A key member of the Executive Team responsible for the development and implementation of the direction, strategy and operations of the Port of Dover’s businesses to ensure that the company achieves its short and long-term objectives

A key member of the Wightlink senior management team and Board of Directors, focused on revenue and EBITDA growth alongside strong cost control, ensuring that the financial vision for the business is clearly understood throughout the companyStrong day to day focus on cash management and forecasting, business planning and the delivery of first-class financial data to the Board, shareholders, lenders and budget holders to ensure delivery of on-target performanceDevelopment and maintenance of internal accounting controls and the design and management of the schedule of delegated authorities, ensuring strong corporate governance throughout the groupLeadership and development of a team of 11 alongside being a founding member of the company’s staff mentoring schemeSuccessful delivery of multiple corporate sale transactions, including vendor due-diligence and investor presentations, alongside the raising and refinancing of debtResponsible for the group’s insurance programme covering six ports with a value of £114m and eight ships with a value of £104mInstigation and management of the group’s hedging programme, covering £153m in interest rate swaps, £6m in fuel swaps and currency swaps on a project-by-project basis A member of the Board of Directors for six companies in the Wightlink group, member of the Board Audit and Risk Committee and member of the Safety, Health and Environmental Committee.

Development of financial modelling, including medium and long-range financial forecastingPreparation and review of monthly consolidated balance sheets and cash flow statements for the groupReview and reporting of company performance against financial covenantsControl of capital expenditure and fixed asset registerMaintenance of lender relations, including payment of interest and capital on borrowings and preparation of quarterly financial information for bondholders and lenders

Management of cash resources for the UK companies within the groupPreparation of weekly and monthly cash flow forecasts and reportsPreparation of annual budgets and monthly forecasts for the groupPreparation of monthly management accounts for UK and overseas subsidiaries within the group and consolidation of those results.Preparation of UK statutory accounts. Preparation of Form 20-F and quarterly US GAAP results for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Member of the audit and assurance team auditing companies ranging from sole traders to multi-national PlcsSecondment to Futuremedia Plc in 1992 to assist with initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ stock market in the USA