Christopher Hardy

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ABOUT CHRISTOPHER HARDY

I am an innovative and entrepreneurial Global Account Director with extensive experience in strategising and leading value-driven programmes in a range of start-up, scale-up, major corporate and blue-chip environments and across multiple sectors, including fintech, SaaS, financial and legal services and technology. With a proven skill set in exceeding targets, building strategic partnerships, and consistently fostering innovation, I naturally scale account growth, secure forward-looking sales initiatives, and exploit market opportunities.I thrive in dynamic markets, enjoying clients\' fast-paced and evolving requirements, enabling me to showcase my strong strategic, operational, customer-centric and technical capabilities, ensuring robust alignment with jurisdictional and regional compliance needs. Being known for my influencing and negotiation capabilities, I forge and maintain relationships, delivering tailored solutions that confidently meet and exceed client expectations. As a trusted business partner, act as a conduit between the client and business to ensure exceptional service delivery.Mentoring, coaching, and leading high-performing geographically dispersed teams is an area in which I excel. As such, I confidently improve account management and sales approaches to ensure value-added and consultative solutions that nurture ongoing and long-term relationships rather than \"hard sell\" tactics. Family man who has enjoyed a most wonderful life in Rugby League as player and coach in London with Fulham RLFC, Ealing ARLFC and St Mary’s College Twickenham. Helped to establish Rugby League in Ireland co-founding the Dublin Blues in 1992 and coached the Irish Students 1991 to 1994 including the 1992 Student World Cup in Sydney. Part of Bradford Bulls Scouting team 19••••97 and currently supporting the Warrington Wolves in whatever way I can as well as attending as many Widnes Wild Ice Hockey matches as possible. Founder member of High Legh Golf & Country Club.I am keen to broaden my professional network, so feel free to contact me directly through LinkedIn and add me to your contact list. I look forward to connecting with you.