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• Managing Director of Caltona, a strategic advisory practice focussed on enabling and supporting the executive team to address organisational performance issues and to unleash the growth potential of their business..
• Advised and supported the Board of a major Private Equity backed Finnish manufacturing company to develop a strategy to stabilise and grow the business to achieve €500m revenue by 2017.
• Managed the transformation of a key set of production lines for a Finnish company through the closure and transfer of production from one factory to another, resulting in a €6m pa reduction in overhead.
• Developed an operations improvement strategy to improve quality and on time delivery performance for an international aero structures manufacturer.
• Coached the Supply Chain Senior Management Team of a Major Defence Company to define a new target culture and to develop a UK-wide behavioural change programme.

GB

• Head of Corporate Consulting Scotland responsible for identifying client opportunities, building the delivery team and for the successful delivery of large strategic transformation projects. Key Achievements
• Formulated strategy for a loss making £300m publishing company and identified options to achieve a 10% operating margin.
• Facilitated Singapore based board workshops and resolved board conflicts for a £2bn global industrial products company to define director accountabilities and responsibilities.
• Developed a future finance function operating model based on outsourced off shored shared services for a £400m global aviation services client which resulted in a 40% cost saving and improved reporting.
• Developed a strategy and business case to outsource the network supply chain for an international electrical utility company with a 6 month payback.

FR

• Directed operations with full P+L responsibility of a leading edge technology university spin out company.Key Achievements
• Developed the PSI Electronics market entry strategy and the business plan whichsecured the first phase of a £0.4m funding package from a Scottish angel investorsyndicate.

London, GB

• Full P+L responsibility for £50m Scottish division of Shanks Plc leading 300 staff. Served as a Board Director will full fiduciary duties for 3 Shanks subsidiary companiesKey achievements
• Rapidly identified the key cost and market drivers, conceptualising a turnaround strategy and gaining group board approval to implement it.
• Returned the business to profit after 18 months through the successful implementation of operational restructuring, cost reduction and margin improvement work streams.Earlier Career History
• Accenture – Senior Manager
• Pricewaterhouse MCE - Senior Consultant
• ICI Plc – Senior Manager

Msc, International Marketing

Certificate And Diploma In Company Direction