Colin Grant Email & Phone Number

Entrepreneurial CFO/Managing Director with global experience in trade sales and turnarounds for SMEs within the software, finance, professional services, media, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors.Successful at maximising shareholder value and skilled in contract negotiations; management of shareholder exits through trade sales; integrating small businesses into larger companies; and strategic acquisitions. Also experienced in launching new international subsidiaries for revenue growth; raising VC funding; listing companies on the Alternative Investment Market; and gearing companies up for trade sales within short time frames.Key achievements:• Executed four successful exits for shareholders in private companies through trade sales to FTSE/NYSE /NASDAQ quoted entities• Raised Venture Capital and Venture Debt funding for several businesses.• Brought a commercial focus to all businesses to maximise profit and cash generation.• Required to stay post acquisition with all four trade sales to integrate the businesses into the acquiring companies.• International experience in the US, Europe, Asia and China.