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James Longley is listed as Chartered Accountants at DCA Accountants Limited, based in London, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at ibcformations.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for James Longley.
James Longley previously worked as Non Executive Director, founder at Neo Energy Metals and Interim Chief Executive Officer at Plutus Powergen Plc. James Longley holds Ba Hons, Accounting from Leeds Beckett University.
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James is a chartered accountant whose career, after leaving Arthur Andersen & Co., has been concentrated on Venture Capital/Private Equity and building growth companies. James worked in the Merchant Banking/Venture Capital Division of Creditanstalt-Bankverein before joining Touche Ross Corporate Finance as a Senior Manager advising on MBO’s, MBI’s and management teams seeking venture capital. In 1989 he co-led the £10.5 million MBI of The Wilcox Group Ltd, one of the UK’s leading aluminum alloy tipping trailer manufacturers. James negotiated the equity, mezzanine finance and senior debt provided by Gartmore, British and Commonwealth Merchant Bank and TSB Bank PLCHe was also co-founder, director and chief financial officer of BioProgress Technology International, Inc., (BPRG) a VMS and drug delivery system developer using proprietary films, processes and formulations. As part of the management team he successfully raised over US$14 million for the company that was a NASDAQ quoted and regulated company from 1997 to 2002 and was subsequently listed on AIM. The company was consistently in the top five of the highest volume traded shares listed on AIM and reached a market capitalisation of US$250 millionJames was also a co-founder, director, chief financial officer of PhotoBox Limited from 2000 to 2006, a company that merged with its French counterparts, Photoways to create Europe’s Number 1 online photo-finishing business. Initial private equity investors include Highland Capital Partners, Index Ventures, and HarbourVest. It acquired Moonpig.com in 2011 for circa £120 million. The group was sold in 2016 in a £400 million deal and in 2021 Moonpig was listed on the LSE and has a valuation in excess of £1.5 billion He is a director of Plutus PowerGen PLC, and standard LSE listed Stranger Holdings PLC and a consultant to Fandango Holdings PLCConcurrently, for much of his career, James has acted consulted with, acted for and invested in many small to medium businesses together with consultancy and non-executive director roles which he continues to do
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London, United Kingdom
Services provided by the firm included: Audit and accountancy Personal and corporate tax Business plans and projections Corporate finance advice and venture capital raising, M & A, capital and corporate restructuring and rescue NED roles including Fleet Management Group, Huddersfield Consultant including Anchor Group (property, maintenance and door systems companies based in London)
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Www.neoenergymetals.com
London, United Kingdom
Finance Director of unlisted PLC operating in the flexible power generation sector
London, United Kingdom
Co – founded PhotoBox in 2000. Assisted in the writing of the initial business plan, private placement memorandum and seed fund raising. Guided and advised the company through its early years of rapid growth and subsequent rights issue, exploratory acquisitions and mergers and prospective flotation. Assisted the Company in its merger with PhotoWays, the leading French portal in 2006. This merger created Europe’s Number 1 digital photo processing web site with now over 22 million users. Full responsibility for all accounts functions and financial reporting. After a further four years of substantial growth, PhotoBox acquired Moonpig.com for £120mResponsible for all aspects of finance, audit and accounts. Responsibilities extended to advice to the Board on corporate strategy, corporate finance and corporate structural decisions
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Co-founded BioProgress Technology Limited (“BTL”) in late 1996. The company was formed to commercially exploit water-soluble films in soft cap encapsulation of non-aqueous fluids and tablet wrapping for use in the drug delivery, pharmaceutical, VMS, paintball and household goods markets. The company also developed a range of biodegradable disposable products and a revolutionary new flushable ostomy pouch.The company was reversed into a publicly traded NASD regulated OTC:BB company in the US in late 1998. The company successfully raised in excess of US$12 million over the next few years. The company enjoyed a peak market capitalisation in the region of US$250 million in 2000. Responsible for all financial areas, UK and US GAAP quarterly reporting (10-Q and 10-K) and statutory accounts, liaison with auditors, fund raising and legal and other corporate finance matters. The company was later listed on AIM as Meldex PLC
Wisbech
Together with the Chief Executive, completed £10.25m Management Buy In of Wilcox. This included preparation of business plans, financial projections and the proposed reorganisation and rationalisation programmes. Researched, structured, arranged and raised the finance for the purchase of the group.Specific responsibilities included:Twelve accounting staff, centralisation of the accounting system and introducing new accounting and management accounts reporting systems; Treasury management; Liaison with institutional investors and monitoring compliance with covenants; Company secretarial; Implementation of rationalisation programme-reorganisation, factory closures, redundancies.
London, United Kingdom
Responsibilities included:Senior Manager in Corporate Finance Department. Preparation of proposals to advise on management and leveraged buy outs and buy ins, raising venture capital, corporate finance advice, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and other reports, introduction of new clients and training.
London, United Kingdom
Responsibilities and achievements included: Provision of development & venture capital and all layers of funding including mezzanine and senior debt for leveraged buy outs and buy ins. The Bank’s venture capital portfolio (grew from £3.5m to £12m in three years with no losses.) Assisting the General Manager on various assignments including investigations into the purchases of a stock broking firm and a fund management company. Submission of proposals to the investment or credit committee, documentation and subsequent monitoring/reviews.
London, United Kingdom
Responsible for the planning, performance and supervision of audits of a range of clients in the financial and manufacturing department.Special assignments included: Short term report on a public company merger Investigation into roll-up funds in Jersey as part of a major fraud investigation, under court orders. Design of a cash management course on behalf of IBM
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James Longley holds Ba Hons, Accounting from Leeds Beckett University.
James Longley is listed with skills including Business Strategy, Mergers And Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Mergers, and Start Ups.
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