Business Growth and Development Strategies
Sarah has vast experience in a variety of international customer-oriented industry sectors, cutting to the heart of complex problems to provide practical solutions that deliver efficiency and growth.
Career Highlights:
Sarah has been an independent consultant since 2006. Her clients in the UK, Europe and the Middle East have used her expertise to help with international expansion, organisation design, management assessment and coaching, M&A support, market studies and customer surveys.
She is a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director for the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust and a Trustee for The Adolescent and Children’s Trust.
Sarah was with KPMG for 17 years. During this time she held leadership roles in the Retail and Consumer Industry practice in the UK and Europe, the Strategy Group, and in UK Knowledge Management.
Prior to KPMG, Sarah worked at PepsiCo in New York and London in a variety of Directorship roles across financial management and corporate planning, including Finance Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa franchising region for Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. In New York she also worked for publisher E.P.Dutton, and for Accenture.
Sarah has a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia University.
• Recent Clients: Gatwick Airport, World Duty Free, Babcock International Group, Designer Alterations/Total Wardrobe Care, KPMG
• Personal Interests: learning to play the harp; adventure travel
• Links: www.sarahcharles.co.uk
Contact details: s.charles@the-chambers.com or 07802 611784
