I'm a Business Advisory Partner with RSM with over 30 years'​ experience of advising entrepreneurial mid-market businesses and the people behind them. I specialise in the recruitment sector but also advise businesses across many other sectors. I lead the RSM national recruitment sector team, and having been the CFO of a rapidly expanding group within the sector, I have a commercial approach and insight to the issues my clients face. My focus is on understanding and helping my clients achieve their objectives which may include advising on strategy development and implementation, business planning, growth challenges, succession issues, tax planning and thinking around their business to present relevant ideas and opportunities. My clients also have access to the expertise and specialisms from RSM as a leading audit, tax and consulting firm , such as: - International expansion and advice: RSM is in more than 100 countries;- Corporate Finance: Achieving successful exits and/or fund raising is well as helping with acquisitions;- Tax planning and advisory: All aspects of tax services to help minimise tax exposure;- Digital transformation; including automation, ERP, data strategy, integration and system selection.- Accounting/financial reporting: Providing a comprehensive outsourcing service and also ensuring clients are financial reporting n a compliant/commercially appropriate manner;- InTime pay and bill software: Relevant to the recruitment space providing a comprehensive solution to the automated collection/monitoring of timesheet data, timely/accurate billing of customers; seamless integration with front office systems and back office accounting. - Statutory and Internal audit;- Risk management and Corporate Governance;- Structuring and recovery.Outside of work, I enjoy most sports (unfortunately more watching than participating nowadays), live music (regularly at gigs and festivals with my wife and/or daughter) and travelling.