• Interim Finance Director and provider of ad-hoc consulting & mentoring services to SMEs in the South East.
• Clients include Furniture designer, Audio distributor, Meat importer and housing association.
• Have advised on funding & cash-flow, start-up marketing & mission, and business reorganisation.
• I also have a coaching and mentoring program for ambitious new Finance Directors.
• Author of articles on business for, amongst others, James Caan’s Entrepreneurs Business Academy

• Steered company back from the brink of financial collapse into growth and £2.2M profit for YE June 2010
• Responsible for restructuring and redundancy programme within Finance and Logistics
• Re-build of incomplete statutory accounts and Audit close
• Partnered with business stakeholders to maintain / improve credit limits, trading terms and trust.
• Extensive negotiations with Banks to maintain and increase LC and asset based funding facilities.
• Implemented working capital transformation, taking debtor days from circa 150 to circa 75, and driving available funding from zero to circa £2M
• Was right-hand and confidant to Owner/CEO during extremely tough times
• Responsible for the implementation of reporting systems and financial processes

• Responsible for re-energising and re-focusing a £17million t/o pharmaceutical co. following acquisition
• Took full business responsibility during major restructuring and redundancy programme
• Responsible for greater employee engagement and empowerment in times of rapid corporate change
• Lead strategic review and development of 5 year programme resulting in goal of 20% growth per annum
• Implemented new processes & SAP to bring costs control costs, drive revenues and improve cash flow
• Participated in UK Group Board meeting and was Britannia lead on MBO spin-off of non-core division

• Responsible for all IT, logistical and operational aspects, sourcing, purchasing, warehousing, distribution and customer service for a £17million fragrance and cosmetics organisation
• Doubled profit to £1M in first year of responsibility by improving systems, processes and reporting
• Responsible for exceeding annual cash targets and applying strict controls thus keeping group solvent
• Oversaw transfer of company from ‘distressed’ Irish holding company to ownership by Hedge Fund
• Responsible for management and motivation of entire business while MD was seconded to sister company
• Due diligence for sale of fragrance brand to Netherlands based MBO as part of turnaround strategy
• Oversaw the closure of the Sunbury offices and subsequent relocation to Skelmersdale

• Interim role – later made perm - to assist in urgent year end close and subsequent business transformation
• Dealt with financial year end close producing fundamental and detailed balance sheet and business review
• Clean up of outstanding statutory accounts, corporation tax, saving £200k on PAYE/NI settlement.
• Implemented new processes, headcount reductions and changes to reporting and accounting processes
• Reversed a £10m loss into a £3m profit on a £30m turnover after full organisational reviews
• Direct responsibility for entire finance team of UK division with a T/O growing to £50 million by 2005
• Rationalised business transferring export distributor, French and Italian businesses to German holding company
• Preparation of budgets and 5 year plans as part of strategy of VC owners to sell the business
• Post sale rationalisation and integration with new European parent including SAP implementation.