Econocom plc is the UK division of the Econocom Group. The group is the European leader in technology finance and infrastructure services with 2014 revenues of 2.09bn€. We are present in 20 countries with a workforce of over 8,000 people.
We specialise in the provision of innovative and flexible technology finance solutions especially tablets, intelligent (smart) objects, multimedia and large software project roll-outs. Our mission statement is to be the "European Pioneer in Integrating and Financing Digital Solutions".
Econocom has been the primary technology finance provider to the BBC for over 20 years for both ICT and media technology. We are active in many industry sectors especially legal, education, retail, health and industry.
In the legal sector, we are a Network Partner of the Legal Support Network and Alliance partner of Thomson Reuters Elite.Today, we are working with 20% of the Top 200 law firms.
In education, we specialise in the finanancing of the ICT projects necessary to enhance the student experience such as network infrastructures, laptop/PC roll-outs, library technology and 1:1 schemes. We have over 500 customers in education ranging from primary schools to universities.
In B2C/retail, we have partners such as Ingenico & Toshiba with expertise focusing on financing POS, hand held devices, multimedia and supply chain solutions.
Econocom is expert at providing the financial wraparound for often complex technology projects thereby matching the cost of the project with the benefits it brings and ensuring partners get paid on time. We are always looking to increase our partnership so feel free to get in touch.
Specialities: Financing for technology & digital projects. Specialising in operating leases, finance leases, technology refreshes, financing of the internet of things, desktop on demand, supported tablet solutions, technology roll-outs/deployment, managed service contracts, EPOS, retail, hand held devices, medical equipment
Country Manager - UK & Ireland @ Responsible for the UK and Ireland P&L for Econocom Group.
Duties include sales, sales support, bid management, risk, legal and HR From March 2012 to Present (3 years 8 months) Richmond, SurreySales Director - UK & Ireland @ Managing sales for UK and Ireland for Econocom plc, the new name for ECS United Kingdom plc From May 1998 to March 2012 (13 years 11 months) Account Manager @ Responsible for the sales of IBM RS/6000 and AS/400 equipment From 1996 to 1998 (2 years) Account Manager @ Sale of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software. Specialising in data capture, metal fatigue and fracture (LEFM) modelling. From August 1993 to June 1996 (2 years 11 months) Placement Student @ Placement student at HP firstly at Amen Corner and latterly at HP Manchester From September 1991 to August 1992 (1 year)
2:1, Business Studies and French @ University of Sunderland From 1989 to 1993 Kings School Macclesfield From 1977 to 1988 Chris Labrey is skilled in: Contract Negotiation, Managed Services, Negotiation, New Business Development, Sales Management, Business Strategy, Account Management, Key Account Management, Team Leadership, People Management, Coaching, Strategic Planning, Consultative Selling, Operations Management, Solution Selling, Contract Management, Team Management, Management, Sales, Sales Operations, Selling, Leadership
Websites:
http://www.econocom.co.uk