Toby Guest

Background

About Toby Guest

An industry specialist in corporate meetings & events, business travel and payment solutions, I have significant multinational experience driving excellence and transformation in senior global roles and business process outsourcing consultancy. I have matrix managed, line-managed and delivered strategic consultancy direction in over 80 countries within all key global regions and in industries as diverse as finance and insurance, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, oil and gas, IT and consultancy services. With a focus on process optimisation, business process outsourcing, supplier relationship management, sustainability, diversity & duty of care, I have been accountable for controlling global delivery of significant business benefits through strategic sourcing, operational development, process innovation and collaborative senior stakeholder management. As previously demonstrated in a strategic global role at Bayer, I have delivered significant transformational value & directly contributed consolidated cost savings to companies in excess of €250M over the course of several global initiatives via complex negotiations with hotels & venues, airlines, agencies and related third-parties. A wide and diverse pedigree, ranging from Global Director at Advantilis fulfilling a Global Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) consultancy position for BP, to Executive Director & Vice President at Goldman Sachs. Senior Procurement consultancy accountability at IBM and Xchanging Procurement Services resulted in global roles leading to an extensive long-standing business networking experience and diverse industry contacts. An ongoing mentor to events industry professionals and Content and Advisory Board Member for Business Travel iQ, I have also previously held the positions of UK Country Champion for ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) and judge for both the Business Travel Awards and EVCOM Clarion Awards. I have been a speaker at many corporate industry events including IMEX (US & Germany), ACTE Global Conference and the Business Travel Show. Skills keywords: Strategic Meetings & Events Management (MICE/SMM), Consultancy, Airlines, Hotels, Travel Agency. Online Booking Tools, Car Rental, Ground Transportation, Expense & Payment Solutions/Cards, Fleet, Communications, Outsourcing, Marketing, Diversity, Sustainability Responsibility for strategy, negotiation, sourcing, matrix management, BPO, agile consulting, consultancy, tools (Cvent, Lanyon, Veeva), stakeholders, vendor and project management for outsourced indirect category spend.