I offer 20 plus years experience in business and management consultancy and business analysis, focused on the SME/NFP sectors, having also started, acquired and operated a range of my own SMEs and operated at director, non-executive director and executive levels. My method is logical and analytical. It is focused on solving problems. The approach is communicative, calm and methodical, I specialise in strategy; in business analytics; corporate health checks and corporate competency; in achieving operational and process efficiency; in recognising and assessing risk and how to manage it. My experience includes business & product development, marketing, sales, deal negotiation and administration. My network reaches into the I.T; HR and the other specialist areas. The result is to minimise the mistakes and maximise the successes; to analyse, create and innovate. Above all, I am your partner in creation. A lot of my approach is founded on The University of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing Education and Consultancy Services Business Prioritisation Diagnostic Approach, of which I have been an Approved Practitioner.I also have deep career experience in equity capital markets. I specialise in Securities Finance and Lending; Repo; Prime Brokerage and Delta-1 Trading, having established half a dozen trading desks over the past 30+ years, as employee, owner and consultant. The experience stretches through trading into operations; risk management and into regulation & compliance. A past Chairman of The Australian Securities Lending Association, I oversaw the creation of industry-wide standard documentation and code of best practice.Contact me here, or at julianasmith1506@gmail.comI look forward to hearing from you.