William Cowling provides his CV, which details his extensive career in telesales and business development spanning over 25 years. He has worked in telesales roles selling a wide range of investments and products, including duty free cigarettes, fine wines, rare whisky, carbon credits, and shares in pre-IPO companies. Cowling also co-founded a new golf management company and has experience advising students on educational courses. His background as a hair stylist helped develop his strong communication and relationship building skills applicable to his sales roles.

1. Cerriculum Vitae
Personal Information
First name(s) Surname William Michael Cowling
Current Address Georgiou Griva Degeni, Kanika Silver House 1,
3101 Limassol, Cyprus
Moving back to the UK, beginning March 2016, County, Town/City ??? Very open to where I move to..
Current Mobile +0357 99083558
E- Mail wmc.cowling@gmail.com
Nationality British
Date of Birth November 9, 1959
Gender Male
Driving Licence Full
Mother tongue English
Marital Status Married
Interests Many….. Good Food, Cooking, Good Company, Socialising,
Reading, Markets, Economy, Health, World Affairs,
Exercise - Walking, Swimming,
Sports interests – Football, Horse Racing, F1 and other major
sporting events.
Relevant Work/Sales Experience
Dates 6th
October 2014 – 6th
January 2015
Position Held Telesales/Customer Service
Employer and Address SITL Ltd
Limassol, Cyprus
Main Activities and Responsibilities Selling Duty Free Cigarettes to USA citizens, calling non
active customers to attain new business, calling existing
customers to take their orders and inform them of any special
offers, also answering calls to take orders and give
information on tracking their orders.

2. Dates August 2012 – August 2014
Position Held Telesales Executive/Portfolio Manager
Self employed, Commission only
Employer and Address Liquid Equities (formerly Vineyards Direct)
Private Equity Investment Company
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Activities and Responsibilities Cold calling prospective clients, selling over the phone
and also arranging meetings in the office to present and
sell Fine Wines and Rare Whisky as an investment.
Servicing Clients, building the relationship and trust, cross
and upselling, adding to their portfolio's and gaining
referrals for new business.
Worked with CRM system
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Dates January 2012 – June 2012
Position Held Telesales Closer
Commission only
Employer and Address Oxford Synergie
Private Equity Investment Company
Kyrenia, North Cyprus (Turkish side)
Main Activities and Responsibilities Cold calling prospective clients selling Carbon Credits as
an investment on a one call, maximum 2 call close.
Worked with CRM system
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Dates May 2011 – November 2011
Position Held Telesales Executive/Account Manager
Self Employed Commission only
Employer and Address AGT
Private Equity Investment Company
Dubai, UAE
Main Activities and Responsibilities using CRM system, cold called prospective clients selling
Carbon Credits as an investment opportunity on a one to
three call close, on some occassions it did take more calls.
We also arranged meetings in the office for one on one
presentations to sell.
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3. Dates August 2004 – April 2011
Position Held Telesales Executive/Account Manager
Employer and Address Amro Consultants
Private Equity Investment Company
Limassol, Cyprus
Main Activities and Responsibilities Cold calling prospective clients (mainly using white
pages/yellow pages) selling shares in Pre IPO Companies
to attain New Business, then through servicing, building
trust and strong relationships to gain more business and
referrals – Opening Closing and Loading...
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Dates October 2002 – August 2003
Position Held Partner, Sales Director
Astrum Management Company Ltd
New Golf Management Company with New Concept
Luton UK
Main Activities and Responsibilities Helped to formulate Business plan
Raised most of money to start Business
Perfected Sales Pitch to sell Corporate Memberships
Recruit telesales staff and train them…
We closed the company down due to a personal incident between my 2 partners which could not be
rectified and I could not work with one without the other.
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Dates November 1998 – February 2002
Position Held Telesales Executive/Account Manager
Self Employed Commission only
Employer and Address Vintage Hallmark Ltd
Private Equity Investment Company
Luton UK
Main Activities and Responsibilities Cold calling high net worth Americans from names on
sticky label lists, selling casks of whisky as an
investment opportunity on a one to three call close.
We then introduced casks of Cognac and later Port,
with product financing deals in Champagne, French
Wine Chinese Beer , Vodka, Armagnac ect, finally
transferring them out of casks and product financing

4. deals into company stock/shares as the company
positioned for an IPO.. Opening, Closing and Loading,
deals raising any amount from 2,000 to 500,000 USD
in casks, product financing and then into stock.
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Date May 1997 – July 1998
Position Held Course Adviser
Direct Sales, structured educational courses in Maths
and English (video and DVD based)
Commission only
Employer and Address Student Support Center
Great Missenden UK
Field sales, area covered, Herts, Beds, Bucks.
Main Activities and Responsibilities My role was to enter family homes on pre arranged
appointments to assess students abilities (age 4 – 18),
then promote and sell the relevant course to the family.
We had to learn a 30+ page script and tested on this
and our presentation skills every month in order to
qualify and receive leads.
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Date October 1996 – April 1997
Position Held Telesales Executive
Business to Business Publications
Employer and Address Commerce Business Magazines
Newport Pagnal UK
Main Activities and Responsibilities Cold calling company directors selling advertising
and editorial space in various magazines.
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Prior to the above, I was a “Top flight Hair Stylist” (International) for almost 20 years ;-
11 years as a mobile hair stylist
2 years as manager/stylist in Luton with staff of 11 hairdressers
1 year Hair stylist in Cape Town, South Africa
2 years as mobile hair stylist
3 years Apprenticeship in Doncaster
Due to my hairdressing career, my communication skills are well honed for building business
relationships and gaining trust, customer relations orientated with great selling skills.