Leigh Nissim, Commercial Director

Leigh Nissim joined St. Minver in June 2005 as Managing Director of St Minver (UK), responsible for growing the profitability of the UK business and developing relationships with key partners, including Yahoo!, Virgin, Littlewoods, InterCasino and Poker Heaven. As Commercial Director, he is now responsible for sales and marketing account management for St Minver across Europe.

Before St Minver he was the Chief Operating Officer of Vitesse Media Plc, an AIM listed publishing company. In this role he oversaw a strong increase in sales and was directly responsible for the integration of an acquired events company and relaunching the company's online portfolio of websites.

Prior to this he was CEO of BusinessesForSale.com where he raised £1.7m of seed capital in February 2000. Leigh continued to build the business to deliver sustained profitability. This was achieved through paid-for online subscription services in the UK and US, the launch of FranchiseSales.com, paid events and white label partnerships with FT.com, ThisIsMoney, TimesOnline, the Telegraph and other quality business websites. His past experience includes management consultancy with Deloitte & Touche and a Corporate Finance Executive with Lloyds' of London.