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GenIP provides generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) analytic services to help companies, research institutions and venture funds assess and commercialise new discoveries. GenIP combines expert human technical review with GenAI algorithms to provide insightful and verified services.GenIP spun out of Tekcapital, a UK intellectual property investment.

London, London, GB

• CFO of mid-sized private equity owned business, 65 FTE’s, iconic brands dating back to 1856 and holder of a Royal Warrant for over 100 years. Responsible for all aspects of business financial leadership and control of.
• Led a refinancing of the business through a carve out of the main brands into a new simplified company with funding.
• Reorganised Finance function and Board reporting and developed engagement from Divisional MD’s.
• Chair of Cyber Security Board Sub-committee that established protocols and safeguarding.
• Negotiated and agreed three-year pension contribution holiday with Pensions Regulator releasing £3m cash back into the business.
• Took the company private by delisting from the AIM stock market to enable rationalisation and change.

• African based Media and Technology group and owner of Arise News.
• Developed and launched ARISE Play, a subscription video streaming service (VOD)
• Acquired and refinanced UK Broadcast Engineering and Services business including Software Development Operation in Serbia.
• Developed the SaaS technology platform & accelerated development and launch of M-commerce Apps on MTN and Airtel mobile devices
• Adapted and delivered Arise Fashion Week 2020 as a Covid Secure Virtual Event
• Led the monetisation of the ARISE News Channel and website and launch of the Arise News and Arise Play channels on social media

London, GB

• African based world news TV channel (free to air), broadcasting on SKY in the UK, on DSTV across Sub-Saharan Africa and robustly online on all major platforms.
• Delivered channel launch, initially broadcasting from London and funded from its African base.
• Key role in the successful delivery of 24/7 broadcast schedule across multi-site locations in London, Africa and USA
• Developed and executed the initial 5-year business plan, securing go-ahead for the next stage of growth to fully monetise the channel.
• Established Finance department from scratch, including installation of accounting systems, development of reporting, financial policies, procedures and controls.
• Defined, specified and managed installation of global operating systems, policies and procedures

London, London, GB

• Digital Media and Software Development
• Developed a spin-off Software as a Service (SaaS) business, capitalising on profit opportunities
• Introduced a group corporate structure to manage diverse product lines and profitability performance
• Established an Operational Board for the business to effectively allocate management responsibilities, provide operational discipline and align business strategy with long-term objectives, vision and goals.
• Implemented a global regional sales structure, fully-optimising sales activity across multiple time zones.
• Deployed & embedded strong cashflow forecasting systems, resulting in increased banking facilities

Social Media and Events businessTurnaround – converted losses to profits by rationalising operations and re-pricing subscriptions and advertising.Negotiated sale of Intellectual Property of faceparty.com to Facebook.

Havant, Hampshire, GB

Nasdaq listed provider of data storage technology and hardware – subsequently acquired by Seagate TechnologySeparated the divisional financial management and control from Group HQ in the UK and established a US based team closer to manufacturing sites and Silicon Valley customer base in order to deliver better financial control, reporting and management

London, London, GB

Business Process Outsourcing – significant Local Authority customer baseEstablished and initiated a Recovery Plan for an under-performing contract. Negotiated early termination of the contract and managed the transfer (under TUPE) of 450 staff back to the client and closure of the contract.

AU

Divisional Finance Director and Group Financial ControllerContract Support Services to Local AuthoritiesServiceteam was a Private Equity (3i and ECi) support services business providing “blue collar” services exclusively to the Public Sector and had a successful exit when sold to Cleanaway/Veolia. I was retained post acquisition to dispose of non-core.

Group Financial Controller and Finance Director of various subsidiaries – managed disposal programme of non-core subsidiaries; improved and packaged subsidiaries for disposal.Managed corporate reporting across 17 subsidiaries and introduced operational and production changes to improve factory efficiency and eliminate overtime.

Special Projects Accountant – managed integration of new acquisitions to the Wincanton Group, Interim Finance controller at various factories.

Worldwide, OO

Chartered Accountant

Pda, Accounting & Finance

Ba, Economics

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