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London, GB

London, GB

Board Director/ CFO with additional responsibility for HR, Legal, Supply Chain and IT.Framatome is an international leader in nuclear energy recognised for its innovative, digital and value added solutions with t/o €4B and 19,000 employees worldwide. UK revenue is >£0.5B.

Board Director for Framatome Limited (for UK activities)Responsible for Engineering activities in the UK

Framatome SAS acquired Virtualpie Limited (t/a BHR Group) on 31st August 2021 creating Framatome BHR Limited. Then, on 1st January 2023, the assets of Framatome BHR and other Framatome companies in the UK were purchased by Framatome Limited, creating one legal entity.Framatome, with global sales of c. €4B (UK sales c. €500M), is an international leader in.

Cranfield, Bedfordshire, GB

• BHR Group (a trading name of Virtualpie Limited) was acquired by Framatome SAS in August 2021, and was a technology organisation providing engineering consultancy, industrial research and product development services.
• Restructured Company to stop negative cashflow and move Company to consistent +ve EBITDA
• Restructured debt to give clear headroom for growth plans
• Increased consultancy sales consistently year on year - achieving double digit growth in 19/20
• Raised funding from a new investor in June 2017 with follow on funding in April 2019 for service, product and software development
• Now offering great solutions through our service offering to the Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Decommissioning, Chemical Processing and Water/Wastewater market sectors

• Advisory, consultancy and NED services which provide business planning, general management and strategy development to deliver growth for technology and engineering companies. Support is provided to a broad and diverse.
• Raised >£650k in 4 months for semiconductor technology start-ups (compound semiconductors and RRAM) through preparing and presenting comprehensive business plans. Prepared and presented investor pitches.
• Interim CEO for hi-tech semiconductor start-up. - successfully led business planning and fund raising activities
• Leveraged industry contacts to secure co-development and commercial opportunities
• Working directly with leading UK Universities to support and mentor technology spin-out companies.

Woking, Surrey, GB

• TT Electronics is an innovative global electronics company supplying the world’s leading manufacturers in the transportation, industrial, industrial automation, aerospace, defence and medical markets.94 people across 3.
• Developed and executed the strategy to grow sales by CAGR of >7% to £243M, doubling operating profit margins to 6.5%, while increasing market share.
• Devised and implemented the “go to market” strategy, including introduction of a global key account programme (which delivered sales growth of >40%) and restructuring the global sales channel. Managed the.
• Presented and participated in investor and capital market meetings.
• Restructured the management team and operations of the European Components organisation to return the Division to profitability.

• Non-quoted nanotechnology start-up developing nano-porous materials for use in supercapacitors and batteries. Spin out from Southampton University. Developed solutions for the automotive, aerospace, mobile comms and.
• Changed the company culture from “development” to “bringing energy technology devices to market” through deployment of a new detailed business plan for which I gained the unanimous backing of the Board and shareholders.
• Successfully raised £4M funding from VCs is early 2008 and built strong relationships with existing and new VC and Strategic investors (in UK, Germany, Japan and US) for further rounds of funding.
• Implemented a new “go to market” strategy that involved targeting potential customers or enablers for the technology. I formed strong links with a number of large multi-nationals who were prepared to make investments.
• Increased the patent portfolio by more than 50% (10 new patent families filed), increasing the overall value of the Company.

• Repair and integrated customer service solutions for the mobile communication market and information technology and services markets.1110 people in UK/Poland/Italy in my Division, turnover £39.5M
• Re-defined the strategic direction of the Division (and received unanimous Group Board approval) and drove the acquisition of two companies (both subsidiaries of a parent company) in Italy to further develop the.
• Established a focused sales and business development team and secured significant new contracts with Vodafone, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
• Grew revenues by 47% and operating profit by 13.5% by winning new contracts through provision of new service offerings. NB £3.3m (12.4%) of sales growth was directly from the acquisition; no profit was attributable to.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• 1200 people in my team, turnover US$247 millionLCD display system business for mobile phones and PDAs with manufacturing in China (Shenzhen) and Japan (Kobe), development in Japan (Kobe) and the Netherlands (Heerlen).
• Grew revenues by a minimum of 50% per annum and turned business from loss making (-30%) to profit (+4%) in less than 2½ years during a downturn in the market – exceeding expectation and target.
• Set new strategic direction for the Business Line to substantially increase productivity by moving from full custom display modules to semi-custom designs to enable reuse of technology across multiple customers. This.
• Built a new multi-cultural management team and pro-actively developed a motivated and empowered global workforce by redesigning the overall structure and processes with each of my senior managers.
• Reduced fixed costs by > US$2M by closing a manufacturing facility in Hong Kong and amalgamating the operations with an existing factory in Shenzhen without interrupting deliveries to customers.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• 105 people in my team, turnover £176 million
• Reengineered the UK and Ireland organisation by disentangling and then either joint venturing or selling off nine divisions to achieve strategic business focus.
• Exceeded sales targets year on year (excluding divestments), whilst increasing market share in mobile communications and consumer product areas by >10%.
• Developed and implemented the strategic direction and reorganisation of global sales for Philips Components. This resulted in a new global key account programme and the establishment of a Global Commercial Management.
• Responsible for all sales and relations with Japanese companies in Europe (sales > £250M) and a steering Group member of the Japanese and Asia Pacific Electronics Business Associations (run by the Government Department.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

B.Eng. (Hons), Electrical And Electronic Engineering

Dms, Business Administration And Management, General

Education record