Vanessa Flather has today joined Gobeyond Partners as Managing Director of Retail and Travel, extending the organisation’s impressive credentials in this space.

Vanessa joins the business from PRGX Global, where she held the role of Head of Advisory Services in the UK & Europe. During this time, she led business development and delivery across the firm’s retail client portfolio in the course of the start-up phase of PRGX UK & Europe Advisory Services.

Prior to this role, Vanessa worked at Capgemini Consulting and IBM in their retail teams, and also at Sainsbury’s as Head of Marketing Planning. Vanessa’s rich retail expertise lies in designing and executing innovative strategies that place business transformation, customer experience and analytics at their heart. She has broad experience across brand, marketing and commercial/merchandising, as well as deep expertise in big data and performance analytics.

Vanessa said of the appointment:

“I’m delighted to join the Gobeyond Partners team and look forward to bringing my experience to support its retail clients with those crucial strategic and customer-focused decisions about their future. Gobeyond Partners has great ambitions and some really exciting and fresh perspectives around driving transformational business change through a human lens (HX). I look forward to supporting the organisation and its clients during this pivotal time of growth.”

Mark Palmer, Managing Director of Gobeyond Partners, said:

“I’m delighted to welcome Vanessa to our team as we continue to develop our capability working with clients on innovative transformation, all with HX at the forefront. With previous roles at some prestigious consulting firms, Vanessa brings with her a wealth of experience and a pragmatic approach to change.”

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