ANDREW WHELAN
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ANDREW WHELAN

Chief Operating Officer | Creative OfficerLondon, United Kingdom
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ANDREW WHELAN
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ANDREW WHELAN

Chief Operating Officer | Creative OfficerLondon, United Kingdom
Projects
  • Completed SalesForce, eCommerce, Logistics and Collaboration platform integrations
    Completed SalesForce, eCommerce, Logistics and Collaboration platform integrations- As the COO of LAVOIE, I led and completed the full data integration of CRM systems (Salesforce) with eCommerce and global Logistics platforms significantly under-budget and ahead of schedule. - This allowed LAVOIE to develop its first 360 view of B2C customers as well as B2B business partners, leading to significant cost savings, and richer customer insights for strategic planning. - Furthermore, I also selected and then implemented LAVOIE's first all-company, cross-function collaboratio
Work history
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    CEOPhilanthro Productions
    Los Angeles, United StatesFull Time
    Co-Founder and national Chief Executive Officer  Promoted from Sponsorship Director to COO and Co-President in LA; then advanced to National CDO and CEO, demonstrating vision and initiative to lead the national organization’s growth strategy.  Managed over 150 volunteers including doctors, lawyers, bankers & entrepreneurs across cross-functional teams.  Increased revenue by +3,000% over 4 years through fundraising initiatives allocated over $300k to over 50 charities.
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    Chief Operating Officer (COO)"LAVOIE"
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    As the Chief Operating Officer at LAVOIE (a PE-funded, luxury e-mobility scale-up), I established and humanised experiences across all global B2B & B2C customer service and sales channels, including CRM, logistics, operations, and global partnerships. Led our global expansion strategy including legal, financial and tax compliance for USA & EU market entry through extensive, hands-on negotiation. Achievements include: • Established all B2B & B2C customer service channels and optimised operations efficiency to beat competitor OKRs metrics by >30% by designing sales funnels and post-sales journeys from the ground up and with continuous data insights. • Owned the full IT integration of CRM systems (Salesforce) with eCommerce, Logistics and Marketing platforms. Established cross-function collaboration and planning IT tools, reaching 100% adoption rate across all departments. • Spearheaded financial analysis of fraud and blocked payments via Stripe, then implemented new payment processes reducing incidents +150% in 3 months. • Created and the B2B strategic partnership program and executed successful Go-to-Market campaigns with global SME clients leading to 12x pipeline growth. • Navigated and negotiated complex legal contracts with 3PLs to setup and optimise the global supply chain, logistics, warehousing, customs and risk frameworks across China, USA, EU, and UK. • Collaborated daily with Founder/CEOs and successfully presented monthly actions and insights (via PPT) to the P.E. ExCo on strategic investment decisions, KPI performance, risk mitigation, global expansion strategy and growth vision. • Pioneered new generative-AI efficiencies in logistics, operations and customer service forecasting, based on proprietary data leading to +125% productivity boost and >£100k savings in first quarter piloted.
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Education
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    MBA Master of Business AdministrationCass Business School, City University of London
     - London, United Kingdom
     MBA (Honours), Cass Business School - 2012-2013  Distinction on Corporate Entrepreneurship dissertation; Entrepreneur Scholarship Award winner; 1st place (of 85) in Strategy competition for defining digital marketing and go-to-market strategy and implementation plan for fashion industry client. 1-week strategy project for a SMB Polish tech company seeking digital marketing advice for UK market-entry strategy (in Warsaw, Poland).
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    Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of California, Los Angeles
     - Los Angeles, United States
    BA in Communications and Spanish  Provost List Honours, Alumni Scholar Society.
Awards
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    GLOMO (Mobile World Congress) Award for Best Augmented Commerce appMobile World Congress
    GLOMO Award for Best Augmented Commerce app, for BMW iVisualiser.