Paul Stevenson

Consultant 2010 – Present

In addition to Business Consulting on selling, facilitation and customer care Paul runs a music school teaching guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals mainly to children aged 7-16. Paul also assists Eddie Hoare on Project Management, having both worked on the GE Day program together over several years.

GE Commercial Finance – Healthcare Financial Services 2006 – 2009

Strategic Accounts Manager: Responsible for the origination of new deal activity and developing high level relationships in targeted private sector customers and within the GE Healthcare Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Team. Additionally:

GE Infrastructure – Water & Process Technologies 2004 – 2006

Corporate Sales Manager: Responsible for owning and driving the development of relationships at all levels across Europe within designated “Corporate” accounts to achieve growth, revenue and profitability objectives. Additionally:

GE Corporate – European HQ role 2001 – 2004

Sales and Relationship Manager: Responsible for communicating GE’s whole structure and offering to external customers chosen by UK business council as well as to GE associates. Also, for Project Management of GE Day exhibitions that demonstrated the whole GE offering in UK/Ireland.

GE European Equipment Finance 1999 – 2000

IT Project Subject Matter Expert: Represented local commercial teams in UK, France, Germany and Sweden as a member of a US based project team developing new IT systems for use in GE Capital.

Lloyds and Scottish Finance Limited 1980 – 1983

North West Securities Limited 1983 – 1989

UFB Asset Finance Limited 1989 – 1990

Pallas Industrial Finance Limited 1990 – 1995 when acquired by GE

Regional Sales Manager / General Manager / Sales Director – Mid Market Asset Financing: Recruited and inducted sales staff. Identified key target markets/customers. Set and agreed annual budgets with channel MD. Ensured team met volume, profit and product mix targets. Additionally:

Courses

§ Socratic Selling Skills – 1998

§ Six Sigma for Black Belts – 2002

§ GE Work Out/CAP Facilitation Skills – 2002

§ Creating Customer Value – 2003