A finance and business professional with thirty eight years’ experience gained across both the private and public sectors. Accomplished business acumen, leadership and interpersonal qualities with proven ability to work effectively at board level to deliver benefits and results through being goal orientated and motivated by success. Extensive commercial and financial experience together with considerable corporate governance, risk management and strategy responsibility gained through Executive Director, Non-Executive Director and independent consultancy roles including ministerial appointments. Proven entrepreneurial flair having established a spin out practice from Ernst & Young and developing and growing that practice through to and beyond strategic merger to create one of Wales’ largest and leading independent professional services firms – KTS Owens Thomas. In April 2017 successfully negotiated the sale of the firm to Azets Accountants part of the Cogital Group - one of the fastest growing professional services groups in the UK .A fellow of the Association of Chartered Certificed Accountants ( FCCA ) and an Affiliate Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors in the UK and Ireland