Clinton Stamps

Executed on behalf of the CEO to maintain organizational pace and discipline, and led cross-functional meetings to keep teams aligned. Managed CEO diary/inbox, client and investor partner relationships, and supported Board, client, and investor reporting.

Reported to the CEO to ensure operational execution aligned with the CEO’s vision. Maintained internal playbooks/dashboards/templates and served as an internal product owner for Zoho and other platforms to meet organizational needs.

Provided independent facilitation services, including delivering a certified cybersecurity fundamentals programme and facilitating a two-day corporate training course on criticism and discipline skills.

Provided management, business writing, and web-related freelance services for company and business documents including policies, procedures, marketing content, and web content.

Led operations after initially providing business writing services, including establishing an in-house web development capability and authoring the company’s client services manual. Designed and implemented a full-cycle web development process.

Provided remote business writing and web-related freelance services for drafting proposals and creating policies, procedures, and marketing content. Supported consulting work including procedure writing and presentation development.

Helped establish an LED lighting start-up for the North American and Asian markets by setting up an offshore entity with a board and securing business partnerships and investors. Also positioned the company in Thailand through the Thailand Board of Investment and assumed general manager duties for the Thai company.

Established a regional customs clearance and cargo distribution operation in Baghdad, enabling preferred supplier status for Emirates Airline Cargo Division operations. Built operational procedures and coordinated with customs authorities, cargo division management, subcontractors, and legal counsel.

Established the quality management system and led the company to successful ISO 9001 certification for Afghanistan and Pakistan operations. Managed quality assurance responsibilities within the quality department.

Managed bid management and functioned as chief proposal writer, including analysing requests for proposals and compiling RFP-compliant proposals. Provided briefings and recommendations to executives and consulted with stakeholders and departments during proposal development.

Led development, implementation, monitoring, maintenance, improvement, and certification of business management systems across the company and its entities. Served as Management Representative and subject matter expert, providing training and leading internal management system audits and external certifications as Lead Auditor.

Led planning and development activities for the Middle East and Africa region, including business planning, identifying and exploring opportunities, and drafting proposals in response to client requests and RFPs. Also assumed operations support manager duties during leave rotation periods.

Conducted business development to establish a client base and provided long-term financial solutions through needs analysis and financial strategy recommendations. Delivered retirement planning, investment planning, education planning, disability planning, and life/medical insurance solutions.

Served in multiple brigade and regional operations roles, including combat readiness and operational planning responsibilities, and supported joint operations planning. Included deployment to Burundi as personal assistant to the Military Force Commander and liaison between military HQ and African Union HQ.

Completed training as an OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Auditor with BSI Dubai.

Completed training in PAS 99 Integrated Management Systems with BSI Dubai.

Completed OHSAS 18001 Implementation training with BSI Dubai.

Completed an intermediate-level web design course through Bangkok Web Courses.

Completed an eCommerce course through Bangkok Web Courses.

Completed Technical Analysis of Stock Markets training (Parts 1 & 2) through TheMarket.co.za.

Completed Trading Psychology training through TheMarket.co.za.

Completed Junior Leadership 1 (Section Commander) training at Army Gymnasium.

Completed Officer’s Formative training at Army Gymnasium.

Completed Junior Leadership 2 (Infantry Platoon Commander) training at the School of Infantry.

Completed training as an Assistant Physical Training Instructor at Army Gymnasium.

Completed Reconnaissance Platoon Commander training at the School of Infantry.

Completed Company Second in Command training at the School of Infantry.

Completed training for 80mm Battalion Mortars (Mortar Platoon Command) at the School of Infantry.

Completed schooling at High School DF Malherbe and matriculated with exemption.

Earned the Fortinet Certified Associate in Cybersecurity credential.

Earned the Fortinet Certified Fundamentals in Cybersecurity credential.

Completed training as an ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Auditor with BSI Dubai.