Sally Philip

ABOUT

Sally Philip started the Orbit Enterprises practice Ltd after 15 years of working in large Digital Agencies and Consulting groups where she was delivering and driving innovation and strategies for clients to enable incredible outcomes for SME’s and large PLCs, across a diverse suite of services and industries. She has delivered everything from Marketing and Digital strategies, project and programme roadmaps underpined by financial profiles and investment plans, through to small and large scale platform and change delivery programs -  plus everything in between!  (hackathons, innovation hubs, ecommerce apps, SM campaigns and branding initiatives and website design and build -  CMS, CRM and case management and data platforms). She has worked in Interim C-level/ board advisory roles,  as well as implemented programmes for change, transformation and mobilisation of new spin off or start up initiatives - with the primary focus of setting up teams and programmes for success, as well as rolling up her sleeves to help ‘get stuff done’. 

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She has been through the process herself in working with a number of businesses that have grown rapidly and seen significant changes to their teams, culture, processes and products and services as they have kept up with market need. 

With an implicit understanding of keeping the customer at at the heart of every business, she will challenge you and keep you honest to your objectives, strategies and outcomes to ensure that you are keeping both momentum and success as you pursue your goal.

Sally has also been a Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor and a business advisor to a handful of Start-ups across fintech, social networks and law/gov and health tech.

 

Her depth of experience facilitates the delivery of tactical hands on assistance to get to the bottom of business growth needs and quickly identifies what gaps, blockages and quick steps to take in order to start building growth and seeing tangible results as you scale your business.

With a background in project and business management and having held roles on the board of 2 businesses (40M- 80M), she has a wealth of experience that can aid you in getting to the core of how to grow your business, where to invest time, effort and cash as you grow, and how to navigate the different challenges that every CEO and founding team will encounter as they build their business.

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With 20+ years in digital media and technology she has a wealth of specialist expertise in building new corporate ventures, commercial growth strategies, stakeholder and team management that cuts across complex largescale delivery and product/ services programmes.

Her areas of expertise include setting business strategy and innovation, leadership, team-building and exceptional relationship management.

She has worked across all industry sectors from Pharma (McKesson UK), Government - MHRA (to implement a huge change and transformation programme for the Medical Devices division), managing multiple suppliers and both internal and external teams in publishing, Finance and the arts as well as consulting teams.

 

Previously she held consulting roles with a number of smaller businesses and start ups, advising on people and team as well as business transformation, strategy and business innovation. Prior to that she managed a number of innovation and proposition development projects at Lloyds Banking Group. Before setting up Orbit Enterprises, she was the Digital Delivery Director at TSL Education (TES.com), managing a large and diverse team, bringing resources, jobs and community access to the teaching and education profession and core to the team in taking the UK business Global. 

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She has written for www.disrupts.com, and Digital transformation people, amongst other online content and thought leadership portals and sources. She has been an interviewer for short films at FITC Amsterdam conference, and presented videos for Corporations.

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Dedicated to providing exceptional results in all her projects, Sally attributes her success to never giving up, passion in all that she does, huge integrity, and a love of new challenges. She first became involved in her profession because of the fast-paced nature of the technology industry, thus providing her with the ability to work in dynamic, challenging and constantly evolving environments. 

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She was featured in Take a Break Magazine (100K readership) in the November Special 2015 for her journey struggling with Osteoporosis and how she overcame it, and has been a Patient champion for the National Osteoporosis Society assisting in highlighting the disease and sharing her story in the Houses of Parliament.   

 

She also written/ contributed for Digital Transformation People, The Digital Transformation Network and is part of the Tech London Advocates(TLA), and beingeve.net. 

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In her spare time she loves spending time with family and friends and supporting her favourite charities, BLES, The Mango Tree, Prostate Cancer research for whom she climbed Kilimanjaro in 2010, the Alzheimers Society and is expanding her volunteer work 

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She is open to speaking opportunities and events -  please contact her through the contact page.