David Pollard Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

David is working with Capital Dimensions to design and implement value enhancing strategies for private companies. Capital Dimensions is focused on identifying, matching and deploying the right blend of capital and capabilities to create outstanding businesses.David has operated as a Director leading Finance and Operations teams for over a decade in professional services, leading major strategic initiatives to drive business performance and deliver improvements.

London, United Kingdom

Engaged to lead the Finance function and responsible for all financial activity across the business. Developed and led strategic initiatives to improve profitability and cashflow management.- Worked closely with the Managing Director to improve financial performance.- Improved working capital management delivering a 25% reduction in debtor days. - Introduced new financial KPIs to measure and track financial performance.

Responsible for leading the firm’s Business Services functions across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Member of the Executive (Board). Direct reports included directors/heads of: Business Development, Facilities, Finance, HR, Knowledge, IT and Transformation & Project Management. - Established and led a 3-year Business Services improvement programme to deliver efficient, appropriate and cost-effective support.- Worked closely with the Director of IT to deliver a major programme of technology upgrades to support agile working across the firm. - Led a successful relocation of the London office to a modern open plan working environment.

Responsible for all financial activity across the firm and leading the global finance function.- Key member of senior team responsible for implementation of LLP structure.- Developed and implemented a more tax efficient firmwide structure. - Led a global review of the firm’s capital structure, recommendations were adopted.- Introduced a new BI reporting tool to improve analysis and drive a business focus on profitability.

Led the management reporting, revenue, conflict and international finance teams. - Developed strong working relationships across all offices.- Led projects to improve working capital management and profitability. - Accomplished a consistent adoption of finance systems across all international offices