Personal profile An experienced board director in both an Executive and Non-executive capacity. Doing great business professionally in an honest, ethical and socially responsible way. Creating mutually beneficial, commercially strong, loyal business relationships. Building businesses by encouraging, developing and empowering people. Delivering the most value working within the dynamic SME sector.Key skills, attributes and achievementsStrategic growth planning Proven capability delivering a holistic business vision through integrated strategic planning. Transformed £1m t/o business into £60m t/o organisation, delivering increasing YoY EBIT. Vision and conviction to adjust strategy to prosper through 2008 recession. Influential directorial role developing a £150m national network of independent distributors.Leadership Developed a board of directors capable of delivering quality and timely agreed outcomes. Created an ethos of developing people, achieving >80% internal fill of management positions. Led sixty directors and managers through one-year ILM Level 4 management course. Created ethical, social and environmental culture through diversity, fairness and altruism. Communicated company strategy via roadshows, newsletters and walk-around interactions.Acquisition, disposal, integration and synergy Led successful acquisition and integration of a North of England competitor’s business.  Achieved shareholder’s vision by building business reputation with disposal price of 9 x EBITDA. Remained director of £1.4bn acquiring business to support business integration.  Realised multi-million-pound synergies within the parent company.