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title: "Harold Gittelmon - Chairman, UK"
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# Harold Gittelmon - Chairman, UK

Harold Gittelmon Chairman, UK Three songs you’ll find on Harold’s Spotify playlist Ordinary – Alex Warren Bring Him Home – Les Mis Telegraph Road – Dire Straits His favourite city Vancouver – he loves its wonderful vibe. Something you might not know about Harold He has seen the musical Les Misérables 41 times! Harold is excellent at Identifying and clearly defining the core issues holding a business back. Developing a practical, collaborative plan that gains full team buy-in. Executing the plan with focus, experience, and sound judgment. About Harold Harold is an experienced leader with a passion for helping businesses unlock their potential and achieve sustainable growth. With over three decades of experience spanning private equity, banking, and retail in Europe and the US, he has a proven track record of driving expansion, delivering successful exits, and guiding companies through transformational change. His career includes a significant tenure at 3i Group plc, where he led acquisitions, IPOs, and AIM listings. He then co-founded Eclipse Investment Partners, overseeing numerous private equity transactions. A pivotal moment in his career came when he led an investment round into Harding Brothers, a Bristol-based family business operating gift shops and spas aboard cruise ships. He then transitioned from investor to Managing Director, leading the company through explosive growth over 13 years until a successful trade exit. During this time, Harold pioneered data-led decision making, was named a “Legend” by Duty Free News, and expanded the business with offices in Miami, Sydney, and Piraeus. Following the exit, he was appointed CEO Europe for the acquiring company. Beyond his time at Harding’s, Harold has held a CEO role at Flemingo Europe. Today, he remains an active private investor, collaborating with dynamic businesses to help them scale and thrive. He’s inspired by Uncomplaining heroes who beat the odds. +447973674622 harold.gittelmon@factotum.com Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life We're here to make you smile Jayme Langdon Client Services Manager Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life Meet Jayme Monica Kulkarni Copywriter at Media Bounty Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life Meet Monica Valerie Hardman Payroll Assistant Coffee Tea Books Netflix Summer Winter Meet Valerie Manage Cookie Consent The site uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. By using our website, you accept our use of cookies. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes Accept Deny View preferences Save preferences View preferences {title} {title} {title} Manage consent