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Work Experience

Experienced Interim Manager and Finance Director to board level in various industries. Achievements include company rescue, acquisitions and disposals, strategic planning and restructuring.

Latest assignment as Operational Financial Controller with private healthcare business leading the finance team providing support to the general managers of 35 hospitals.

Key Achievements
· Acquisitions and disposals
· Disposed of business in UK and USA in required timescale and for good value.
· Negotiated contracts for acquisitions and investments in niche strategic alliances.
· Identified and investigated strategic target opportunities to assess feasibility and fit of acquisitions at an early stage.

· Managing change
· Facilitating re-banking and re-financing of business under strain.
· Joined £15m UK division of major European publishing group to recover from losses of £3m+ p.a. to profits in 3 years, including disposals and process reengineering.
· Integrated major acquisition (£23m t/o) into division, identifying and achieving synergies to take enlarged business to top 5 in UK children’s publishing.

· Systems and controls
· Identifying key business drivers and implementing processes to achieve turnover and margin growth and improve balance sheet profile.
· Training and coaching of team members and colleagues including compiling and presenting an internal finance training course.
· Identifying weaknesses in internal controls and implementing remedial actions.
· Trustee of pension schemes and administration of detailed requirements.

· Communication and leadership
· Building and leading teams by encouraging proactive approach to provide first class business reporting and information.
· Extensive experience of compiling and presenting reports to all levels of management, including CEO and Board of UK and overseas parent.

· Project management
· Implementation of improved accounting systems to enhance reporting and management information.
· Leading major IT project (£0.4m) over a period of 18 months to integrate main business processes across group companies.

Career summary
2003 BUPA Hospitals Operational Finance Controller
2002 – 2003 S Webb & Son (Distributors) Ltd. Interim Chief Financial Officer
2002 Two-Can Publishing Interim Managing Director
2002 Spectra Packaging / Display Ltd. Interim Finance Manager
2001 The Celltalk Group plc Interim Finance Director
1993 – 2000 Egmont Holding Limited Finance Director
1988 – 1993 Bowater Containers (NW) Ltd. Finance Director
1983 – 1988 Manders Holdings plc Industrial Division Finance Director
1977 – 1983 GEC plc (Frederick & Co.) Chief Accountant
1970 – 1977 Thornton Baker & Co. (now Grant Thornton) Audit Senior

Career Outline

August 2003 – December 2003 BUPA Hospitals
Interim Operational Financial Controller London & UK – wide

BUPA operates 35 private hospitals throughout the UK with a turnover in excess of £400m. The position is to head the Regional Finance Team of 24 qualified accountants providing financial support to the general managers in the hospitals. The interim assignment is to cover for the position while a permanent recruit is found.
· Leading the team and providing interface between the other finance departments in the business.
· Providing high-level finance support to the Operations Director and his team.
· Assisting individual hospital general managers on specific reports and reviews.
· Other tasks include reviewing the monthly reporting procedure, reviewing the forecasting process and carrying out analysis of the support provided to operations.


December 2002 – May 2003 S Webb & Son (Distributors) Ltd.
Interim Chief Financial Officer Anglesey

This family-owned £14m turnover business distributes books, toys, stationery and gifts. 90% of the business is supplying books to non-traditional booksellers, mainly high street chains. The assignment was to assist with a rebanking and refinancing exercise as well as to advise on systems and controls and to recruit a permanent accountant to the business for the first time.
· Liaised with solicitors and Corporate Finance firm appointed to facilitate the refinancing, including reworking 2003 budget and extending the plans a further 2 years.
· Supported the directors during successful discussions with bankers and funders.
· Facilitated agreement to extended credit terms with major suppliers to improve short term funding and cash flow during rebanking exercise.
· Examined controls over stock and purchasing, creating reports and action teams to monitor and reduce the overstocking situation.
· Coached Managing Director and colleagues in improving internal communication, conducting meetings and examining the management structure.
· Reported on various control issues including treatment of sales and stock for concession sales customers, and consignment stocks.
· Formulated and costed an IT project to introduce a local area network to the business and upgrade the existing business IT system.
· Carried out the full process of appointing a Financial Controller.


May – November 2002 Two-Can Publishing (Zenith Entertainment Ltd.)
Interim Managing Director London and Princeton, New Jersey

This £2m turnover children’s publishing business had been acquired in 1999 but was no longer core to Zenith and was heavily loss making. The Board required that the business be sold by end September or closed down. Appointed as Managing Director, I took charge of both UK and USA operations at a time when senior managers were already leaving and morale was low.
· Took over control of the business from the UK General Manager (who then resigned), reviewed publishing programme and development spend to reduce cash outflows.
· Revised publishing and sales plans in the light of intended sale of the business, including stock reduction exercise to release working capital.
· Prepared a Sale Information Memorandum for both UK and USA businesses and presented to the Board for approval within 6 weeks of starting.

Two-Can Publishing (continued)
· Circulated Memorandum to target list of prospective buyers and responded to other requests obtained in response to trade press publicity.
· Handled due diligence exercise in UK and USA preparing further detailed information as necessary. This included careful interpretation of many contracts and assessment of the possible exposure of the Client.
· Headed the Zenith team (Finance Director, Head of Legal and external solicitor) in detailed contract negotiations with bidder.
· Sale Agreement signed for substantially full bid with effect 1st October.
· Maintained the running of the business throughout the sale exercise, including cash control and retaining relationships with key suppliers and customers.

Following the completion of the Sale, I agreed to stay on with the new owner for 1 month to assist with transition since no US staff were to transfer and only 1 UK employee remained by the end of the process. This included representing the new owner at Frankfurt Bookfair.

The sale transaction was completed in the required timescale and for a price exceeding the original expectations of the Board, given the state of the business.


February - March 2002 Spectra Packaging / Display Ltd.
Interim Finance Manager Warrington, Cheshire
This £16M turnover joint venture company was in distress with trading losses and immediate funding difficulties. Initially assigned to assist the performance of the finance department, the remit changed to assisting the Managing Director in trying to construct a survival plan acceptable to the JV shareholders and the bank. Unfortunately, action had been left too late and the JV shareholders declined to inject more funding, electing instead to appoint an Administrator. Upon his appointment, I worked with the Administrator’s staff in compiling a Statement of Affairs and also assisted remaining employees with preparation of CVs.


February - December 2001 The Celltalk Group plc
Interim Finance Director. Manchester
A leading supplier (t/o £30m) of mobile phones and contracts, the company had run into working capital funding difficulties soon after coming to AIM. I was appointed to act as full time Finance Director to recover the situation and bring strategic financial guidance to the business, take control of the IT function and recruit a permanent FD.
· Regained control of the cash flow situation.
· Detailed analysis and modelling of income streams leading to recovery of revenue previously not achieved.
· Coached the joint managing directors to improve their awareness of corporate structure and process, as well as for individual performance.
· Introduced extended management accounts pack with shorter reporting timetable.
· Advised and assisted the Board with restructuring of the business.
· Built business models for continuous profitability and cash flow forecasting and as the basis of a budget for 2002.
· Identified weaknesses in internal controls over turnover and margin and areas of risk to business continuity, implementing action plans to resolve the issues.
· Advised on compliance with statutory obligations including tax, VAT and pension scheme arrangements.
· The business returned to profitability in the year, developing new sales channels and improving focus on margin achievement.


1993 – 2000 Egmont Holding Limited
Finance Director & Company Secretary
Danish owned group, turnover £800M in family entertainment worldwide. UK turnover £40M; fifth largest publisher of children’s books and major publisher of children’s magazines in UK.

· Turn round of core business from losses of £3M+ per annum to profitability of £0.2M within 3 years.
· Acquisition and integration of new businesses, including acquisition of £23M turnover to add to core of £8M thus achieving substantial market presence. Establishment of joint ventures, and investments in complementary businesses
· Direct involvement in detailed legal documentation for investments made and board membership of new companies. Identification and disposal of non-core activities.
· Project leader for industry-specific business system investment of £0.4M for implementation across two companies over a period of 18 months.
· Critical examination of accounting and reporting systems and subsequent implementation of new systems.

Education

Canon Slade Grammar School, Bolton, England to A Level

Skills

Chartered Accountant (FCA), experienced Financial Director, acqisition & disposal, turaround situaions, businesses in distress

Languages

English plus basic French

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