John Brehcist Email and Phone Number

For over fifteen years, roundwindow has specialised in Strategic Management Development, helping CEOs and their teams define, develop and deliver their goals. Clients range from start ups to market leaders in twenty six countries, from emerging to developed markets. roundwindow advises on Strategic Management (Analysis, Choice and Implementation), Business Improvement, Communications, Change Management, Employee Engagement and Board Level Mentoring. roundwindow also focuses on structure, process, systems and people, with a particular interest in fraud protection.Co-founder of WOA Community, a low-cost, low-carbon footprint digital online group for everyone involved in the open account receivables finance industry.Member of UK Finance's IF ABL Professional Standards Committee.Retained as a personal and confidential adviser to a number of CEOs of businesses that want to have independent and unbiased input on sensitive matters relating to their strategy and people.Holder of a number of independent non-executive positions providing board level input.Consultant to the EU Federation for the Factoring and Commercial Finance Industry, an EU lobbying organisation whose pan European national association members represent an Industry with a client turnover in 2022 of €2.3Tn or 14% of EU GDP.Previously retained as a Consultant with the role of Advocacy Director by FCI, a global Receivables Finance trade organisation.Well known in the RF Industry as a conference presenter, speaker and author. Recent influential items include collation and editing of the EUF's unique groundbreaking Comparative Legal Study of the EU 28, researching and authoring of "The EUF Whitepaper on the Factoring and Receivables Finance Industry in Europe", together with multiple chapters in "Factors and Actors" ed P de Villepin.Active in Industry education, previously twice winner of IFG's "Industry Trainer of the Year" award.Previously the Head of Strategy and Research for Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance, a UK based market leading RF/ABL provider with 1,000 staff, 10,000 clients and operations in six countries.Specialties: Strategy Development and ImplementationOrganisation Structural DesignBusiness Process and Service Management ImprovementCEO Mentoring and CounsellingCorporate CommunicationsChange ManagementEmployee EngagementInvoice Finance and Asset Based LendingRisk and Fraud Protection