Anthony Wheaton Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Business fixer - financial and commercial advice and support for companies

Percy Thomas Partnership, Cardiff - architects – t/o £9m – Finance & Deputy MD • Turnaround of a failing business, completed a company voluntary administration• Sold the business for the partners to a major construction services companyHealthcare Logistics Group, Slough – logistics – t/o £6m - Strategic and Finance Director• Arranged and funded a £3m MBO with equity & debt from 3i• Strengthened the management team to support the young CEO• Sold to Movianto. IRR for 3i was 64%.Asteral Ltd - managed equipment services to the NHS – t/o £35m – Director of Bidding• Coordinated the work of sales, financial, legal, technical and bid support teams in submitting and negotiating bids of up to £50m, typically a 12 month process • Introduced a commercial approach which identified the profitability, opportunities and risks of each part of the bids, enabling Asteral to maximise its returns Research Europe – executive search – t/o £1m – NXD & business development advisor• Set the strategy to grow the business by focussing on the core business and existing customers to enable the owner to develop supporting activities

Majestic Wine Warehouses – retailers – t/o £40m- Deputy CEO & Finance Director Refinanced the £8m debt and raised new equity of £3m. Sold business to a competitor who subsequently listed the companyNCIMB - bacterial molecular technology – t/o £4m - investor & finance director Spin out from Aberdeen University, £100,000 initial funding from angels Two subsequent funding rounds and debt funding raising £6m enable the company to commercially exploit its bacterial collection

Assets for companies• Acquiring, disposing, rationalising property and other assets for the operations of businesses• Separating property assets from the operations of businesses in order to optimise value of both and to realise cash from property disposalsNHS Trusts and Bidding Companies – PFI transactions• Structuring deals based to finance new buildings• Raising long term structured debt from the marketNHS Trusts Property disposal• Sold surplus assets including some to partially fund PFI deals for new hospitals• Achieved the sale of the old Exeter Hospital, a complex building and difficult site, for £9m, 200% of book value, through a deal sharing risk and deferring payment while allowing continued occupation for a period.Residential developments• Acquisition, planning gain, construction management and sale of multiple properties at a significant profit

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Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics

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