Financial Consultant tasked by NPTC Colleges Board to deliver a turnaround of the 2022/23 (£400k) loss making position for its subsidiary Green Labyrinth. 2023/24 delivered a profit of £50k and following the companies disposal to the previous owners became CEO in May 2024 tasked with delivering the 5 year strategy to treble turnover and quadruple profits through repositioning the business as The Education establishment of choice for 16-19 year olds with special needs in the Swindon area and becoming a “Top 5” Adult Learner course provider in the South West.

Start-up with bespoke in-house SaaS platform development, creating the UK's first online wine business focused solely on the last great unknown wine region in Europe - South & SouthWest France - with 23 Appellations and over 20,000 wine farmers and winemakers the region stretches from Bordeaux to Biarritz along the Pyrenees to Languedoc-Roussillon on the Med and back up to Toulouse. An area twice the size of Wales and with a wine heritage that dates back to the Romans. Aquitaine Wines site is now built and tested and being marketed from September 2022.

Providing interim financial management to organisations requiring an experienced Finance Director, who also has commercial and operational skills. With over 20 years experience in the interim market Neil has successfully delivered day-to-day CFO, operations and special projects for start-up's to mid-size SME's and in Divisional FD roles at FTSE businesses.

Import and retail wine business. The UK specialist in wines from SouthWest France. Closed at the onset of COVID pending moving to an online platform, Aquitaine Wines www.Aquitainewines.com

Leading the initial scoping and implementation of an MRP system.

High growth SME mobile telecoms business providing design, planning and specialist network installation solutions to the UK 's mobile network operators. Virtua's key installations included new Wembley Stadium, Heathrow Terminal 2, The Shard, The Cheesegrater and 5 major shopping centres. Virtua acquired the Custom Communications Group in May 2013 via a cash and equity dilution non-debt transaction doubling turnover in that year for the Group to £8m. In August 2015 the company completed a £4.5m EIS investment via Connection Capital for 32% of the business alongside a co-terminous acquisition of Astral for £1m delivering turnover of close to £10m for FY15 and £12m for FY16. The Group is on target to double turnover again in the three years from 2014. The strategy is to reach £30m turnover through 15%-20% YOY organic growth and niche acquisitions by FY21. Three years into the 5 year plan the business is "on- track" in terms of revenue but struggling with the working capital requirements to meet high YOY growth.

Leading UK company in the new field of cyber security (HMG and GCHQ) and B2B website/www security monitoring.

World leader in the manufacturer of R&D equipment for the photovoltaic and hibled (high brightness led) with 70% market share worldwide. Turnover £66m and PBT of £7m. Improved cash release from working capital by £5m and relationship with Far East salesforce operating in China and Taiwan. Gross margin improvement YOY by 4%.

Established the newly formed companies cashflow model.Developed over 250 KPI's with it's key customer allied to and embedded within the commercial framework. Reviewed the viability of 4 of the 19 business lines for the Commercial and Business Development Directors.

Interim FD at AIM listed SectorGuard plc which acquired Legion Group plc in March 2009.

Merged Legion Group with SectorGuard plc

Brought in as a Subject Matter Expert on mobile network architecture, cost and deployment for the negotiations between Orange and Vodafone looking to RAN share their combined networks. Specific responsibility for developing the network valuation model (worlds first and now used as the standard in Europe) and advisor on the tactical positioning for the negotiations.

Finnace lead for niche UK acquisitions to augment the Corporate business offering for 3G/4G mobile data usage.

Prepared business plan for bespoke plasma a TV range and initiated secondary market share placement.

Deputy Finance Director UK and Senior project management team (of 3) delivering the world's first-ever delivery-in-orbit commercial communications satellite ~ ORION. Managed and reported to MMS Executive Board in Toulouse on over 80 prime projects and sub-system deliveries across 5 manufacturing locations.Promoted to Deputy Operations Director in 1994, in charge of all operational decisions when the Operations Director was at another site. Encompassing R&D, design, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, health and safety and finance.Responsible for UK's long term planning.

1987 appointed member of the 5 person European Rent-a-Car Management Board, covering all 9 corporate European and a further 17 licensee countries across EAME. Responsible for financial and operational risk management evaluation. Member of the Pan-European Database Implementation Team in 1986-1987. From 1988 co-lead for a major customer service change management programme across all European corporate locations over nine months.