Directors
Dermot Jenkinson
John Devlin
Katrine Young
Jackie Lowe
Dave Halford
Non Executive Directors
beCogent Business Development Director
Dave Halford,
Business Development Director
Dave has over 10 years industry experience in senior business development roles and a reputation of successfully increasing new business revenue
He has spent most of his working life in either direct sales or managing successful sales teams. His experience in senior sales management positions extends across Business Psychology, Financial Services and Business Process Outsourcing industries.
At the Prudential, Dave helped manage the sales process transition from the traditional 'Man from the Pru' model through to the modern IFA channel management structure in place today. Holding advanced Financial Planning Certificate, he and his award-winning team provided corporate and personal investment, pension and tax planning solutions.
As UK Head of Sales & Marketing for ASE (Occupational Psychology), he developed a highly successful sales model, providing bespoke and off-the-shelf recruitment and staff development solutions for some the UK's largest companies. He launched the first UK-based Emotional Intelligence assessment to the UK and managed the national media campaign, which included appearances on national television, radio and commentary in the key broadsheet newspapers.
He has now been working for a decade as a senior business development practitioner in the BPO industry and negotiated several multi-million pound contracts in both the private and public sector. During this period Dave spent time in senior development roles at Merchants, Kingston Communications and Agilisys.