About
Simon has worked independently since 2006
offering consultancy in sales, marketing and
business strategy. With his associates he delivers
business solutions based on direct experience of
the most challenging markets. His philosophy is to
distil solutions to the point where they retain their
effectiveness while presenting the minimum
overhead to clients.
With clients in the UK and many European
countries he is based within easy reach of
London, Heathrow and the Thames Valley.
Simon Breese
Simon has a strong background in sales and marketing within the IT industry. Working first for
Fujitsu and then for Unisys where he worked across Europe and was Sales Operations Director
for the UKMEI&A region.
He is interested ‘in almost anything high-tech’ and he describes himself as ‘one off the oldest
digital natives around. Not much is new, but I’m always looking forward to being surprised.’
Simon is a business mentor for the Harwell Campus, Oxford, The Goldman Sachs 10,000, and a
coach for the EU Horizon 2020 programme with clients in Norway, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Spain,
Denmark and the UK. He is also a member of both the Association of Business Mentors and
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT. He advises a number of high-tech and early stage
businesses on sales, marketing and business strategy.
Approach
His approach is to offer pragmatic sales and marketing consultancy based on concise, intuitive
methodologies covering the following areas:
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Business strategy and preparing for fund raising
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Marketing strategy, competitive analysis, positioning and proposition development
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Proof of market studies
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Lead generation programmes
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Sales Consultancy, performance improvement programmes, customised and off the peg
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Methodologies for opportunity and major account planning, sales reporting systems,
win/loss analysis
Associates
Where necessary Simon works with a number of trusted associates with whom he has worked
regularly over recent years. These include specialists in marketing services and social media,
PR, design and lead generation.