David Kent Email & Phone Number

Glasgow, Gb

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Managing Director of Bonham and Brook North & Commercial Director of Bonham and Brook.At Bonham & Brook, we are dedicated to making the UK economy more productive. We’re passionate about innovation and in awe of the brilliant work our clients do, even in their everyday.We help these businesses reinvest in their innovation so that they can keep focused on doing what they do best; being the driving force behind the British Economy.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Leyton is a consulting firm with a unique goal; to rapidly enhance the financial performance of its clients without impacting on their core business. With 20 years' multinational experience, we are devoted to working with leading companies who wish to optimise their business costs.Since launching in June 2015, Leyton Scotland has undergone a period of rapid yet sustained growth. Headcount is now approaching 100 and we are proud to count a significant number of Scotland’s top 100 and FTSE 100 companies within our client base.Our rapid growth is indicative of Leyton’s market leading proposition and is a testament to our dedicated commercial team and our body of industry leading technical, financial and legal consultants. Such growth is echoed in Leyton’s international expansion; since 2015 we have also launched in Holland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and the USA.

San Francisco, California, United States

6 month position to establish Leyton's presence in the world's most exciting and energetic tech environment.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Instrumental in developing and launching the first range of UK made board based clinical waste containers for sale to NHS and private clients, together with specialised clinical waste services and consultancy solutions. Board based waste containers can save the NHS in excess of £10m per annum, whilst significantly improving the environmental impact of clinical waste disposal and overcoming logistical challenges presented by traditional plastic containers.Project managing R&D and marketing of ground breaking products and services, including achieving UN and British Standards certifications for waste containers and driving change within NHS operational practices.Achieving strategic revenue targets through developing strong relationships with key customers, successful tendering and effective lobbying of key decision makers within the NHS and wider supply chain organisations.Producing complex business plans and financial models for banks and the company board, resulting in approval of multiple term, asset and working capital funding lines.Sourcing and undertaking negotiations with suppliers in UK and overseas and engaging with Business Gateway, Scottish Enterprise and local councils to access growth developing resources, advice and funding.Directing complex legal activities from company formation and IP assessment to contract negotiation and negotiating commercial leases.Managing successful applications for SEPA waste license (Scotland), Environment Agency waste license (England) and planning and developing a fully approved waste transfer facility in Bristol.Overseeing health and safety regulatory and legislative affairs for the company as well as complex HR processes including, redundancy, recruitment, grievance procedures and tribunals.Founding effective manufacturing and assembly operation and implementing British Standards Institute certified (ISO 9000 standard) Quality Management System.

Spearheaded the expansion of Ecowaste from 2009 onwards, with responsibilities including:- Banking, Legal & Professional interactions- Debtor & Creditor negotiations- Day to day management of senior personnel- Direct responsibility for successful debt reduction, cost cutting and new technology adoption programmes- Financial governance, including returning business to profit within a 6 month time frame- Preparation of presentations to Shareholders and Directors- Equity management and raising of finance and capital injectionsNegotiated all aspects of the multi-million £GBP sale of Ecowaste to Stericycle Inc. in 2011, for example:- Preparation of data for due diligence- Direct negotiation with purchaser- Management of creditors to facilitate sale completion- Interaction with professional advisers- Production of sale documentation and novation of contracts- Management of HR and other issues during this process

Managed a portfolio of small and medium sized businesses, including sales, risk management and credit analysis.

Graduate programme in Corporate Banking arm, focusing on UK based large corporate organisations.

Msc, Business It Systems, Masters

An MBA derived business course with additional scope given to IT in the business environment.

Ba Hons, International Business & Modern Languages

A programme dedicated to international business, with specialisms in marketing, accounting, economics and languages.