Having worked full-time for Acuity for 9 months, I continue to work as Head of Technical on a contract basis when required.

Interim Finance Director (including Legal and Operations)- Introduced process and commercial awareness to help resolve serious cash burn issues.- Production of strategic and operational plans which (along with effective monthly reporting/forecasting) restored Group's confidence- Helped win and set-up contract to provide International Calling Cards for Post Office- Created processes for full statutory and tax reporting, HR and IT policy/practice

'Business Partner' to B2B segment management to help optimize growth and profitability- improved commerciality of direct and indirect sales and established automated deal appraisal techniques- instigated SAS datastore to combine performance data from various sources, enabling reporting by customer and other key B2B drivers for performance review and planning/forecasting- overhauled field sales payplan processes to reward value over volume- critiqued strategic planning options for division, building market and financial models to help assess risk and reward

- Created Freeserve finance function to provide reporting and internal controls to support the Company and its UK and US listings- Devised and enhanced operational KPIs to be used as basis of an agile rolling-forecast process.- Prepared 3-year financial plans and historic performance to support the sale of the Company, representing the Company at meetings with potential buyers.- Improved processes as business matured, including trading performance review; a sourcing function; integrating finance, legal and company secretarial; new systems.- Managed the relationship with our parent Company including quarterly performance reviews.- Established processes for a new Company in Madeira to enable Wanadoo to operate under the same tax regime as its competitiors- Contributed and helped champion two major re-brandings.

- managed entire finance function for Mastercare Ltd, reducing headcount from 73 to 46 over 5 years- led user teams on a number of major system implementation projects- managed/coordinated a number of initiatives to improve after-sales service- write scoping document for implementing Group Internet Sales Strategy