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Markyate, GB

VSA Capital Group PLC is an investment banking and institutional broking group providing Corporate Finance and broking services to companies across all sectors. In addition to my own particular interest and experience in the Technology, Media and Telecoms sectors, VSA has a strong focus on the Natural Resources sector (Energy, Alternative Energy, Mining.

I am delighted to be appointed a Non-executive Director of the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The L&D is a superbly run Trust being, as was announced in 2017, the only Trust in the country that had hit all three of its key government targets. As well as providing wise counsel to the board and providing oversight on behalf of.

So, in 2016 I had a completely unexpected but rather massive heart attack that, in normal circumstances, should have killed me and I have had a bit of a career break since then. My cardiologists have assured me that I am absolutely fine, perfectly fit and can go to the gym as much as I like and that I am not going to have another one… at all. So, it’s time.

DiA is a buy-and-build venture in the broadcast media sector. As CFO I was responsible for, all the usual stuff plus, developing group strategy, corporate financial strategy and execution, evaluating acquisition targets, structuring deal options, pitching the deals to the target management teams and deal execution. Did it work – yes it did! Was it.

As a consultant for Alinsky Partners, a large part of my time was spent on one particular client, effectively becoming a freelance CFO of a media and technology business. The first task was to get to the bottom of the accounting mess left behind by the previous incumbent while at the same time sorting out the resulting disastrous tax liability.I then.

Eden State was a buy & build venture borne out of an existing digital marketing consultancy and backed by funds from Ingenious Media Active Capital. My task was, with the CEO, to identify acquisition targets and structure workable deals for all interested parties: the group, our investors and the owner-managers of the target businesses. At the same time I.

I was recruited by NextGen to add my considerable M&A experience to the Board and to the CEO’s ambitious growth and acquisition strategy for this publicly quoted biotech company. Within a week of my appointment however, a boardroom coup ousted the CEO and the COO left shortly thereafter. As the relationship between the Chairman and investor-appointed.

I joined Screen Technology as CFO as it was on the brink of flotation on AIM, bringing financial and City expertise to a privately backed company with no financial infrastructure.I built a strong finance team completely from scratch as the company moved quickly to managing its own financial structure, day-to-day accounting and investor relations.My.

Conciera was a start-up company in the digital marketing communications / technology space.With the CEO and operations director I was responsible for everything, from day to day financial matters to corporate strategy, marketing, contract negotiations, property and investor relations.We successfully raised start-up capital from private investors and I led.

Chicago, IL, US

I moved to KPMG’s Corporate Finance arm in order to spend more time with smaller clients with more varied issues where I would enjoy getting more involved rather than turning the handle on some of the massive IPOs that were driving the large banks.As a Director, I led transactions, managing and motivating teams to deliver results in a high-pressure.

• In the 1990s Warburgs was one of the leading investment banks and I gained an unparalleled range of experience advising at Chairman and CEO level on a wide variety of deals across a range of industry sectors. These.
• from creating sophisticated computer models to developing corporate and financial strategy;
• from overall project management to writing shareholder communications; and
• from running negotiations to translating option theory into accessible terms for the personnel director.Major deals included advice to the £1.3 billion rights issue by Zeneca on its demerger and flotation, the.

GB

I qualified as a chartered accountant in the audit department with a significant emphasis on non-audit special project work. I achieved 7th place in the Order of Merit in my ICAEW final examinations.