James Shand Email & Phone Number

I created vfdnet in 2004 with these aims:• To provide SME business owners with high quality financial advice at an affordable cost• To help them to grow their companies profitably• To help them generate or access the funding for growth• To help them maximise their outcome at exit• To mentor experienced finance professionals to build sustainable portfolio careersThe idea of a Virtual Finance Director (VFD) network is that it brings together a bunch of highly experienced finance professionals with experience in many different sectors.For the SME business owner their knowledge is available on a part-time or Virtual basis, so they and their costs are only present to carry out agreed tasks with clearly defined timings and goals.Along the way we have developed our ReadiMap ® family of diagnostic tools that allow you as business owner to see where maximum benefit could be generated fastest. The experience of the >100 firms we have worked with in the last 16 years is that we have recovered the cost of our services to them many times over:• By helping them to increase their gross margins• By supporting them to put the processes in place to ensure sustainable growth• By helping them to access funding on favourable termsAs a Christian, establishing vfdnet has allowed me to live my professional life in line with my beliefs:• I am able to help those in business achieve better futures for themselves and their teams.• I have been able to help those who would like to establish their own sustainable portfolio careers, by providing them with an organisation which supports them at every step of the way.

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  Wye College, London University

  Agricultural Economics