Simon Darling

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About Simon Darling

An accomplished consultant, manager and leader in high growth tech businesses delivering significant growth with clear strategy and implementation in growth, product marketing and sales. Confident at working across business functions due to experience in finance as a management accountant, with product and technology functions from founding two tech startups and in growth, marketing and sales functions from senior executive line management roles in leading tech firms. Managing Partner of growth consultancy, Jack & Anna, with clients in e-commerce, finance, healthtech and travel. Executive roles include Chief Commercial Officer at Trainline, VP Marketing at Skype and Marketing Director at eBay and Head of Interactive Marketing & E-Commerce at Unilever. A founder of two startups one of which, Fonepark, was sold to Time Warner AOL. Functional expertise in P&L management, revenue growth, product marketing, marketing & brand building, growth, product management, sales, digital, business transformation, proposition development, customer insight, customer experience, strategy, customer retention, new business development and customer support. Sector experience in Health, Technology, Travel, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Education, FMCG, Consumer Goods, Telecommunications. Graduated with a First in Economics from Cambridge University. A Non-Executive Director of Middlesex University.