expert panel
To set up and run a successful business you will need to access the skills and knowledge of a team of people. Our expert panel can help you on your way – giving you useful suggestions and pointing you in the right direction. If you have a question for our panel then just click here complete a form.
meet the experts
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Debbie Leven MCIPR
A winner of the PRCA FrontLine Award for Best Healthcare Campaign 2003, Debbie has worked in PR for more than fifteen. She set up her own business in 2006 to help small and start up businesses and not-for-profit organisations protect and build their profile and improve the clarity and effectiveness of their communication. Debbie started working Lilach Bullock and asklilach Ltd in 2006.
Directly before setting up her business Debbie worked as Divisional Director at Trimedia Communications, one of the UK’s top PR agencies. There she oversaw health, environmental and business communications campaigns including press and media relations, event management, production of newsletters and annual reviews and providing incident handling advice and support.
During her career Debbie has worked for a number of clients, including: NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programmes; NHS Cancer Screening Programmes; Randstad Employment Bureau; Lynx Printing Technologies; Reed Health Group; RSA Security; Citroën Cars; English Nature; Transport Research Laboratory.
Debbie has also worked in-house for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Age Concern.
After gaining a BA Hons in Business Studies from Middlesex University, Debbie gained post graduate diplomas from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Market Research Society. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
www.profilematters.co.uk
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Dexter Moscow
Over the last 35 years Dexter has accumulated substantial experience and expertise working in the entertainment, sales, and property industries.
Attaining positions as far ranging as Sales Director, Equity Partner, Managing Director and Principal.
He regularly appears live on QVC The Shopping Channel presenting for major technology companies and conducts guest excellence and masters excellence presentation skills seminars. These interactive workshops focus on ‘How to sell to an invisible audience’.
Graduates of these courses are empowered to persuade and engage a diverse audience resulting in more sales and greater brand recognition.
Working with major organisations, individuals and teams he has positively impacted turnover and profitability.
An accomplished seminar facilitator, trained Dale Carnegie trainer and coach he regularly conducts presentation skills, team building, communication, negotiating skills and goal achievement programmes, corporate product launches and personal development courses.
“…was invited to present at an event organised by London Seed Capital, ”Creatives in the Dragon’s Den”, at the London Business School….. received several plaudits and one of the sponsors rated my presentation in the top three of any he had experienced." David Simmons CEO Juice Mobile Entertainment
“Gained valuable insights…..An inspired motivator with a lifetime of sales experience” MD Teletext TV
“…one of the most practical courses I have attended for a long while…….I applied it (the processes) the moment I got out of the room…” Head of Marketing, Marks and Spencer Plc
“…workshops can be very boring and dull, you proved that you can educate us in an informative yet relaxed way……I will now be more structured and comfortable about my presentations…”European Managing Director, Visioneer UK Ltd
“You motivated us to be more customer friendly and try new influencing processes…..customer feedback has been amazing” Senior Director, Martyn Gerrard Estate Agents
Certified Practitioner Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
www.audiencedyanmics.co.uk
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Grant Leboff
Frustrated at the way the traditional methods of selling are being taught and conducted within the workplace, Grant Leboff formalised his own sales philosophy Sales Therapy®, a new sales methodology for the 21st Century.
As the Managing Director of two companies, Leboff puts what he says into practice, every day. Phone Intelligence Ltd is a business-to-business telemarketing company. Its services include market research, appointment making and lead generation as well as training and consultancy in the telemarketing arena.
The Intelligent Sales Club Ltd provides sales and marketing support to Business Owners through seminars, training and resource materials. It also provides consultancy helping companies build brands, refine their sales message and approach, and determine their best routes to market.
Leboff spends a significant amount of time giving talks about sales and marketing for a variety of business groups. He also is a regular contributor to many business magazines and newspapers. His first book Sales Therapy®, Effective Selling for the Small Business Owner was in the top 10 Amazon bestseller list when it was published in October last year and was the sixth best selling business book of 2007.
www.phoneintelligence.com
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Lilach Bullock
Lilach Bullock, Managing Director of asklilach Ltd, has more than 17 years of experience in PA, secretarial and training roles. She started her working career working for GEC Marconi, on their training scheme, in Stanmore. With day release she was able to pursue secretarial and administration qualifications while building her experience. In between travelling she worked as a bi-lingual legal secretary in Israel and then Australia.
In October 2006, Lilach set up her own Virtual Assistant business, while still working part time, and secured her first client within two weeks. Asklilach Ltd currently provides Virtual Assistant services to 26 small and start-up businesses. In April 2007, just six months after the business was live, Lilach was a finalist in the National Virtual Assistant of the Year Awards.
Lilach launched VA training in February 2008 to provide courses, tools and resources to those considering setting up and running their own Virtual Assistant businesses. Materials have been developed based on her own experience, as well as current knowledge of the market place, and include: e-book; toolkit; tele seminars; and workshops. In addition, she devised an experts panel, available on the website, giving prospective Virtual Assistants access to leading experts in a number of areas such as sales, presentations and PR.
www.asklilach.co.uk
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Stuart Goldberg
Stuart Goldberg is the founder and Managing Director of Alink IT Limited – an independent IT and management consultancy. The company’s mission is to help its clients achieve optimum business performance through the use of information technology.
Stuart has worked in information technology for 40 years. Most of this has been spent in consultancy.
He believes that successful IT needs more than just good technology. More important is the alignment of IT systems with one’s business. In other words, the system must fit the business and, where applicable, the business processes must fit the system.
Stuart’s past clients have come from the private, public and voluntary sectors. They cover a broad range of size and complexity and include public companies, government departments, local authorities, professional practices and SMEs.
Not only has Stuart worked with a broad range of clients but he has also performed a wide variety of assignments, including systems specification, procurement and implementation. He was also the lead author of the book Customising SSADM (produced by CCTA and published by HMSO, 1994).
Stuart is a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Engineer. He also holds the Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance.
www.alinkit.co.uk