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Hallow, England, Gb

Cinderford, England, United Kingdom

A division of PipeHawk Plc, TED are the UK’s and soon to be Europe’s leading rail and signal handling provider. The division designs and manufactures both small and large innovative ballast, sleeper, rail, rail clip and mast handling solutions both direct to Network Rail as well as the Tier one and two service and support network and infrastructure.Lead Executive responsibility for Thomson Engineering Design Ltd (TED). Developed sales and operational strategies, together with the existing management team to take a loss leading division back to profit within 12 months of acquisition• Conducted due diligence and acquired the business in 2017 to compliment QM Systems as part of PipeHawk plc• Developed a revenue c£600k pa business creating a loss of £300k to a Revenue c£1M pa break even business within 12 months of acquisition.• Grew sales within the domestic UK market to c £1.5M realising an EBITDA of c10%• Developed a sales and business strategy with Unipart Rail, a c £200M division of Unipart group to market and sell TED’s products globally, culminating in the signing of a global distribution agreement between TED and UR in September 2022, expected to generate £3-5M of additional revenue for TED PA by 2026, thus moving TED beyond UK borders.• Developed a strategy with UR to expand TED’s core RRV attachment business to create a suite of high output powered machines for laying sleepers, track, clipping track and ballast management, culminating in the sale of the first demonstrator units to UR and one of its affiliates, totalling over £1M of new business and expected to add a further £3M revenue PA by 2026.

Worcester, England

Largest division of PipeHawk Plc, specialising in high technology automation, production and test solutions across industrial sectors including Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Automotive, Marine, Aerospace, Building Services, Rail, Nuclear, Energy and Environmental.Lead executive responsibility for QM Systems Ltd. Developed sales and operational strategies over a number of years to take a small loss leading division to become by far the largest and most profitable part of the group.• Took a circa £500k loss leading high tech but niche bespoke electronics and software engineering business to a profitable T/O of £1.5M within 12 months.• On joining, closed out a legacy legal dispute resulting in an award of c£800k to QM Systems• Developed a sales strategy that diversified the business with the addition of mechanical and industrial controls divisions, expanding into new industries resulting in growth to c£9M pa• Achieved EBITDA most years exceeding 10% of revenue• Increased headcount from 11 to 75 over a period of 14 years, implementing a highly motivated and empowered structure to deliver excellence at all levels• Built QM to be one of the top recognisable Automation and Robotics providers within the UK market• Increased average project size from c£50k to c£800k resulting in access to significantly increased profit margins• Acquired Wessex Slip Testing a c£400k global business in 2019 and integrated into QM Systems to create a slip testing division.• Developed a contract manufacturing business division to provide in house manufacturing capability to key project clients• Relocated business twice into larger facilities, resulting in a move in February 2022 to a large 45,000sqft state of the art facility in preparation for start up of contract manufacturing division. Move completed within 8 weeks start to finish, ready for contract manufacturing start up in June 2022.

Worcester, England, United Kingdom

AIM listed technology business specialising in Industrial and scientific automation, development and application of ground penetrating radar (GPR) and rail, track and signalling handling and installation systems. The group supplied clients across almost all industries and pioneered development of GPR technology over many years.Lead executive responsibility For QM Systems, Wessex Slip Testing Equipment, Thomson Engineering Design and PipeHawk R&D Products (Consultative). Developed a range of technology-based services through acquisition and organic growth to complement the original core GPR Technology business. Developed sales strategy, structure and business processes for all divisional responsibilities. Overall P&L responsibility for divisions. Group corporate governance responsibility, liaising directly with NOMAD.

Responsible for the development and growth of a newly acquired Industrial Automation business within Omitec Hroup. Lead all activities for the sales, design, procurement, manufacture, commission and installation of special purpose machinery and test systems for a range of industries including automotive, rail and aerospace.

Responsible for Omitec's new business development of OE automotive customers accross Europe. Developed key accounts and new business opportunity with a number of European Vehicle manufacturers including PSA, Renault, VW, Audi, Seat, BMW, Rolls Royce and Bentley.

Responsibility for the management of a number of key and strategic accounts within the automotive OE vehicle sector

Devizes, England, United Kingdom

Responsibility for initial startup and development of a Telematics business unit within Omitec Group. Lead the first Telematics product development for a new automotive vehicle manufacturer including the development of the hardware and the roll out of the vehicle fit and service support program. This initial contract lead to Omitec developing core telematics hardware that was then sold to a number of key vehicle telematics providers.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Key account management responsibilities for the security systems division of Valeo accross all Japanese clients (Honda, Toyota, Nissan Mazda). Products included locksets, alarms systems, vehicle immobilisers, keyless entry systems, door latch and door handle assemblies.Responsible for business development and account management globally. Responsible for the management of all project managers and project teams supporting these key accounts. Worked as part of a team to complete a suucessful relocation of UK business, originally located in Blyth, Northumberland, to a number of plants within Europe upon closure of the Blyth facility.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng)

Education record

Mini Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations