A highly motivated and innovative finance professional with several years’ experience of board service in UK public and private companies. Have a successful track record in & provide consultancy advice to early stage businesses & SME's on strategy and fundraising (private and public, equity and debt) and first-hand experience of dealing with financial institutions, banks, private investors and research analysts. Have general management experience in professional and manufacturing environments.Specialties: Business plan preparation, business valuation, financial forecasting, licencing. Have expertise in tax planning and have worked with several accounting and payroll packages (Sage (50, 100 and MMS), TAS (Books 1, 2 and 3), Sage & TAS payroll, Calculus (retail sales & stock management) and BPCS) and spreadsheets (Excel).