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Royal Leamington Spa, GB

London, United Kingdom

Allgood designs, specifies, manufactures and supplies architectural ironmongery, access control and washroom solutions for construction projects across the world. With an industry-leading team of highly qualified specification consultants we aim to help architects, interior designers and contractors create high quality buildings that stand the test of time.

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

West Midlands Regional Advisory Board for Make UK (previously EEF)

London, United Kingdom

The Guild is the United Kingdom's only trade body solely dedicated to promoting the interests of the whole architectural ironmongery industry, Architectural Ironmongers themselves, and the manufacturers and wholesalers of Architectural Ironmongery products.It also reaches out to overseas clients through the accomplished, and sought after, education.

National (UK)

Consultancy and change management role, helping this national manufacturer and installer of commercial fit-out products clarify some key aspects of its operating model and controls.

Leamington Spa

Interim management and consultancy business. Several successful assignments undertaken covering manufacturing and distribution problem diagnosis and turnaround, acquisition integration, international start-up (including raising both equity and loan finance) and strategy development.

Bedford

RBUK, founded in 1983, is a leading specialist supplier of shelving and storage solutions to the UK shopfitting and retail trade, operating under both the Eden Shop and RB brands.

Taastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark

PhotoSolar is an early-stage clean technology business, focussed on energy efficiency, and based in Denmark. It has developed and markets MicroShade, a specialised, glazing-integrated and passive solar shading product. During this critical start-up phase the key priorities were to secure the immediate funding as well as the development capital for the next.

Assignment to bring clarity and focus to the £50m UK modular buildings business of Algeco Scotsman:1. Integrated the activities of two recently-acquired competitors.2. Determined the immediate direction for an under-performing manufacturing site, working with both local management and European management to build a turnaround plan.3. Improved the quality.

UK subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest construction products group. Glassolutions UK manufactures, distributes, transforms and installs glass and glass products. Sales of £168m with 1,500 employees operating out of 40 locations across the UK. Responsible for manufacturing, distribution, contract glazing and emergency glazing operations.

Full profit and operational responsibility for Contracting Glazing and Emergency Replacement Glazing businesses, with combined turnover of £65m.

Group FD for Solaglas Limited (£170m) and Saint-Gobain Glass UK Ltd (£70m turnover).Responsibilities: Finance, IT, Purchasing, Transport, Secretarial, and Taxation

Responsible for financial control of Sun Chemical Inks' activities in France, Spain and Portugal

Financial Director at Usher-Walker, a £25m business specialising in the manufacture and distribution of printing inks to the UK newspaper and packaging industries.

Post-Qualification Financial Controller Roles

Trained as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. Now FCA.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Geography

Activities and Societies: Double Half Blue in Rugby Fives and National Universities Doubles champion Treasurer of Junior Combination Room.

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