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Isabelle's UK career began in PR with
SAS Public Relations where she handled communications activities
for Westminster City Council and tourism and leisure activities
for Dover City Council. This resulted in a 13% increase in visits
for the City's tourist attractions.
She took her first sales position in 1989 when she joined Primesight
to service and develop their major account. She was headhunted 18
months later to work with the prestigious Leo Burnett Advertising
Agency handling the McDonald's account across Europe. The first
cornerstone came when she was headhunted again to help set up and
run the sales and marketing function of Amway Europe. She quickly
made her mark by reducing regional marketing overheads by 2000%
and improving communication channels to market. Over the 2 years
that Isabelle ran Amway Europe Marketing, sales jumped by 40%. Isabelle
and her team were well respected. Her coaching style and training
enabled in-country teams to be more efficient and exceed their sales
targets.
In 1996, she joined The Body Shop as Market Liaison for France,
Italy and Spain. Within 6 months, she was promoted to head that
team, covering all 47 trading countries. The second career cornerstone
came in 1998 when Isabelle decided to break through into the telecoms
industry. She negotiated an interim assignment with CarphoneWarehouse
before joining PocketPhoneShop, the No2 independent mobile phone
retailer. There she shone, taking the business to new heights: the
number of UK stores doubled & sales soared. The brand was established
as a serious player in the industry and the company was sold in
2000 for a mighty £80m. It was 5 years old.
After the birth of daughter Madeleine in 2000, Isabelle joined One.Tel
as International Marketing Director. There, she was instrumental
in significantly increasing revenue both through new customer acquisition
and customer retention in every country. The third cornerstone came
a couple of years later when Isabelle decided to leave the corporate
world to set up her own company and work on 'passion' projects.
She has never looked back. Isabelle covers training and coaching
in International marketing, training, coaching, team building, personal
development, and other general business matters. Her client list
includes big corporates as well as SMEs in a variety of industries
including leisure, telecoms and oil.
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