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Cardiff, GB

Northampton, GB

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Built the finance team whilst leveraging heavily off automation and best in class tooling to facilitate a mature control environment and lean frictionless operation. Managed the series A funding round and was an integral part of the team that scaled the business through to exit via trade sale to a multinational Corporate acquirer.

Twenty of Wales’ top business people have joined forces to create Inspire Wales. We are an investment consortium which aims to give financial and mentoring help to exciting and ambitious technology-focused start-ups and established businesses.

Providing Interim CFO Services and assistance to high growth SME's. Internal system improvement, better Management information reporting and Commercial insight. External representation of the company in a wide range of discussions with stakeholders ranging from Financiers, customers and shareholders.

Finding exciting tech start-up companies with big ideas and trying to turn them into successful businesses. Working with a wide range of entrepreneurs and angel investors within the technology sector whilst managing some existing portfolio company relationships, helping the businesses achieve commercial traction and follow-on funding.

Managing an existing portfolio and Sourcing and Executing Equity investments into Early Stage Technology focused businesses. Responsible for structuring new and follow-on investments into a range of businesses with a variety of co-investors both institutional and Individual.Wide range of sector exposure including Software, Telecom, IT, Fintech and Biotech.

Sourcing and Executing Equity and Debt investments up to £2.0mBuilt an extensive network of financial intermediaries including bankers, lawyers and accountants along with direct relationships with hundreds of Welsh SME’sUtilised this network in addition to working with numerous local entrepreneurs to source and execute a large number of blended equity and.

Relationship Manager and Investor representative at Board level Led the 2nd round funding, restructuring and ultimate sale of Unite Technologies to PanduitPart of the team managing the Bluestone Resorts investment, subsequent follow on investment rounds and ultimate disposal.Attended over 250 board meetings across over a dozen companies developing a very.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB

Corporate Finance ManagerPreparation and participation in new business pitches and attendance at corporate networking events.Developed a network of contacts at Manager level across the south wales business community.Preparation of complex financial models (Excel and Winforecast) Management of Due Diligence engagements and preparation of reports and.

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Audit SeniorTrained for ACA Qualification and progressed through to managing audit teamsLed the field work on a number of high profile clients including, The Principality Building Society, Cardiff University, Nippon Electric Glass and TBI Airports