Richard Gundle

managing director @ Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London

About

Background: As the Group Chief Executive of The Pure Group this start up achieved annualised sales of £5m within 2 years, reached breakeven and successfully completed 2 acquisitions during this period to assist in achieving economies of scale. Previously as Chief Executive and major shareholder of Field & Trek this was grown over 10 years to sales of £20m and to be the leading multi channel specialist outdoor retailer before exiting via a sale to the UK’s largest sports retailer.

Country

united kingdom

City

stock

Industry

retail

Skill

start ups, marketing strategy, management, new business development, e commerce, business strategy, sales, negotiation, online advertising, entrepreneurship, retail, business planning, business development, b2b, online marketing, marketing, strategy, leadership, direct marketing, strategic planning, marketing communications, social networking, marketing management, seo, digital marketing, affiliate marketing, small business, social media marketing, lead generation, selling, business to business, direct mail, ppc, digital strategy, multi channel marketing

Experience

director

liquid eight trading company

2012-11 - 2014-12 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Liquid Eight specialises in the Purchasing & Retailing of Liquidated, Bankrupt, Clearance, End of Line & Distressed stock. With a large warehouse in Chelmsford, Essex Liquid Eight's speed of decision making and payment on collection policy has made it one of the fastest growing Excess Stock Buyers in the UK.

director

nascroft consulting

2011-1 - 2014-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Consultancy specialising in assisting SME's with sales upto £20m. Experience in working within family businesses and externally funded companies within consumer focussed retail / online businesses.

group chief executive

pure group incorporating purekit.com fitnessfootwear.com extremepie.com

2008-8 - 2011-7 · 3 yrs

Online Retailer of Outdoor Adventure Sports Clothing & Footwear. Purekit acquired Fitness Footwear & Extremepie creating group sales of £5m via 3 websites and centralised distribution centre.

chief executive and major shareholder

field & trek

1992-1 - 2008-1 · 16 yrs 1 mo

Multi Channel Retailer of Outdoor Clothing & Equipment. Sales of £20m trading from an award winning website, 200 page colour catalogue, 20 retail stores and group sales division. The business was sold to the UK's largest sports retailer in 2008.

franchise partner

platinum property partners

2012-9 - Present · 14 yrs 1 mo

Platinum Property Partners (“PPP”) is an established, proactive, highly respected and successful property investment franchise that enables its Franchise Partners to quickly, safely and successfully build UK residential property portfolios as profitably as possible

managing director

tufferman ltd

2014-1 - Present · 12 yrs 9 mos

Tufferman is a fast growing, privately funded, on-line and direct marketing retailer of multi functional, boltless shelving. With a specific focus on targeting the domestic & business to business sectors Tufferman is experiencing record levels of growth month on month at present.