Vin-X Limited (WWW.Vin-X.com) is the UK's fastest growing fine wine investment company.Founded in 2010, Vin-X specializes in introducing private individuals to the benefits of investing in fine wine and helping clients access the potential of the fine wine market. When you compare fine wine investment with other assets its performance is outstanding, particularly over the long term. We believe that all investors should have the opportunity to invest safely in fine wine and enjoy the benefits.Our team has expertise in financial markets and fine wine and has established a specialist service creating rewarding fine wine portfolios for investors. Vin-X’s procurement strategy has resulted in our clients’ wine portfolios exceeding market trend historically.Vin-X is a founder member of the Wine Investment Association (‘WIA’) and we abide by the Association’s Code of Practice which governs fulfilment, custodianship of clients’ wine and ethical marketing and sales techniques.With over £30M of fine wine ‘under influence’, we are an authority on wine investment and feature in trade and mainstream press and media. We have strong relationships within the fine wine market and regularly produce special reports and analysis for fine wine investors, along with a weekly newsletter, and social media newsfeed.

Interim Management Consultancy offering the following:Interim management, support and investment in business start-ups, business transformation, turnaround restructuring, supply chain management, interim CEO, programme management, rationalization, business process re-engineering and management consultancy

IPS 'Protecting the private consumer and the environment'Appointed as Chief Operating Officer by the board to support the founder. Established and developed a scalable trading model to support the launch of IPS’s membership community. Responsible for creating finance, commercial and operational structures which included a fully scalable outsourced delivery model. Worked closely with investors, shareholders and the board.Built member community of over 100,000 members, exceeded growth targets within business plan. Moved IPS customer journey into fully digital strategy. As part of my role, I sat on the board and was responsible for all commercial and operational activity. IPS is a platform to educate and inform members on how to protect their personal data. Whether it is a scam, nuisance marketing or fraud, the IPS community will take a collective stand against it.It incubates relationships with organisations and brands who agree to conform to the standards of ethical data stewardship that IPS member’s demand. These relationships create value and utility for IPS members on their terms.

I was appointed by the owners as interim CEO to undertake a full review of the profitability and ongoing viability of both the trading business and the Umbrella payroll marketplace, considering the changing compliance and HMRC rulings. Was appointed permanent CEO and became shareholder. Worked with restructuring organisations to implement exit.Open Pay was a professional umbrella company for new and experienced contractors, agencies and companies who require a safe, cost efficient and fully HMRC compliant solution.

Co-Founder and Director of Touch, an IT services company established in 2003 after identifying a gap in the on-site hardware maintenance market. Privately funded, built revenues to in excess of £10+ Million with 200+ employeesAcquired by Taalus, an Rcapital investee company in May 2013 ----------------------------------------------------- Touch specialises in the provision of cost-effective break fix and support services dealing with commodity technology products. We operate within the retail, finance, manufacturing and consumer electronics market places. Our services portfolio consists of a comprehensive list of field services designed for the benefit of our customers. Where applicable we combine the use of resource, infrastructure and IT to ensure a consistent cost conscious approach to service. • On-site maintenance services • Hardware deployment • Tailored services (including PM, PAT Test, Audit) • Technical resource provision The key elements of the business model include: • Proven success in delivering technical service solutions throughout the UK • A flexible resource model with over 200 salaried technicians on the road • Systems that provide full service functionality for the management of calls, stock, logistics and engineers throughout the UK • Full on line incident visibility that enables its customers to view management information to aid the on-going management of the service events undertaken by Touch technicians • UK wide infrastructure with National Distribution Centre, Depots and nationwide trunk network • Extensive experience of TUPE within the services market Services provided 365 days per year, 24 x 7, for anything from 4 hour to next business day break fix with specific focus on the total cost of service as well as the client experience. Specialist tools proactively measure elements that impact these areas.

Responsible for all application development, IT infrastructure, multi data centre management and 24 x 7 IT support to its 8000+ internal UK employees and its 12m live customers.Supported products and services across all Vodafone business platforms, web services, retail and call centre systems across 350+ locationsCreated and delivered IS outsourcing strategy including desktop outsource, data centre consolidation, creation of a partnership management framework, managed services solution for contractor supply and simplification programmes.Managed an annualised OPEX budget of £35 million and a CAPEX budget of £25 million.Leadership and management of 700+ staff.

Managed a portfolio of local and central government clients across the UK.Full responsibility for service delivery, P&L management, profitability, and business development.Successful in securing a local government infrastructure outsource deal worth £70 M over 5 years.