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Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Gb

A&P, part of the APCL Group, is a global marine engineering business which operates six dry docks across two strategic locations in the UK and delivers engineering excellence to the commercial marine, defence and renewable sectors. One of the largest commercial ship repair, conversion and marine specialists of its kind in the UK, A&P Group operates two sites at A&P Falmouth and A&P Tyne to provide: • Drydockings, ship repair and conversion• Specialist fabrication • Mobilisation and demobilisation • Refits, modifications and upgrades • Port Services including cruise, towage and cargo handling. All A&P Group facilities combine a rich heritage of marine engineering skills and experience, providing ship owners, managers, operators as well as energy companies with all the precision skills needed to complete the most demanding projects. Today A&P and the wider APCL Group are delivering units for the Dreadnought class of nuclear submarines and units for HMS Belfast Ship 3 and HMS Birmingham Ship 4 of the new Type 26 class of frigates. These programmes are being delivered on behalf of BAE. A&P Group has continued to develop its capability in the marine sector and is a world leader specialising in military ship refit, commercial ship repair, upgrade and conversions. A&P Group and the wider APCL Group of companies is proud to maintain 100 per cent of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary flotilla.A&P Group's ultimate priority is to maintain a safety culture which protects its workforce, suppliers and visitors, which is underpinned by its Work Safe Home Safe programme. A&P has worked collaboratively with Lloyds Register to achieve ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001: 2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007. A&P has also been certified BS 11000 for collaborative working and has secured Cyber Essentials Plus Accreditation. A&P Group is part of the APCL Group which also brings together Atlantic & Peninsula Australia, Cammell Laird and Neway. Visit www.ap-group.co.uk for more information.

Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Gb

Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Gb

West Malling, Kent, Gb

Leading the finance function in a start-up region for Bovis Homes, delivering £35m turnover in 2016 and developing the business towards 70m turnover in 2017. Key aspects of the role include: Key member of the Regional Board, presenting monthly to Divisional MD/FD, and acting as a business partner to the Regional MD, acting as a deputy as required;Delivering detailed monthly bottom-up rolling forecasts, managing delivery of this on a weekly basis with a strong focus on delivery of monthly results and management of risk and opportunity within delivery of the annual plan;Developing a detailed understanding of the sales and build status of each home to be delivered in the Region;Robust cost management and analysis, coupled with a high focus on cash flow and balance sheet management, has resulted in margin improvement and having the regional board focused on return on capital as a key KPI;Delivery of the month-end process, including key variance analysis, review of impact to the annual forecast, review of key operational metrics and presentation of the Monthly Operational Review Pack to the CFO;Ongoing 3 and 5 year Strategic Planning based on review of key sites lifecycle, siye-by-site financial project analysis, build/sales progress and assessment/review of future site developments;Investment appraisal of new land opportunities, identifying all risks and reviewing the proposed housing mix, sales prices and cost base; andWeekly Health & Safety and plot audits on specific sites with a focus on Integrity, Customer Care and Quality.

Hook, Hampshire, Gb

Working as the finance lead on a number of contracts, leading the month-end process, owning risks/opportunities, producing long-term financial forecasts, detailed balance sheet reviews, business partnering contract directors and completing commercial negotiations with customers. The key areas of business in which I led the finance function are:1. Strategic Partnership with Thurrock Council, which included demobilisation of the contract which exited at the end of November 2015.2. Serco’s Skills & Enterprise business, which incorporates contracts with the Skills Funding Agency for Apprenticeships, and Peninsula Enterprise, a business based in the South West helping small businesses realise growth opportunities in their local market.3. Strategic Partnership with Hertfordshire County Council.4. Strategic Partnership with Peterborough County Council.5. ICT partnership with Enfield Council.6. Portfolio of IT outsourced services to Derby, Richmond, Ealing and Bradford Councils.

Hook, Hampshire, Gb

Working on major strategically important bids and contract mobilisations, leading the development and appraisal of the financial and commercial proposition. Principally this involves expert financial forecasting, modeling, analysis and the management of commercial risk. My key experience includes: Financial Lead for the mobilisation of the Caledonian Sleeper Rail Franchise (15 year contract), having worked in the same role during the bid and negotiation phase. Docklands Light Railway – Financial Lead for Serco during the bid and Best & Final Offer phases during the latest re-letting of the franchise. Shared Services Connected Limited (“SSCL”) – Lead Commercial analyst & Financial Modeller during the Serco bid to purchase the SSCL business from government and operate back office functions for DEFRA, DWP and the Environment gency.

Gb

An advisor in the valuation of companies, shares and intellectual property for commercial, accounting and tax purposes.My valuation experience included: UK based oil, gas and ferry port – annual valuations of the Port for the purposes of implementing a long term incentive plan for management; UK based car manufacturer – valuation of the whole business and divisions of the business as part of potential acquisition and joint venture discussions; Square Enix - valuation of the acquired business and intangible assets (including the Tomb Raider brand) following the £84 million acquisition of Eidos, and impairment review of the valued goodwill and intangible assets annually thereafter; CSR plc - valuation of the acquired business and intangible assets (including camera technology) following the $480 million acquisition of Zoran; and Travis Perkins – valuation of the acquired business and intangible assets following the £560 million acquisition of BSS.

Aca

Bsc, Management

A Level, Law (Grade A), Computing (Grade A), Mathematics (Grade B)