B&W Asia has launched a Financial Accounting Services division, to increase the range of services they are able to provide their clients with. It is widely recognised Covid-19 has had a serious impact across businesses globally and the problem is not going away any time in the near future. Therefore, business owners need to review their fixed cost base, with the finance and accounting teams often being a focus on where fixed cost reductions can be made. With the launch of its Financial Accounting Services capability, B&W Asia provides business owners with a variable cost solution. Outsourced services such as monthly Accounting, forecasting, budgets, cash flow management and payroll are just a few of the areas B&W Asia can take off your hands to allow you to focus on business growth.

TGEC is an event managements group with the primary event under management being the ‘AIA Carnival’ that has been held in Central Hong Kong each of the last six years. Graeme was referred to this role by an ex KPMG HK colleague. The Winter 2019/20 ‘AIA Carnival’ was seriously affected by Covid-19, resulting in the winding down of operations post event. Key roles and responsibilities:- Responsible for all day-to-day cash flow management of the Company- Responsible for the delivery of the monthly financial reporting package to the Company’s Advisory Committee- Responsible for the annual budgets and cash flow forecasts of the Company, reporting both internally and externally to the Company’s Advisory Committee- Develop profitability analyses for future events- Manage/Oversee relationships with the auditors and company bankers.Key achievements with TGEC:- Designed and implemented a budgeting process which has resulted in the last three major events producing profitable results- Streamlined processes within the Finance team in order to reduce costs- Recommended and managed the transition of all group companies accounting records from Peachtree to Xero- Responsible for all Insurance matters for the Company and Group, working closely with the broker to design cost effective programmes which provide the necessary coverage to mitigate the risks.

Responsible for the day to day finance and operations of the group, as well as developing and implementing a strategy to aid the long term growth and stability of the business.Key roles and responsibilities:- Responsible for the day-to-day management of the finances and operations of all the global offices- Work closely with the CEO to develop the financial and operational growth strategy for the group- Continually review operational processes with a view to making the business run more efficiently and profitably- Carry out financial and operational due diligence on potential target companies across the globe, providing recommendations to the CEO- Develop client relationships when negotiating new Terms of Business and submissions in response to Requests for Proposals. Key achievements with GRMSearch:- Implemented (and produced) a monthly management reporting and budgeting system focusing on the profitability and cost analysis of each jurisdiction, including migrating the accounting records to Xero. - Successfully led the process for GRM’s Japan branch to obtain its recruitment license - Periodic review of fee earners performance, giving recommendations to CEO on the non-performers- Recommended and implemented a new commission structure for the consultants, improving profitability for the business- Continually utilised personal network to help the company develop relationships and open up new placement opportunities with some of its core clients - Evaluated various alternative CRM systems culminating in an agreement being signed with one company resulting in a large annual cost saving to the company going forward

Elysium Capital's objective is to deliver the preeminent life settlements solutions to the market.

Managing Partners Limited (MPL) is a market leader in the set-up and management of tradedlife policies (TLPs) and life assurance settlements funds, with AUM of c.US$360m.Key roles and responsibilities - Day-to-day supervision of all funds under management (5 funds, with 30 existing share classes). This includes, but not limited to: effective cash flow management, effective and efficient administration by the Fund Administrators (outsourced administration function), effective management of premium liabilities - Day-to-day management and control of the 7 group management companies' finances, which include UK, Spanish and Hong Kong subsidiaries - Attend quarterly Board meetings of all Funds and management companies and present Finance and Operations reports to the directors and shareholders - Issue monthly financial analysis reports to the shareholders - Liaise with the Board and shareholders on ad-hoc business issues - Key member of the Investment Strategy team - Primary relationship contact for the group's auditors, lawyers, Trustee and valuation agent. In addition, primary contact from an operational and business perspective for investors, intermediaries and regulators/ - Head of compliance for the group's operations

SGI-management group is an asset management firm with AUM of US$130m with the focus onSmoothed Growth Funds

Audit Manager in Guernsey and Hong Kong, leading Financial Services audits