Enhance financial efficiency for innovative companies, specialising in the precise assembly of expenditure calculations for R&D activities. Manage key contract at a leading firm of accountants, auditors, tax and business advisors.Expert in Film Tax Relief claim preparation; manage the process from start to finish to ensure maximisation of claim value in a compliant manner.

Proud to be joining The Charter School North Dulwich which is an outstanding family school that inspires and delivers excellence for all.

Based in London and Norfolk.

In December 2015 led the equity acquisition of True Lens Services, a lens servicing and vintage lens conversion company based in Leicester. As Chief Commercial Officer then as Non-Executive Director took responsibility for the running of this company and drove growth of annual revenue from £1.6m to £2.2m and of net profit from £650k to £950k from 2015 to 2018.Grew the most profitable lens conversion side of the business through a diversification of offerings supported by strategies to increase the recruitment and training of new staff which had previously been a bottle neck in production.Mentored the management team.

Led the assets purchase of leading professional digital and motion picture equipment supplier Take 2.

Joined the management buyout of Procam Television, a television and film camera equipment and crew supplier. Drove deal supported by private equity firm Foresight and incumbent bankers NatWest.Negotiated and put in place funding through equity and cashflow loans, invoice discounting, and hire purchase agreements.Created a finance function from scratch and led the team during rapid revenue growth from £5 to £16 million over a five-year period. Improved systems such as customer account opening to prevent fraudulent hires of expensive kit. Responsible for ISO 2001 ongoing compliance. Responsible for the IT and HR departments.Led the assets purchase of a competitor Hammerhead in September 2013 giving Procam a broader geographic stretch with a division in Scotland. Secured grant funding to develop Procam Scotland.Led the equity acquisition of US-based camera rental company HotCam New York completing in January 2016. Led the assets purchase of leading professional digital and motion picture equipment supplier Take 2.

ReCover by Flourish was created by renowned skincare expert and make-up artist Annabel Jardella to fill a growing market opportunity in the skin camouflage market for a user friendly product using the latest technology. ReCover is a mid-market brand bringing expertise from the medical camouflage market to the mainstream user.

Offering bespoke business planning to individual entrepreneurs in association with London Business School.Received rigorous training in the construction of business plans.Offered bespoke business planning and sales strategy development in association with London Business School; writing business plans and developing financial forecasts to define strategy, drive growth and attract funding. Consulted on variety of new and existing businesses to drive growth; from expansion of a travel business, hotel builds and restaurant and retail set ups to development of a £10m green data centre with the Natural History Museum.

Negotiated funding for freehold purchase of 127 Dulwich Road – a residential and non-trading commercial property with an expired A3 license. Used the knowledge gained in launching existing leasehold bar, Escape Bar And Art, to cost effectively refurbish, recruit employees, negotiate suppliers, brand and publicise the relaunch of Bar 127.Property currently rented.

Came up with creative idea and funding for Escape Bar & Art. Turnover in excess of £400,000 with annual profit in excess of £80k..Created within time and budget what Time Out called ‘one of the coolest places in South London’.

Prepared fundraising documents and assisted in marketing drive and organisational survey.

Built an excel model with macros enabling rapid analysis of new store opportunities throughout Europe based on detailed assumptions re costs and revenues of various store formats.Constructed retail statistics of existing European and US stores enabling benchmarking of assumptions re new stores against format averages.Rapidly built network of contacts within the property team and finance centres in Watford, Munich and Paris.

Ownership of reporting of revenues in excess of £500 million.Analysed economic and industry trends when forecasting stock levels.Negotiated and established contract with shoe concessionaire and increased shoe sales by 35%.Produced in liaison with the Heads of Merchandising the sale markdown reports determining how much stock, to what depth and for how long should be discounted and the consequent markdown cost of the sale.Supervised and coached a team of eight. Part of the team that increased the profitability of Top Man by 50% through strategic review of store portfolio.

Responsible for Sunset Holidays in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta (annual passengers of 140,000, with a turnover of £45 million). Evaluated the optimal selection of properties within the portfolio, whilst ensuring competitive position on price in the market. Planned and launched Greece & Turkey brochure.Supervised and coached a team of four.Development Manager (June 1996 - July 1997)Strategic review of proposal for an international joint venture. Co-ordinated the successful British Airways franchise bid to operate services linking Gatwick with Grand Caymen and Nassau.Initiated and led project that optimised revenues from sales of late holidays and reduced average discount per passenger by £10; designed a number of forms that fed from an underlying data feed to identify the fastest and slowest sellers in relation to plane capacity. Achieved significant improvement in management reporting systems through data warehouse project.

Due diligence review of Eurobell (a cable television and telephony company) followed by client secondment.Key member of team producing Long Form Report prior to flotation of Norwich Union.Audit (September 1991 to March 1995)