Business consultancy, specialising in setting up new projects - including research, feasibility, structure, marketing, business and financial planning.Small, simple, short-term as well as more complex and substantial long-term projects and assignments can be undertaken with proficiency and dedication.Services are also offered to companies, organisations and individuals outside the UK who wish for assignments to be carried out in the UK or in Europe. This includes the execution of short/one-off or longer-term contracts. All services are transparent and totally confidential.Ethical and social/environmental sustainability principles are intrinsic to the work.

I have been involved as a senior board member of over 20 companies during this period, some of which I founded or co-founded, others which were acquired (100%) or where I took a significant shareholding. These acquisitions were turned around, grown and divested, some as MBO opportunities. The companies included the areas of technology, publishing, marketing and retail.Member of the Institute of Directors.

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SecureTrading is one of the leading UK internet secure-payment services. As co-founder and executive chairman, I was involved in all management and corporate development of the company right from the time of inception, with particular interest relating to the strategic development of the company. SecureTrading was subsequently acquired by a UK group and continued to grow. The Securetrading Group has more recently been acquired by TruST Payments.I am also pleased to have been responsible for instigating, designing and setting up the very first major online charity donation facility - this was for DEC - Disasters Emergency Committee (and subsequently numerous other charities) - through which billions of pounds have since been donated towards various world disasters and support operations. Online donation is now of course used by almost every charity, prior to which all donations were taken - one at a time - by masses of telephone operators or by postal cheques.