A highly recognisable and influential figure within the UK business sector, Barrie Pierpoint has vast experience working in high powered positions across a variety of service industries. Barrie’s 25 years at chief executive and managing director level has seen him lead from the front and develop a reputation for implementing techniques that drive a business forward, open up new opportunities and ultimately result in success. A prime example of Barrie’s ability to transform and develop a loss-making business into a profitable one came when he was Group Plc Chief Executive at Leicester City Football Club. Within a ten-year period, he took the struggling club from a turnover of £2m to £24m and also oversaw its stock market flotation.
His association with football and the sporting world continued with roles as Chief Executive of Portsmouth Football Club Limited on a one-year contract from 2000 to 2001 to provide stability and growth, interim chief executive of Bradford City Football Club where he restructured the company and oversaw the development and launch of a new £9m stand and as acting chief executive for a new consortium looking to take over Boston United Football Club. Barrie also operated his own advertising, PR and marketing agency which served the sports, leisure, catering, education and retail sector. Working with a number of high profile clients including the likes of Dunelm, De Montfort University, Spearing Waite Solicitors and the University of Leicester, the company achieved the Investors in People award in 2004.
Such is his success in business, Barrie has a number of awards to his name. In 1998, he was presented with the nationally recognised DHL Boss of the Year award before a year later taking the Ernst & Young Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year award. In 2005, he was a finalist for the Leicestershire Business Personality of the Year award. Barrie is currently Managing Partner at BP Management & Marketing Services, where he utilises his skills as a Management Consultant and Business Advisor. In this role he provides professional business and management support to those within the boardroom and senior positions within a company.
With specialist advice, guidance and direction on how to overcome the problems commonly associated with a growing business, Barrie offers a one-to-one service that calls on his own business and life experiences. His ‘been there, done it and worn the t-shirt’ mantra combined with his knowledge, expertise, previous success and skill set makes Barrie just the man for breathing life into a business and highlighting fresh opportunities you may never have considered previously. An expert in the fields of marketing, PR and business development, Barrie runs marketing workshops and seminars for businesses throughout the UK with the goal of making them successful or more successful than they currently are.
In 2020, it was announced that Barrie would be releasing his first book titled Minding My Own Football Business. The book explores Barrie's time at as Chief Executive of Leicester City and all that entailed as Barrie guided the club from a struggling club to a gleaming success.
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