Advice on mergers, acquisitions, disposals, MBOs/MBIs, fundraising, valuations and corporate restructurings.Transaction deal experience: £1m to £50m.

Managing Partner of Sports Xtra - Herts and Beds Sports Xtra are a national sports development and health promotion company. Established for over 10 years, the franchise model operates in over 25 regions nationally and impacts over 75,000 children per week.Responsibilties:BUSINESS MANAGEMENT• Ultimate level of autonomy and ability to decision make in the best interest of the business and customers• Create strategic plans for growth and diversification of the business• Project management of new initiatives such as apprenticeship programme• Prepare tax computations• Run payrollFINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF COMPANY DATA• Set and control annual budget• Prepare management accounts every month• Analyse financial data for trends and product profitability variances PEOPLE MANAGEMENT• Employ and manage team of 27 part-time and full-time sports coaches• Recruit, interview and develop new sports coachesSTAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT• Train staff in coaching skills, child psychlology and health and safety• Arrange training qualifications for coaches with national providers such as Go FenceBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Plan, co-ordinate and lead sales programme across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire• Generate sales growth by meeting with Headteachers, PE Co-ordinators and other key contacts in the community• Present in schools to promote a wide range of Sports Xtra clubs and holiday camps• Give presentations to large audiences in Sixth Forms and Further Education Colleges to promote apprenticeship roles and advise on careers in coaching and the sports industry• Present sports programme opportunities to Head Teacher and Senior Education Leader Consortiums• Liaise with Sports National Governing Bodies such as Futsal to help introduce new sport/activity options for children losing interest in sport

• Case administration of a portfolio of Administration and CVL appointments.• Liaising with Directors and secured creditors in respect of obtaining Administration appointments.• Conducting financial review and analysis of Company position prior to appointment and preparation of reports to secured creditors.• Implementation of strategy for Administrations including instructing agents and solicitors, and ensuring attention to all statutory requirements.• Liaison with agents and solicitors with respect to all aspects of sales of going concern businesses, pre-pack and asset only sales, including dealing with interested parties and revising sale contracts.• Processing large number of employee claims including dialogue with RPO, for example, over discrepancies when paying preferential dividend• Active involvement in ongoing legal work including reviewing legal contracts and liaison with solicitors regarding potential litigation matters.• Preparation and dispatch of creditor reports and convening of creditors’ meetings• Identify and liaise re staff training and monitor development including direct training and responsibility of junior members of staff• Attended several networking events and developed relationships with quantity surveyors, solicitors, debt collection agencies and others

• Carrying out due diligence/valuation work on a wide range of companies from SME’s to AIM listed• Analysis of large volumes of data to determine trends• Conducting detailed discussions with business management• Preparing detailed information memorandums• Report purpose to give client and funder confidence in financing levels and acquisition value• Attendance at numerous networking events to further contact network, including solicitors and private equity houses• Liaison with lead advisory team to provide complete service for client • Acted as mentor to several new recruits

• Day to day management of circa 30 simultaneous corporate insolvency cases• Case types include Trading Administrations, Administrations, CVL’s, MVL’s and CVW’s• Responsible for meeting new clients and gaining authorisation for new insolvency proceedings• Liaising with company directors, employees and support staff• First point of call for Customs & Excise, Inland Revenue, former suppliers and customers• Manages cases within time and financial budget constraints• Regularly conducting face to face meetings with clients to progress cases and resolve issues• Regularly writing reports for creditors and banks• Developing relationships with contacts at several solicitors, surveyors and other agents• Involved in day to day trading of businesses• Preparation of bank reports• Acts as authority for authorising purchases and dealing with any customer disputes• Executing employee redundancies • Managing large scale debt collection projects• Acting as mentor to junior staff

• Spent 10 months working on a large transatlantic insolvency case• Collating very large amounts of data and providing regular update reports to my seniors• Client turnover levels ranged from <£1m to >£100m• A range of clients across several sectors including automotive and fast food

USA wide football coaching business running football holiday camps aimed at children aged 5 to 17.Responsibilities:• Chaired first meetings with lead families at different towns each week• Organised schedule for team of coaches and act as first point of contact for parents of local clubs• Designed session plans and taught soccer to 5 to 17 years olds, both female and male• Responsibility for Health and Safety of children• Offered and accepted role as Player Development Officer at large club in Maine• Tasked with improving the coaching approach of the 12+ club teams• Gave presentations and coaching demonstrations to adult soccer coaches around MaineWrote concluding strategic report for club to implement after I returned to the UK