CFO of a Catholic Multi-Academy Trust of 25 schools across the Nottingham Diocese.

After 24 continuous years in finance, departed St. Modwen at the end of April. During my time off I have focussed on spending more time with my family over the school summer holidays as well as cycling from Lands' End to John o'Groats, raising £3,000 for Cancer Research UK and completing 2 half-marathons and a Triathlon.

External reporting: Overseeing the delivery of the Annual and Half-Year financial statements;Internal reporting: Input into strategy, FP&A, Board Reporting and Investment Committee ProcessesTreasury: Leading financing strategy and compliance, increasing available facilities and debt maturities.Audit Committee Reporting: Leading the production and co-ordination of AC papers Taxation: Leading taxation compliance and strategy across the Group Finance leadership: Establishing a best-in-class Finance Team embedded in the business;Transactional Accounting: Overall responsibility for the Group’s transactional accounting teamsPension Trustee: The company’s representative on the Board of the Pension TrusteeFinancial IT: Leading continued improvement in management reporting and informationProcess Improvement: Leading transformation of financial systems and processes Internal Controls: Overall responsibility for the system of internal controls within the Group

Designed and Implemented Group-wide Treasury Management System across 50 businesses delivering significant annual savings though netting internal trades prior to external trading. Passed AMCT qualification with distinctions.

•Improved year-end reporting processes resulting in a 3 week improvement in the preparation of the Annual Report•Redesigned the back-end of the Annual Report to improve user-friendliness and understanding, also having significant input into the same process for the front-end•Oversaw or personally drafted the rewrite of the Accounting Manual for the Group•Presentations to over 100 senior finance Group members on accounting issues and current head office projects during finance conference•Significant accounting support for: - The Group’s $1.1b disposal of its Retail Dispense activities in early 2014- Several bolt-on acquisitions - Tax restructuring projects - Investment appraisal projects •Significant input into FP&A processes •Management of relationship with auditors, actuaries and other professional advisors •Participation on analyst calls to help explain specific aspects of financial data to analysts•Input into the Q&A, script and presentations for results presentations and analyst briefings

- Senior Manager and Account Manager for a variety of listed and unlisted audits from the Birmingham Office - Significant Experience leading Reporting Accountant Engagements on IPOs and Class Transactions- 2 years as Head of Audit Department of 80 in Birmingham- Seconded to QCA in Business Development role in London- Seconded to the Business Development and Leadership Team in Birmingham- Executive MBA as part of KPMG Leadership Programme and First time passes at ACA- Secondments to KPMG Brisbane and Share Valuations Department in Corporate Finance and Tax

On secondment from KPMG in Birmingham in Business Development Role for the QCA in London