A highly experienced commercial intelligence, business development and corporate finance professional. Having more than 40 years’ involvement in the healthcare, life science and new technology industries, I am able to demonstrate my impact on growth and profitability for all the organizations with whom I work.Client focused, independent, proactive and practical in approach, both in senior line and consulting positions, I have a record of success in the management and control of the full mix of business development and corporate finance activities for both emerging and major companies. As Founder of DCA, a business development & commercial intelligence practice, with an international network of Associates, I am entirely at ease with the rapid development of technology based businesses.Since the 1970s, my wide ranging overseas business intelligence interests and experience have spanned the creation and management of a technology transfer joint venture in the USSR towards the end of the Cold War to my retention by clients, often as their sole representative, in North America, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the Pacific Rim.My career in business development and corporate finance, both sectors being driven by ‘challenge and change’, has trained me to think both directly and laterally to reach creative and viable solutions to client problems. Defining, driving and implementing such solutions over the years has required a flexible management style.Significant expertise in:Commercial intelligenceBusiness development Corporate Finance Technology transferCommercial alliancesCreating "Tried & Trusted" networks internationallyGetting to the “Close”Facilitating innovationLateral thinkingMentoring skills