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Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Hartlepool, England, Gb

17 High Street, Henley-In-Arden, Gb

Venture Capital investor, focussed on early stage seed investments through to Series A. We are a sector agnostic funder, investing in British businesses with a focus on the North of England. I have a passion for working with technology businesses in particular.Current Investee companies include: Whocanfixmycar.com;Allegrow sales automation;Six Circles community platforms;Plexus Innovation remote monitoring;ATM high security keyless remote locking technology;Proxismart's ParkingPerx software; andXinfluence influencer platform.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

My main responsibility was to manage the process for disposals, acquisitions, MBOs, financial due diligence, finance raises, strategic business reviews, financial modelling, and valuations. I was also responsible for managing the billing and WIP provisioning for one of the largest CF Departments in the North East of England, and have a good working knowledge of government grants having advised clients successfully on a number of different applications to the Regional Growth Fund.Some of the transactions I have managed include: - Undisclosed disposal of Chemoxy International to Novacap SAS (France) - Circa £18m disposal of Vocare Limited to AIM listed Totally PLC (Reverse takeover) - £22m investment into Frank Recruitment Group by Livingbridge Private Equity and HSBC - Multimillion pound investment by Maven Capital Partners into BoilerPlan UK - Undisclosed investment by Gresham House VCTs into Samuel Knight Recruitment - Undisclosed disposal to Capita PLC of S3, a value added integrator of data storage and storage management systems - Multiple acquisitions for Reece Group Limited - Multiple acquisitions for Lanchester Wines Limited - Accelerated disposal of Romag Glass to Clayton Glass - Disposal of Shimmer Telecom to Global Family Capital Limited - Retirement sale of National Numbers, an internet based cherished number plate dealer to key supplier Jepsons

London, Gb

Led both substantive and controls field work onsite at a number of small owner managed business and large listed clients, and became the go-to Sarbanes Oxley compliance specialist for the Newcastle office. Helped to develop and grow the EY UK Analytics Team from 5 people to over 20, including setting up a process to offshore data processing work to South Africa and delivering training first hand to the team in Johannesburg.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Produce monthly management accounts for the German division in compliance with US GAAP, as well as annual accounts compliant with German GAAP. Part of process improvement teams and delivered training to new team members.

Preparing monthly management accounts for the ICT department, where I worked with the budget holder to improve the quality of information and decision making

Ba, Economics

A-Levels In Economics, Mathematics And Geography. 10 Gcse'S Grade A* - C