Applied for Exceptional Talent (Business Track)

Stage 1
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Hi,

I have applied for my Stage 1 endorsement with the following, would I have a high chance of getting endorsement quickly?

Applied on 5th Nov 2025
Email from HO to make edits and resubmitted on 6th Nov 2025
Transferred to tech nation on 7th Nov 2025

I am a Global Sales Director for a European company listed in the stock exchange which has a revenue of over €5 billion in the construction tech industry. I have over 20 years of experience and I did a post graduate degree and graduated from University of Oxford in 2024 and I am currently pursuing my PhD in a UK university. Lived in Oxford, UK since 2022.

LOR:

  1. EVP of my current company /direct manager, attesting to exceptional commercial, strategic, and leadership impact.
  2. Professor in a UK university who is my current PhD supervisor, confirming originality, research rigour, and high-impact academic contribution especially in the first paper that we just submitted for journal publication this year.
  3. Chief Research engineer from a global R&D centre validating independent recognition and technical excellence.

MC
E1: Annual Pay Review showing high OTE salary in six digits confirming top tier industry compensation
E2: Internal finance record detailing multi-million USD Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) linked to product launch.

OC1
E3: Patent for technical innovation (AI/BIM in construction), derived from my strategic product and market work. I was not named as applicant but the EVP is named as inventor
E6: Public press release of the product launch although I am not named.

OC2
E7: BIM Hero Summit certificate/award recognising my work for information management & sector leadership.
E8: Podcast interview as invited expert on digital twins and market transformation in AECO sector.
E9: Formal speaker recognition at Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, national policy workshop, validating ecosystem influence.
E10: UK startup’s written request for applicant’s advisory input, confirming sought-after talent for innovation.

OC4
E4: Manuscript submission to a journal
E5: Academic annual review summarising research on digital transformation and AI adoption, emphasising global impact.

Personal statement
Statement linking all evidence and future UK impact plan, referenced with supporting exhibits.

CV
Detailed curriculum vitae confirming leadership, technical innovation, and sector influence across 20 years.

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@jonathan1981 You have come a long way as per your experience. Well done!

On your question

would I have a high chance of getting endorsement quickly?

No one can truly say if any applicant has a high chance of getting endorsement quickly. You have taken the bold step of submitting and I will suggest you wait for the response.

On your application set, your LORs 2 and 3 appear to be from academics whilst there is nothing wrong with that, but the requirement for this is that they are experts either from the business or technical part of the tech sector.

Then again, some key part of your evidence show company’s achievements and not yours, the application is viewed from applicant’s points and not organization or in association.

As I said, no one can certainly say you will get endorsed quickly, however, I can only hope and wish you all the best.

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Thanks for your inputs, @raphael.

LOR 2 is an academic of a business school and she sits on BSI AI Committee and she recently gave evidence to house of all parties on AI policies in the house of commons.

LOR 3 is from a construction R&D centre who tested our product which I led. They were one of the early adopters of our solution which i led. The R&D centre researches various technologies and is actually part of the top 3 Japanese construction company.

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