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Part time CFO, finance consulting & CFO mentoring roles across a range of sectors & situations, most typically assisting Seed to Series A-C technology companies (B2B & B2C) with the challenges of scaling & fundraising.- CFO part time & interim contract services; fundraising; financial modelling; one-off assignments; mentoring finance functions & leadership.

Cambridge, England, GB

Approached by investors to assist senior management with finance and strategic planning for scaling and growth.CLM develops technologies to enable precision medicine by combining dose-optimized drug therapy with digital care.

London, England, GB

Assisting leadership team with scaling, fundraising & development of finance function; responsible for finance function.Circl is a unique leadership experience to train and retain top employees. We train professionals in coaching skills for modern leadership. These skills are then tested and refined through 1 to 1 coaching of 16 to 18 year-old school.

London, Lambeth, GB

Approached by Board to partner Senior Leadership Team, providing rigour & insight in financial & strategic planning; strengthening of processes & controls in preparation for scaling; led & built finance function to 7 heads; fundraise Dec 2021.Proov ensures that online users are the right person, a real person and are genuinely present right.

Denver, Colorado, US

Approached by VC investors (Albion VC) post-fundraise to partner senior team, build a scalable financial function & processes in preparation for growth & Series B raise.Effortless control of your API ecosystem. Gravitee's API Platform is the richest Open Source solution available. Gravitee helps organizations unify APIs into an easy-to-use and secure.

Aldgate, England, GB

Approached by Angel Investors to partner senior team to equip business for scaling. Developed highly sophisticated financial model to visualise & facilitate strategic & financial planning; responsible for finance function; R&D tax reclaims; multiple fundraisings.www.generalsystem.com

Cambridge, GB

Approached by Chairman to partner C & VP-suite through senior management changes & strategic & operational planning; responsibility for finance function; Series A/B fundraising.VC-backed world-leading SaaS business with a speech-to-text IP in 75+ languages, batch and real-time, cloud and on-premises.www.speechmatics.com

London, England, GB

Developed forecasting processes to facilitate financial & strategic planning; recruited Finance Manager & managed implementation of controls & procedures for scaling; multiple fundraising.FromCounsel is an innovative online corporate law resource harnessing the collective knowledge and experience of leading barristers and professional support.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

CFO (1 year contract; part time). Led finance function - monthly reporting & forecasting; statutory audit and reporting (interim & full year results); interfacing with advisors, analysts & investors; AIM regulation; modelling NPV of wells; fundraising.Oil & gas exploration and production with onshore producing assets and exploration licences in Argentina.

Assisting CET with investments in the EdTech space.1886 is the wholly owned, commercial subsidiary company of the Commonwealth Education Trust (CET). It was established in 2009 to create a sustainable, profitable business in the education sector. 1886 is based in the UK and has operating subsidiaries in UK, South Africa and New Zealand.The vision of 1886.

- Full responsibility for finance function- Collaborated to shape & execute strategy to acquire control of principal asset & $25m refinancing, both achieved in January 2012- Initiated, led & closed commercial bank debt facility of $100m & hedging program in September 2014- ~$40m raised over 2012-2015 via equity, convertibles, mezzanine debt & alternatives.

London, GB

At Ambrian I led & grew the Oil & Gas sector practice, co-led the Corporate Finance group & advised clients on equity fundraisings, IPOs & M&A, predominantly in the oil & gas sector.Ambrian Partners was a London-based specialist investment bank focused on the metals & mining, oil & gas & cleantech sectors internationally. Ambrian acquired Nabarro Wells in.

Appointed CEO of Nabarro Wells in order to help stabilise the business through a period of change. Subsequently, I led & negotiated the sale of the business to Ambrian Partners in April 2008.Nabarro Wells was a London-based corporate finance advisory business focused principally on the mining, oil & gas and clean tech sectors.

London, GB

Sector & transaction experience: small & mid cap; cleantech, media, technology, care homes, property; IPOs, equity raisings & M&A. Transaction size £1m-£50m, market capitalisations micro cap to £100m. Panmure Gordon reverse merged into Durlacher Corporation in early 2005.

Sector & transaction experience: small & mid cap; cleantech, media, technology, care homes, property; IPOs, equity raisings & M&A. Transaction size £1m-£50m, market capitalisations micro cap to £100m. Durlacher Corporation acquired Panmure Gordon in early 2005.

Sector & transaction experience: engineering, cleantech, technology, Internet, medical devices, media, care homes, leisure; IPOs, equity raisings & M&A for micro to mid cap companies.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

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