Alexander Giles

Consultant, Defense & Space

Hi, I'm Alexander Giles. Welcome to my profile!

Alexander Giles's Bio:

Alexander Giles's Experience:

• Associate Director at DNA-Tracker

  September 2013 - May 2014

• Representative Defense News for UK, Northern Europe and Australia at Gannett

  July 2012 - August 2013

  Sales responsibility for all Defense News products to companies based in the UK, Scandinavia, Benelux and Australia.

• CEO at Shephard Media

  December 2007 - June 2012

  C level responsibility with five direct reports and an overall headcount of 38 and a t/o of over ?3 million. Shephard Media has a portfolio of 6 B2B magazines and an average of 10 annual international events. Events range in size from 800 to 150 delegates. Achievements o Doubled publishing portfolio by acquiring one publication and launching two new ones. o Negotiated the successful disposal of one existing publication to another publisher, so rationalising our portfolio. o Organised the official conference for the newly formed Defence Equipment & Support organisation, which has responsibility for the entire UK MoD acquisition and support budget. o Negotiated multi-year contract with the Association of Old Crows (professional association for Electronic Warfare community), for Shephard to organise all of their events outside of North America. o Launched Indian event portfolio in partnership with Indian publishing house. First event attracted over 350 delegates. o Oversaw the successful bid to organise the official annual conference of the RAF two years running. Sat on the organisation board for the event which was chaired by the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff and advised the MoD on all aspects of the event. o Organised the reintroduction of the annual UK industry reception at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting. The event was held at the British Ambassador's residence in Washington and hosted by the Ambassador. o Invited by the Commander of the Qatar Air Force to head the organisation of his official annual conference. o Invited by the Commander of the Malaysian Air Force to head the organisation of his official annual conference at the LIMA Air Show.

• CEO at Defence Event Management

  April 1998 - December 2007

  Total responsibility for the content, marketing and selling of several large scale events in the defence and aerospace sector. Achievements o Created and grew what became the largest Military Logistics conference in Europe, at its height attracting over 400 delegates. o In partnership with the Royal United Services Institute created the largest Land Warfare conference in Europe which attracted over 600 delegates. Was also used as the official platform for UK/US General Officer meeting to discuss future of collaboration in vehicle programmes.

• Conference Manager at SMi

  1997 - 1998

• Consultant at McLane Advanced Technologies

  December 2012

  Identifying acquistion and investment opportunities within the UK for Mr Drayton McLane. Areas of interest include, oil/gas, software, defence and security.

• Owner at Speartip

  July 2012

  Taking on various projects within defence events and publishing. Available to discuss any other opportunities which my extensive database could assist with.

• International Representative for Exhibitions and Conferences at IMR Events

  July 2012

  Working with my colleagues at IDYB Group (publishers of India's best read defence magazine) on a series of events to inform international industry on opportunities in the Indian defence market. You can keep up to date with our events at www.imrmedia.in and by downloading the brochures below.

Alexander Giles's Education:

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

  2003 – 2003

• King's College London, U. of London

  1996 – 1997
  MA
  Concentration: War Studies

• University of Warwick

  1993 – 1996
  BA
  Concentration: Politics and International Relations

• Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

  1985 – 1991