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Reading Pitching for Management™ at Grant Thornton

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 from 16:00 to 19:30 (GMT)

Reading, United Kingdom

Reading Pitching for Management™ at Grant Thornton

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee VAT Quantity
Audience Ended £20.00 £1.15 £4.23
Pitching Slot Ended £125.00 £3.78 £25.76
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In association with Intramezzo, Russam Business Network and UKBI and supported by Speed Mentor Central please join us for our inaugural Pitching for Managementevent in  Reading on the 29th Febuary 2012 at 4.00pm - 7.30pm.

Please note parking is available opposite the Holiday Inn in the public car park near to Grant Thornton's offices.

Pitching for Management connects top-level senior executives with fast-growth companies looking to add expertise to their teams.


1) Experienced Directors are required to head a range of board level functions including CEO and Sales and Marketing roles, building operational teams and growing business in France and elsewhere. These opportunities will bring a success based package of commission and profit share.

2) A Sales Director is needed for a company with an online food and drink pre-order service that simplifies group bookings for the hospitality industry, using web technology to solve a problem that restaurants all over the world currently solve using pen and paper.  The ideal candidate will play the pivotal role in the company, building strategy for sales and marketing functions within our business whilst leading a team of mobile and desk based sales personnel.  The company is an operational and revenue generating Software-as-Service ('SaaS') business targeting a niche that has been historically underserved by IT.

3)  A great opportunity to be on the board of a rapidly growing company with a product which can help protect and make safe human, mobile and capital assets globally. The ideal candidate will have excellent contacts and credentials in one of our given vertical markets of Government, Communications, Energy, Security and Building Management.  Also required is a Commercial Director with global connections in one of these markets, but preferably more than one.

4) An exciting company which provides an automated online marketplace to buy and sell expert business knowledge by the hour, is looking for a Marketing Director to work with a high calibre technical and commercial team with the objective to grow the user base through affiliate partnerships and social media campaigns. The ideal candidate will have a strong marketing background  with online platform businesses (SEM, Social Media) and contacts and expertise in the professional services, expert network or recruitment industry. This role is paying sweat equity and is based remotely

5) West country tech software company seeks business partners with corporate connections to implement commercialisation of a technology which will revolutionise online security.  The role can be part or full time and will involve working remotely.  The remuneration package will include a profit share on revenues delivered.


“Use your skills to help a business grow”

If you are looking to work with an exciting growing business, in any role from Mentor, Operations Manager or CEO, to Marketing, Finance or Sales Director, you will want to attend Pitching for ManagementTM.

We know companies currently recruiting for a range of posts and many will be pitching at this event..... They need someone just like you to join their senior management team.

They will be pitching their business and details of the role(s) that needs filling to an audience of serial entrepreneurs, senior business managers and business angels.  Make sure you are one of the first people to hear about these exciting vacancies.  Companies will be offering sweat equity, commission, bonus schemes and/or salary in return for your skills!

 

As well as listening to the company pitches come and listen to our guest speaker who will be announced shortly.

Agenda

16.00 : Registration & soft drinks

16.30 : Introductions Modwenna Rees-Mogg

16.40 : Guest speaker - Anil Stocker, Market Invoice

17.00 : Pitching Companies

17.30 : Break

17.40 : Guest speaker - Charles Russam, Russam Business Network

17.50 : Pitching Companies

18.20:  Networking and nibbles

19:30   Finish

 

Hope to see you there.  If you are interested in pitching at one of our events, please call the AngelNews team on 01761 452248. 

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When & Where



Grant Thornton UK LLP - Reading
1020 Eskdale Road
Winnersh
RG41 5TS Reading
United Kingdom

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 from 16:00 to 19:30 (GMT)


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