NameSimon Butt
Job TitleHead of Marketing
OrganisationFC Business Intelligence Ltd
Subscription LevelSilver
Registered Since12 Oct 2011
Areas of ExpertiseB2B Marketing, Multichannel Marketing, Strategy & Operations, Web Analytics, eCRM

About Me

2006-present

Head of Marketing - FC BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE LTD (formerly First Conferences Ltd), London

Fast-growing £25m-revenue company producing original B2B research, publishing & events for senior executives

  • Management role with full responsibility for the company’s marketing and monthly performance. Currently 8 marketing managers report to me, with 90 indirect reports managing individual marketing campaigns. I report to MD.
  • Devised company’s marketing strategy: increased database contacts by 144%, doubled email engagement. (A major component of FCBI’s average 25% YoY growth in the past five years).
  • Created business model enabling the company to identify real customers using analysis of online behaviour to determine purchase likelihood. Provides new vision for the company in predicting future sales.

2004-2006

CRM Project Manager - FC BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE LTD

  • Researched, contracted & delivered a CRM system that delivered ROI within 12 months of its implementation and supported a record sales growth of 30%. In 2012 this system is still at the core of the business operation
  • Devised customer profiling and segmentation strategies to simplify the marketing process and ensure that project managers sent out the right message to relevant prospects
  • Designed and delivered a lead capture system which pushed prospect data directly into the CRM system

Education and Qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing - Chartered Institute of Marketing

Bachelor of Arts in Geography - Kings College, University of London

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