2010 - currentExec Chairman or part time executive commercial/finance director and Corporate Finance advisor, working with equity owners (VC and private) and management teams building effective Boards and senior executive teams, focusing on sales and business development, setting and implementing growth/change strategy, acquisition, fundraising and exit transactions.Current and recent involvements - see experiencePrevious directorships and completed transactions- Strategy, growth, realisation - Exec chair/NED (finance/commercial); SBFI Ltd (as MD through change and growth phase through to exit), ARC energy resources Ltd, Elizabeth Shaw, Pearce Barnstaple - Turnround/reorganisation/realisation - NED (commercial/finance) or Corporate Finance advisor; Meek, Pearce Construction, Clares Group, Orchestra- Exit strategy and transaction closure - Corporate Finance advisor; Amba Medical, North Devon Electronics, Occam marketing, Pitch Communications, Teach-It, FoundOcean Ltd, Courtenays/Wyatt Plc - flotation1995- 2002; KPMG, Partner Corporate Finance. Arranged, led and in many cases initiated 22 private equity backed transactions – MBOs or portfolio exit, 17 M&A transactions- acquisitions or exit, 8 major public sector transactions – PFI or large outsourcing contracts1981- 2002; KPMG; ACA qualification, business consulting and corporate recovery1978 -1981 MOWLEM PLC, (Soil Mechanics Limited) Civil Engineering design, site investigation and project management, major infrastructure projectsSpecialties: Board recruitment and development, turnround and growth strategy, sales and business development, Mergers and Acquisitions, raising financeSectors – professional and business services, engineering and manufacturing and associated supply chain services