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Currently an Elite Popular Investor on eToro with 2,000 copiers invested in my portfolio and over $5.5 Million Assets Under Management.  I am currently in the top 30 of most copied people/AUM on the platform.

I am a mid to long term investor and I have been investing for over 11 years with active interest in Stocks (Tech, Oil & Gas, Defense, Pharma), Crypto, ETF’s and Commodities.

I became a Popular Investor in August 2020 and I have grown from strength to strength to becoming one of the best performing and fasted growing Popular Investor on the platform. In 2020 alone, I achieved a 205% profit and in 2021 I achieved a 117% return.

My Website: www.stevenbudgen.com

Media Enquiries: investing@stevenbudgen.com

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBqQC-hxtK3895Ki7kbT_Qw 
(performance reviews, stock analysis and portfolio reviews)

Discord Group:  https://discord.gg/Kae4mMVqdF

Elite Popular Investor at Etoro / Private Investor

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Regional Manager - Asia and Middle East

International SOS

Led the team to generate new business over multiple sectors in Asia (Education, Energy, Mining, Infrastructure, Corporate, manufacturing), including Account Management and Marketing.

Director, Business Development & Marketing, Malaysia

Promoted to the position of General Manager, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

- Formation of a brand new JV in Saudi Arabia with Al Rushaid Petroleum Investment Company
- Full accountability of the P&L for Saudi Arabia
- Management of Senior Managers for different departments and disciplines within the JV (Sales, Operations, Clinic, government relations, Marketing, HR, IT etc)

General Manager, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

To drive growth for the Offshore & Maritime market segment through the maintenance and expansion of relationships with strategically large clients and prospects with head offices or regional management located in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EEMEA), concentrated primarily on offshore drilling, offshore field Development, FPSO, seismic and commercial maritime.

Driving business growth  by leading, inspiring and supporting the respective Head of Sales and Business Development Managers to uncover new opportunities and drive sales activities, whilst also acting as a Global Account Director or Regional Account Director for major Offshore & Maritime accounts.

Business Development Director, Head of Offshore & Maritime - Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa

- Responsible for overall growth and profitability of the Qatar business, including full P&L responsibility, achieving solid results and surpassing targets year on year.
- Management of existing Medical Services Operations on Offshore and remote sites throughout Qatar for major EMI clients with approximately 30+ site staff from a variety of different nationalities.
- Strong business growth with the maintanance and  development of  business with major clients, development of a strong sales pipeline and successful new business acquisition with deals signed in all Intl.SOS product lines.
- Responsible for key registrations in Qatar, which include but are not limited to commercial registration, Supreme Council of Health Facility License, individual medical practitioners’ license to practise and Intl.SOS vendor status with clients.
- Responsible for strategic business plans, such as the Qatar Petroleum (National Oil Company) and Qatar 3 year plan.
- Management of key tenders and proposals to ensure significant business growth year on year. 
- Maintaining key client relationships with major clients, including conducting quarterly and
annual appraisal meetings to assess and improve upon performance.
- Maintaining strong and effective relationships with International SOS’ business partners in
Qatar, major suppliers, government authorities and Intl.SOS key support network.
- Management, recruitment and induction of existing and new staff coming into Qatar, including
performance appraisals and interviews.
- Involved in ensuring that we continue to meet operational targets, including surpassing internal audit targets year on year to ensure we provide services of the highest quality.

Country Manager, Qatar

Gulf Drilling International, Qatar

- The management and negotiation of high value contracts and tenders for Offshore and Onshore Drilling rigs for the oil majors in Qatar.
- Identify potential business development opportunities and source rigs worldwide to match client’s requirements, including providing the economic justification for acquisition and negotiation of the final sales & purchase agreement.
- Management of all Marketing collateral including newsletters, advertising, brochures, annual report, website, intranet, exhibition materials and press releases.
- Manage Oil & Gas exhibitions and events participated in worldwide, including Offshore Middle East and World Petroleum Congress.
- Control the yearly Marketing and PR budgets, Quarterly reviews,Marketing growth strategy reports to identify potential business opportunities and expand upon market share in the Qatar.
- Completion of strategic marketing intelligence reports for management, including data on daily rig day rates in support of company pricing strategies, monitor rigs under contract and utilization rates.
- Development of career development plans & performance appraisals.

Head of Marketing & Business Development

Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd.

- Management of lucrative offshore tenders and contracts for a variety of different Rigs including Semi Submersibles, Jack-Up Drilling Rigs, Pipelay Vessels, FPSO’s for clients worldwide.
- Lead negotiator in contract negotiations with large Oil & Gas majors and influential in the closing of multi-million dollar contracts.
- Facilitated and managed the formation of business alliances and joint ventures.
- Manage all exhibitions participated in worldwide at some of the biggest Offshore and Marine exhibitions.
- Direct line management of a large team of departmental staff, including organising appraisals, work schedules and assessing key performance indicators.
- Responsible for the preparation and control of a substantial marketing & sales budget for marketing and business development growth.
- In charge of the management of investors worldwide, including building relationships with high profile investors and managing the companies listing on the Norwegian Stock exchange and flow of communication internationally.
- Ensure a key knowledge of all competitor Shipyards in China, South Korea and Singapore,
including writing marketing intelligence reports.
- Lead management of important events for up to 1,000 people for major ceremonies,
attended by Chinese and foreign dignitaries.

Marketing & Corporate Communications Manager

Mandarin Specialists

- Responsible for overall growth and profitability of the China business and then internationally,
including full P&L responsibility.
- Responsible for the national sales targets for China and management of a sales teams of
12 people with the company achieving year on year sales growth.
- Key account management of large projects for major clients in lead up to the Beijing
Olympics in 2008.
- Responsible for the Marketing of the website, including affiliate marketing, online advertising
and social networking marketing.
- Responsible for the website, search engine optimization and also implementation of various
targeted e-marketing campaigns to bring new business.

Deputy Country GM (China)

Age Concern England

- Responsible for Business Support and Sales Activities for Age Concern Enterprises in the UK and Wales. 
- Influential in driving a team of 12 Branch managers to exceed their yearly sales targets and record the highest sales in the country.
- Implementation and execution of direct marketing campaigns to convert leads into high quality customers, and systematically grow customer profitability.

Business Support and Sales Development Manager

British Gas

Marketing Assistant (Internship)

General Management and Business Development expert with proven experience in management and negotiation of high value strategic contracts as well as managing large business units from Operations to Business Development. Proven ability in driving business growth and diversification strategies. I have strong management experience in the Middle East, Asia and Europe, managing large multi cultural teams working in Oil & Gas environments.

Experience in Oil Rig construction & Offshore drilling and providing medical services to Oil & Gas clients.

I am also fluent in the Chinese language (Mandarin)

You can contact me at: stevenbudgen@hotmail.co.uk

Specialties: General Management, P&L Management, Oil & Gas Sector, Business Development, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Communications, Drilling, Shipbuilding, Medical Services, Corporate sector, Operations, Management of large multi cultural teams, Tender Submissions, E Marketing, Customer Liason, Brand Identities, Direct Marketing, Managing Marketing Performance, Analysis & evaluation, Behavioural Aspects of Marketing.

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘀𝟴𝟰 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛!

Really pleased that the Bees84 Portfolio today has hit an 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 and is currently up 𝟳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 and is up 𝟮𝟰% 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲. This is very close to my +𝟮𝟳% 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 since I started this account 8 years ago. Also well above the major benchmarks where most people track performance and above many famous hedge funds who charge high fees.

Really appreciate the support I have received since I became a Popular Investor in 2020 to all those old loyal copiers of mine and the new ones that come onboard regularly. You are all important to me. I value that its hard to trust your money in an investor and I take that responsibility seriously and have significant skin in the game

I have confidence in the future of our portfolio and I will continue to learn new lessons as every year passes. Although its very tempting to look at people with perfect records in a very short period of time (a few years) the long term track record is important of managing risk, the reslience of having some tough times and coming out the other side more successful and stronger than before. I am looking forward to surpassing 10 years which I think is a good benchmark of when a portfolio has significant track record which clearly differentiates skill from luck. 8 Years is a long way to that benchmark. I hope to be on eToro for many years/decades to come and provide the benefits of compounding for my copiers and for my own personal investments.

I am also on hand to continue being as approachable as possible and answering any questions where you may have them.

Many Thanks again.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 (𝗯𝗲𝗲𝘀𝟴𝟰)

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Elite Popular Investor at eToro / Private Investor. Host of Achieving Alpha Podcast and Approachable Investor Channel.

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