Non executive chair of Optical Investment Group - the largest optical retailer in Romania, operating 3 banners - Optiblu, Optiplaza and O51

Independent retail consultant with 25 years experience in CEE Experienced in- Due diligence support- Market entry support - Mystery shops - Reviews of store portfolios - Benchmarking- Corporate governance, audit committees and non exec positions

Supporting M&A activity and market intelligence for a major CEE private equity house

Advising on commercialization and management of existing Newbridge portfolio and M&A activity in Polish retail real estate.

Head of the financial, legal and corporate affairs of a large discount retailer active in Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Part of a turnaround and roll out team that grew the business from 15 to 1000 stores and helped Pepco become of the strongest performing retailers in CEE. I was also responsible for Pepco's prepaid telecoms business, money transfers and real estate holdings.Non executive director of Pepkor operations in France (MacDan) Executive Director of Pepco subsidiaries in Slovakia, Czech, Romania, Hungary and Croatia plus various real estate entities.

Leading due diligence assignments - mainly for private equity clients and large German corporates. Typical deal sizes 50-200m EUR

1997-1999 Audit of major clients in Warsaw and Poznan offices. 1999-2001 Manager in the due diligence department mainly focused on privatizations

Junior auditor engaged in financial audit of government spending in Scotland mainly housing and agricultural spending. Seconded to the United Nations Board of Auditors in New York - UNDP and United Nations Population Fund.