1. Alex Blackwood
PROFILE
An experienced leader with a ‘can-do’ attitude; first-rate interpersonal skills; proven business acumen;
highly influential within and external to an organisation; comfortable working at all levels; passionate at
winning business.
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
 Commercially astute; inspirational manager; marketing expert
 Outstanding negotiator of property investments.
 Speaker at conferences on how to sell real estate investments
 Sales mentor (and author of ‘Beyond Persuasion’)
CAREER HISTORY
Vilnius Golf & Spa Resort - Lithuania
July 2010 to current: Head of Sales and Marketing
Site-assembly of 300 million Euro Real Estate project at Le Meridien Vilnius hotel.
 seven year plan, legals, inward investments, mezzanine finance
 branding, marketing and sales collateral for each product type
 HNWI data management; recruitment and training of sales team(s)
 fund managers, corporate sales, vanilla opportunities and worldwide agents
Land Holdings Group - Hong Kong
June 2007 - July 2010: CEO
Land holding, turnkey projects, property developments, hotels, estate management and hospitality
services: delivering projects and properties outstanding by location, product and opportunity.
 Driving this worldwide US billion dollar group towards future stock market listing
 Identifying opportunities through further acquisitions and joint ventures
 Maintenance and growth of profit centres, shedding assets and change management
Karma Developments – Singapore, Bali, Thailand, India, Australia
January 2006 - February 2007: Head of Sales and Marketing
Asian developments of Luxurious Villas and 5* Boutique Hotels
Consistently achieving annual sales of $45million by:
 Creation of strong brand awareness and property events across the world
 Inventive adverts, PR, direct mail, email, high profile celebrities and sponsorships
 Point of contact data via external promotions and sophisticated telemarketing
 Constant flow of HNWI’s to the sales teams in Australia, India, Indonesia and Thailand
Keypoint International - Russia
1992 - 2006: CEO
Specialist sales and marketing company selling overseas properties to wealthy Russians
Achieving annual sales of $21 million by:
 Setting up unique show rooms and call centres in Moscow
 Sourcing and developing talented Russian core management team
 Innovative marketing to ensure consistent flow of HNWI’s
Added Value Group - UK
1989 - 1992: Managing Director
Multimillion GBP property management and marketing consultancy
Achieved exceptional growth by saving of many businesses, whilst substantially growing others by:
 innovative use of direct marketing campaigns in various unique formats
 setting up call centres for clients and training their sales personnel
 provision of AVG teams to conduct client sales
Barratt Homes Leisure Division - UK
1985 - 1989: Sales and Marketing Director
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2. Achieved annual growth from £3million in 1985 to over £35 million in 1988 by:
 Motivation of management and salespeople across 10 European revenue centres
 Innovative direct marketing programmes and numerous call centres
 Training and motivation of 100+ sales personnel and contractual management
 Advertising, exhibitions, special events and innovator of 'world strong man competitions’
Reunert Handling - South Africa
1981 - 1985: Managing Director
Head hunted from UK to start up an overhead crane company for the Barlow Rand Group to attain 15%
penetration of the SA market within three years. Achieved 25% of the market within two years by:
 Establishment of the business from a green field site using joint venture agreements with
European companies to fast track production
 Establishment of design, production, finance, marketing, sales and after sales departments
 meticulous control of business plans, P&L and ROI
J H Carruthers - Scotland
1977 - 1980: Sales and Marketing Director
Manufacturers of industrial cranes and ship’s pumps
Achieved exceptional growth and level of sales across the world by:
 Creating joint ventures and franchising products worldwide
 Exchange of technologies bringing new product lines into factory
 Establishing agencies across the globe
Previously – variously included sales, sales management and design draughtsmanship
EDUCATION
Whitehill Senior Secondary
Stow College of Engineering – HNC
Royal College of Arts – Advanced English
CONTACT DETAILS
Address: Apartment G, 15 John Spencer Square, London, N1 2LZ
Email: amsblackwood@gmail.com
Mobile: +44 (0) 7817 740 622
Skype: sandyblackwood
Nationality: British
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