Rejected Dec 10th 2024...Need Help with Appeal

Hello Community.

I first want to appreciate everyone on here for the contribution to this community; I largely benefited from this forum during my Stage 1.

I applied for the exceptional talent route. 5 years digital product led experience.
Role - Deputy CEO/Chief of Staff of a Fintech company (Former role in same company was Head Project management office)

Applied 15th of November 2024
Recjected 10th of Dec 2024

Below are my evidences

Recommendation letter

  1. CEO of an Ai Tech company and my (former CEO of current company)
  2. CTO of an Agro Tech company
  3. COuntry Manager of a FinTech company (That also does hardware POS devices)
    All on company Letter head

Personal statement
Assesor had this to say about my value add to the UK Tech sector
" we are unable to see any credible evidence of how the applicant will add value to the UK’s
tech ecosystem. Just stating that “In the UK, I plan to continue my work in payment solutions, focusing on leading Scrum and project teams to develop digital products that deliver substantial value to users and stakeholders. My goal is to empower teams to innovate and adapt swiftly to market changes, ensuring that the companies I work with remain competitive and resilient. I hope to continue giving back by sharing my experience with the tech communities through publications, speaking engagements, and coaching” is generic and lacks actionable detail. We would expect more from someone claiming to be exceptional. "

Isnt’t the above quite specific for someone who specializes as an Agile Project Management professional in Fintech Sector?

MC 1

  1. High Profile Speaking Engagement- 3 speaking events (1st Speaker at the largest fintech association of Nigeria 600 attendees, 2nd Speaker at the Largest Agile conference 350 attendees, 3rd launch of a global Digital token- 1000+ attendees) First two are annual events recoginsed in Nigeria
  2. Income Evidence of a high salary - Glassdoor show I am in Top 10% and earn 80% higher for a Deputy CEO/Chief of staff
  3. Promotion to C-suite and Offer to Leading MBA School- Evidences showing my Promotion from HEad PMO to C-suite
  4. Recommendation Letter from the COO of the Fintech Association of Nigeria - Stating my achievement and affirming my achievements training professionals on Agile and also stating I will be invited for next years event

OC2

  1. Agile project management training volunteer program (Where I have been training professionals on Agile/Scrum/Project management since 2019 at a recognised Institute for Project management) Provided evidences, pictures, teaching slides, Timetable, Professional feedback, Appreciation letters, number of attendees
  2. Speaking engagements and high profile publication (2 annual conferences organised by a Church –but not a church event– for professionals and Teenagers) Provided screenshots, pictures, detailed the impact) (Also, a publication at a top Tech publishing house –Screenshot, Links, feedback - THis wasn’t even considered)
  3. Recommendation letter from Chief Operations Officer at Chartered Institute of Project Management (CIPM) - Affirming my impact derived from training at the institute

OC3

  1. Successful Implementation of an agile transformation strategy - (Which led to my company securing a $13 million raise, public recognition for operational excellence, This was confirmed by LOR 1, and supporting letter from Chief Revenue Officer at my Company. Evidences, screenshot of Strategy documents, capital raise news clippings
  2. Strategic Partnership and Merchant expansion program - (Achieved met a target of $3.5 million set at the beginning of 2024 by the board. Evidences Partnership agreement signed by me and partner, Marketing efforts I led that all culminated in achieving this target set.
  3. Recommendation from Chief Revenue Officer at NowNow Digital - Recommendation letter on letter head confirming the two evidences

Kindly help me with preparing a case for this appeal

@Francisca_Chiedu @pahuja Please your insight will be helpful

See report below

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Hi @TomiB its not possible to give any advice on appeal without seeing the original application since you cannot add any new information in the appeal, you can only redirect assessors attention to parts of your original application. Hence imo it’s hard to give any guidance on forming an appeal without even reviewing the application.

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what is your planning review or start a new application?

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Hi there, sorry for the rejection. I think you should go for an appeal. By the way I have a question about your rejection report. It is written that “the applicant has cut and pasted multiple screenshots onto a single page and this is also not acceptable”. Did you crop the screenshots or just resized them? I am also using an A4 page to share 3 or 4 documents. Do you think this will cause a problem?

Thanks.

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I just took screenshots and resized them on the A4. However, this particular feedback from tech nation, I believe occurred on only one piece of evidence where I included 4 images from a speaking event. I didn’t specifically explain the screenshots but the written content of the each piece evidence gave context to what the images attached

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