Lee McQueen beat 20,000 candidates to be named as Lord Sugar’s Apprentice and is now the founder of his own business. In these tough economic times Lee has taken his company to being an award winning business coming to the end of its second year with revenue forecast to be doubled and employing 8 people.
‘Raw Talent’ himself, Lee has had a successful career in both Recruitment and Advertising after infamously lying on his CV about spending 2 years at university, in reality it was only 4 months and at the time even then Prime Minister Gordon Brown commented on the subject. His desire and passion to succeed has been evident since he was 18 when he was forced to take on a mortgage, working 2 jobs to pay the bills. Before entering The Apprentice Lee previously worked in Recruitment and spent 12 years in this industry, 6 of which were with Capita Resourcing.
“After working my way through the business, I ended my career at Capita as the Sales and Delivery Manager, heading up the IT recruitment division. On leaving (Jan 2008), the division turned over £32million and had around 30 staff; 22 of which were revenue generating. I also set up an academy within my division, designed to recruit staff with limited experience and using strong training and development methods develop them into fully fledged sales consultants deployed within the business. In 2008, I beat 20,000 candidates to land a role with Lord Sugar by winning The Apprentice!
“I learnt so much from the gruelling 12-week process and to win it was outstanding. To set out your goals and achieve them is incredibly rewarding.
“The Apprentice tests you in every way, stamina, business acumen, team work, confidence it was a great experience. After winning I set up, with Simon Sugar, a business for Lord Sugar called Amscreen, a digital media business. As Development Director I was responsible for the development and integration of the business both commercially and internally to enable Amscreen to become the UK market leader in digital signage.
“I was primarily involved with building a team of sales professionals and the development of new and existing customers for both the site acquisition and the advertising sales for the business; ensuring that Amscreen grew the network and the media that is displayed on it, Including leading the BP 5 year contract worth £5 million what has since gone Europe wide.
“Today my passion is about helping others to realise their potential and provide them with a platform to go on and achieve in business.”
A regular on ITV Daybreak with appearances on BBC Breakfast and Sky News Sunrise Lee is a fitness fanatic who has run the London Marathon. A big football fan he has followed England to multiple tournaments and can often be found at Tottenham Hotspur games.
‘Raw Talent’ himself, Lee has had a successful career in both Recruitment and Advertising after infamously lying on his CV about spending 2 years at university, in reality it was only 4 months and at the time even then Prime Minister Gordon Brown commented on the subject. His desire and passion to succeed has been evident since he was 18 when he was forced to take on a mortgage, working 2 jobs to pay the bills. Before entering The Apprentice Lee previously worked in Recruitment and spent 12 years in this industry, 6 of which were with Capita Resourcing.
“After working my way through the business, I ended my career at Capita as the Sales and Delivery Manager, heading up the IT recruitment division. On leaving (Jan 2008), the division turned over £32million and had around 30 staff; 22 of which were revenue generating. I also set up an academy within my division, designed to recruit staff with limited experience and using strong training and development methods develop them into fully fledged sales consultants deployed within the business. In 2008, I beat 20,000 candidates to land a role with Lord Sugar by winning The Apprentice!
“I learnt so much from the gruelling 12-week process and to win it was outstanding. To set out your goals and achieve them is incredibly rewarding.
“The Apprentice tests you in every way, stamina, business acumen, team work, confidence it was a great experience. After winning I set up, with Simon Sugar, a business for Lord Sugar called Amscreen, a digital media business. As Development Director I was responsible for the development and integration of the business both commercially and internally to enable Amscreen to become the UK market leader in digital signage.
“I was primarily involved with building a team of sales professionals and the development of new and existing customers for both the site acquisition and the advertising sales for the business; ensuring that Amscreen grew the network and the media that is displayed on it, Including leading the BP 5 year contract worth £5 million what has since gone Europe wide.
“Today my passion is about helping others to realise their potential and provide them with a platform to go on and achieve in business.”
A regular on ITV Daybreak with appearances on BBC Breakfast and Sky News Sunrise Lee is a fitness fanatic who has run the London Marathon. A big football fan he has followed England to multiple tournaments and can often be found at Tottenham Hotspur games.
What the audience can expect
Lee’s presentation covers his journey from leaving school with few prospects to being an entrepreneur and business owner and the challenges he has faced along the way. Sharing the highs and lows as well as the some of the secrets of the Apprentice Lee passes on the lessons he has learned, be that as a business owner or a teenager holding down two jobs.
Presentation Approach
Anyone who watched his series of The Apprentice will remember Lee as a very motivational and energetic character; his presentations are noted for their humour and positivity around setting yourself a goal and smashing it.
