leadership team which realised a $120m+ profit for the business when we sold to Oyo within 3 years.

Specializing in crafting compelling value propositions, pioneering services, and forging strategic partnerships, I am adept at instilling high-performance cultures, integrating cutting-edge technologies, and implementing industry best practices to scale operations and enhance productivity. 

Passionate about driving SaaS businesses to new heights through visionary leadership and robust revenue-generation strategies.

Played a pivotal role in expanding At Leisure’s portfolio to 115,000 homes across Europe, successfully positioning the company for acquisition through sustained, profitable growth.

Engineered a robust value proposition and launched innovative services that differentiated sub-brands like Belvilla, DanCenter, Danland, and Traum-Ferienwohnungen in a crowded marketplace.

Orchestrated strategic partnerships that broadened market reach and drove substantial revenue increases, significantly contributing to the company's attractiveness for the acquisition by OYO.

Cultivated a culture of high performance within the sales team, fostering a climate of excellence that aligned with aggressive business goals and enhanced overall sales productivity.

Implemented advanced sales technologies and best practices that optimized performance and scalability, underpinning the company's rapid growth and operational efficiency.

Chief Sales & Revenue Officer

Jobrapido

Job Rapido is an AI-enabled Performance Marketing Platform, focused on the recruitment market with 100M users globally, and is a portfolio company of private equity firm, Symphony Technology Group.
I launched new revenue streams for the business that unlocked the value of its audience and prepared the business for strong growth, overseeing sales, account management, and marketing teams, and establishing a customer success function which significantly grew the value of sales from core customers.

Senior Vice President of Sales

HarrisHammond

Social Talent: I worked closely with the founders of Social Talent on the design and execution of a sales strategy that facilitated its growth from start-up to a leading platform for online training. I enjoy working with them as an advisor and active investor.
HR Office: following majority acquisition of Adver Online by USG People, I advised the business on the establishment of a structure to enable development and implementation of new software services into their client base, whilst strengthening sales performance of their existing business.

Director

Monster

As Managing Director of the Benelux business, I held full accountability for this 150-person, $80M business, and was a member of the European Management board. 
The business achieved strong top-line results during this period through development of adjacent market opportunities and development of new solutions-focused products, and made significant gains in profitability through leadership capability and operational excellence.

Managing Director Benelux

As European Head of Sales, I delivered strong double-digit growth, creating a new value proposition that was translated into robust sales strategy and local planning, and delivered via local leaders accountable for 600 Field and Telesales Account Managers.

European Sales Director

My remit expanded to transform sales performance and capability across Benelux and CEE markets, where I enabled all contact centres to meet challenging targets within three months.

Director Telesales Central Eastern Europe & Benelux

I grew the business 100% year-on-year, whilst increasing salesforce productivity by >40%, creating the largest telesales centre in Europe and one regarded as best practice.

Director Telesales Northern Region

CPM Nederland

Appointed to the Netherlands board, I drove significant bottom-line improvement, holding full P&L responsibility for a 180-person operation, with the centre winning the 2005 Nationale Contact Centre Awards.

Commercial Director

Mosaic

Responsible for managing the India offshoring business. Grew the business from one-man team, one centre and 25 seats to 12-strong team managing 4 companies, 7 sites and 550 seats in 3 months.
Owned and managed end-to-end relationship with telesales agencies in India including contractual terms, remuneration, incentives and clawbacks
Drove profitable volume sales for telecom, mobile and energy products for companies like Sainsburys and Orange
Remotely led the London-based client liaison departments
Managed operations for all campaigns - marketing briefs, targets, ROI, operator training, call scripts and product training
Built and ran business processes to ensure high quality, high revenue, low churn
Ensured effective management information systems were in place for on-time, accurate reporting
Promoted to run all the telemarketing operations in the UK, Canada, India and South Africa

Vice President Worldwide Outsourcing

CRO | CCO | CSO

Senior Commercial Executive with a passion for Sales and Sales Teams.
Led fast-growing sales teams (100%+ yoy) in the UK, India, Benelux
Experienced European leader - Benelux, UK, Nordics, DACH, Italy and Eastern Europe
Collaborative leader with a focus on driving high performance with a focus on data, playbooks and inspiring teams to realise their potential.
Natural, enthusiastic communicator with all stakeholders
Financially literate - forecasting, P&L, profitable growth and ROI analysis
Experience with Private Equity and Investors
Successfully exited an Axel Springer business in 2020

For over 20 years, I've been taking on sales targets and beating them - from selling space in phone books straight from university to running international, multi-channel sales and marketing teams. The most enjoyable part of my career has been working with groups of motivated individuals and transforming them into a winning team.

Since finishing my last full-time role, I've worked as an advisor and fractional CRO across Europe,  developing ambitious strategies and building sales organizations that drive growth and increase profitability.
Passionate about helping individuals and teams succeed.

Sharon Kennedy

Engage & Prosper

Early Career Confidence Coach & Talent Consultant

I founded Engage & Prosper as I'm passionate about;
1) Helping employees to have fun, develop, learn, excel and perform in their role to the best of their ability and potential. 
2) Helping employers (the business owners and leaders) succeed in achieving the business they set out to, by in part achieving the above.
3) Connecting the inside with the outside through SMART Marketing and Communications Services
So it's a win win for all!!!

We help organisations create a more productive, collaborative workplace culture through enhanced employee experiences using fabulously tailored employer mobile apps, executive and leadership coaching and inclusive, neurodivergent conscious content. We turn this in to external SMART customer acquisition and retention strategies.

People Engagement & Experience Consultant, Marketing & Internal Comms

Action for Children

Innovation Manager

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Market outreach and engagement for variety of agency brands and services

Market Engagement Specialist

Carlton Kennedy B2B Marketing Services

Carlton Kennedy is a results driven marketing communications agency, providing independent and expert marketing advice and services to the SME sector.

Our services include marketing audits, marketing strategy and planning, website design and build, advertising, print design, social media marketing, email marketing and event management. 

Sector expertise include healthcare, pharmaceuticals, restoration and logistics. 

We believe in being proactive, open and honest and in providing the level of service and advice that we ourselves like to receive.

Our values;- embrace change, innovate, nurture passion, cultivate knowledge.

Independent Chartered Marketing Consultant & Engagement Specialist

Luton Rising

Engagement with key stakeholders to assist with the development and launch of a Nationally significant infrastructure project 'The Luton DART' in conjunction with a significant DCO (Development Consent Order) consultation and application for the expansion of Luton Airport.

Engagement Director

Little Star Media Ltd

Maternity Cover managing the digital marketing function of entertainment brands in the UK and internationally. Direct reports of 7 marketing executives remotely.

Interim Marketing Manager

Gi Group

Maternity Cover. Managing the overall marketing function and direction of local regional brands of Gi Group a global staffing and recruitment organisation. These include Gi Group UK, Grafton, INTOO UK & Ireland's and TACK TMI's marketing strategy as well as bespoke client recruitment marketing campaign applications. 

Areas of expertise: Strategic planning, branding, brand promoter, proposition development, cross-channel marketing, online marketing, LinkedIn Page and community builder, offline marketing, thought leadership, PR, advertising, event management, SEO, website design, project management, agency management, outplacement, career development, coaching, talent management. Direct reports 5

Interim Group Marketing and Communications Director 

Jobrapido is a leading global partner of recruitment fulfilment and employer solutions. As frontrunners of an innovative and unique candidate resourcing solution, we provide candidates on demand, adding predictability and control over reccurring resourcing requirements.

As owners of the world’s leading job search engine we are shaping an online innovation in recruitment solutions with one overarching mission; to both revolutionize the way people get jobs and the way in which companies get talent. 

We analyse and aggregate job listings from all over the web, all over the world, so that candidates can find all their most relevant jobs in one place. Using pioneering technology, marketing know how and innovative products, we connect the dots between great employers and stellar candidates - on demand.

Established in 2006, Jobrapido has achieved unprecedented global popularity. We list over 20 million jobs every month, with 30 million unique users per month, and have a growing candidate community of 55 million registered users. 

From our headquarters in Milan, we conduct business in 58 countries, where we match the right candidates with the right roles at thousands of companies around the world, helping companies get qualified candidates on demand.

Director Talent Attraction Recruitment Marketing Sales and Solutions UK & IE

BI WORLDWIDE Europe

As a Client Relationship Director my role was to collaboratively identify and develop solutions to address key client challenges for organisational performance improvement through optimised people performance.  This involved local and global performance improvement programmes for employee engagement, channel incentives and consumer loyalty that positively changed behaviour through appropriate incentive and reward solutions.

Major client win; Johnson and Johnson EMEA European channel programme

Client Relationship Director Performance Improvement Behaviour Change Employee Engagement Consultant

Alchemy Interactive Web Agency

Assisting client proposition development,  including new business development and key account management for web strategy and online operational and marketing solutions.
Experienced in broad range of industry verticals, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail, electronics, construction, logistics, UK, EMEA and global client implementation, Plcs, large blue chips and corporates and SMEs.

Involved consultation with clients, defining strategy, presentations, pitches, solutions, brand/creative alignment, performance evaluation of KPIs and corrective action.

Client Solutions Consultant

Experienced Marketing Director and entrepreneur, business developer, and networker with a proven track record for delivering; outstanding results in high-pressure situations at senior management level; creative and effective problem solver, able to deal with complex situations and quickly identify the key issues; ability to manage and ensure that tasks are completed, and priorities met. 

With over 10 years of experience driving revenue growth, expanding market reach, and strengthening brand positioning. Develops and executes marketing strategies that increase customer and employee engagement and retention. Leads teams, manages complex projects, and builds partnerships to achieve business goals. Uses data and technology to optimise performance, improve efficiency, and align marketing efforts with company objectives. Works with senior leadership to enhance brand visibility, accelerate growth and achieve high performance cultures. 

Engage & Prosper help employers hire the best neurodivergent STEM talent they can attract and afford through innovative and strategic employer branding and inclusive hiring consultancy and coaching. We also help brilliant neurodivergent STEM talent, prepare, self promote and secure exceptional careers through our Career Concierge & Coaching services.

Areas of Expertise
-  Strategic Marketing & Execution
-  Digital Marketing & Performance Analytics
-  Brand & Product Positioning
-  Market Research & Competitive Intelligence
-  AI & Data-Driven Marketing	
-  B2B & B2C Demand Generation
-  Cross-Functional Leadership
-  Employee Engagement & Culture Change
-  Stakeholder & C-Suite Engagement
-  Omnichannel & Performance Marketing (PPC, SEO, SEM, CRO)

Professional Approach
As a deeply curious and empathetic professional, I combine theoretical knowledge with practical experience to deliver transformative results. My approach is rooted in:
-  Theory of Mind and perspective-taking
-  Solution-focused methodologies
-  Evidence-based coaching techniques
-  Authentic leadership principles


Professional Values
-  Authenticity and transparency in all interactions
-  Continuous learning and development
-  Client-centered approach with measurable outcomes
-  Ethical practice and professional integrity

Interested in board roles that are aligned with my passions of Recruitment Marketing, aiding STEM careers and industries, innovation and neurodivergence talent, career crafting and connecting and coaching our next brilliant generation.

Employee Engagement/Experience, EVP, Recruitment Marketing and Internal Communications Consultant

I founded Engage & Prosper as I'm passionate about;

1) Helping employees to have fun, develop, learn, excel and perform in their role to the best of their ability and potential. 
2) Helping employers (the business owners and leaders) succeed in achieving the business they set out to, by in part achieving the above.

So it's a win win for all!!!

We help organisations create a more productive, collaborative workplace culture through enhanced employee experiences using fabulously tailored employer mobile apps, executive and leadership coaching and inclusive, neurodivergent conscious content.

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