Nick Newman

• Full delivery and commercial accountability for 350+ concurrent projects across ~150 client accounts nationally.
• Lead 5 Project Managers and 20 delivery staff, some based in other regions, and track capacity, performance and progress at every location.
• Chair monthly client progress reviews; senior point of contact for relationship health, escalation and account retention.
• Own monthly divis

Worked as Co-Founder at MoCo Coffee.

Currently paused.
• Lead a small development team building a mobile app for the Apple App Store and Google Play. I own UX direction, feature scope and release planning.
• Oversee the GitHub release workflow (branching, pull requests, versioning) and manage store submissions and updates on both platforms.
• Lead publishing, print production and distribution for a Southern African field-guide book s

• Designed and ran project strategies for start-ups covering strategic risk analysis, international commodities trading and mobile app development.
• Held stakeholders to timelines, deliverables and quality standards on projects involving several disciplines.
• Produced weekly analytical reports for clients.

Liberty Campus, Braamfontein
• Full commercial accountability for annual revenue across two business units serving 4,000 customers a day.
• Managed 4 managers reporting to me, within a wider team of 45. Controlled the divisional P&L and reported directly to the board.
• Oversaw procurement, supply chain, events, health & safety compliance and SLA governance.

ABSA Campus, Braamfontein
• Full commercial accountability for annual revenue across five units serving 8,000 customers a day.
• Unit ranked 2nd best-performing nationally in 2017, through a cost-benefit strategy and stronger client value propositions.
• Full budgeting, financial reporting, personnel management and senior client relationship management.

Norton Rose Fulbright (client site), Sandton
• Coordinated external contractors, suppliers and cross-functional teams to meet deadlines and quality standards for a global law firm.
• Developed and launched new products and services, managing their cost and performance.
• Delivered strict quality control across a wide range of stakeholder relationships.

• Ran large, high-pressure operations at several venues from 2008 to 2014, including service to the Netherlands national football team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Built an early grounding in leading operations at scale and under pressure.

Aug 2019