PAUL LEON MBA, FIMI
Global IT Programme Director and M&A Specialist
Curriculum vitae
BIO
My Story
A Global IT Leader with 25+ year track record covering both Senior Line Management roles and Global Programme Delivery. Results oriented, with strong delivery, team building and stakeholder management skills at strategic and operational level in blue-chip businesses including BMW, Inchcape plc and IBM. Automotive Industry Expertise.
Led complex Enterprise Wide Transformation Programmes leveraging IT as a value driver and shaping the Consumer Digital strategy in a FTSE 250 Retail business. Programme Director for ERP SAP, CDK and Salesforce across Asia, UK, Continental Europe, Russia and Americas.
Specialities:
• Executive Stakeholder Engagement
• Business transformation and change management
• Organisation and People Development
• IT Leadership and Programme Delivery
• Business strategy and innovation
• International Management Experience
• Mergers and Acquisitions at international level
• Fellowship of the Institute of the Motor Industry
Awarded the Inchcape Group CEO prize 2019 for management and leadership style.
Presenter and Panelist at Salesforce World Tour 2019 and Salesforce Futures Automotive Event 2018,
Henley Business School award in Management Consultancy.
MBA majoring in Strategic Management and Corporate Financial Strategy.
Top Performer on Gallup Team Engagement surveys
MY EXPERIENCE
Career Highlights
November 2016 - current [M&A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT]
IT Director for multiple business acquisitions with total investment in excess of £500m across South America, Central America, Europe and Africa
Successfully led the Information Technology work stream from due diligence through to acquisition and on-boarding for 14 countries. Co-ordinating business and system operations during business transition with full OEM engagement
January 2017 - December 2019 [DIGITAL SALESFORCE]
Led the implementation for a global business transformation programme raising customer experience to the next level across Retail and Distribution Channels for a number of major Brand Partners (including BMW, Subaru, Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota and other premium brands) - Technology platform underpinned by Salesforce (Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Mulesoft, Customer Analytics).
Selected by Salesforce to be member of Automotive Panel at Worldtour
July 2008 - December 2018 [GLOBAL ERP & PROCESS ROLLOUT]
Led the ERP roll out for 12 countries across Asia, UK, Europe and South America underpinned by CDK Technology.
Implementation Lead for SAP DBM for Russia in St Petersburg
IT delivery director for Finance Shared Services in UK
IT director for IT re-organisation and transition to offshore model
Awarded Gold Standard performance prize by executive committee.
August 1997 - July 2008 [MAJOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT]
Led the major application development programme for launch of International Vehicle Sales system. Delivering real time plant ordering
IT Leader for new MINI Launch for UK National Sales Company across Sales & Marketing
Programme Manager for ERP [DMS] rollout across UK with full change management
AWARD WINNING
Inchcape CEO Award winner - Overall Global Winner
"I believe that it is not only what an individual delivers but how
they do it that truly differentiates them and drives optimum
performance. This award, the first of its kind in Inchcape, shines
a light on the leaders who consistently role-model our DRIVE5
Performance Drivers, leading by example." Group CEO, Inchcape
Industry Specialist - Automotive Panel
Salesforce Worldtour, London
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