Pronaos provides interim management and contract services in the following main areas - * Business Strategy and Planning* Business performance turnaround and improvement* Acquisitions and disposals planning, due diligence and integration* Change management programmes including systems implementations* Non-Executive DirectorshipsClients range from social care companies, residential property management through to one of the "big four" accounting firms. Recent… Show more Pronaos provides interim management and contract services in the following main areas - * Business Strategy and Planning* Business performance turnaround and improvement* Acquisitions and disposals planning, due diligence and integration* Change management programmes including systems implementations* Non-Executive DirectorshipsClients range from social care companies, residential property management through to one of the "big four" accounting firms. Recent projects include advising on the sale of a social care business and the set up of a property management consultancy. Show less

Five Rivers is a social enterprise and a leading children’s service provider, providing fostering, education, residential care and assessment and therapy services to local authorities across England and the Republic of Ireland. As a board member I was responsible for Finance, IT, HR, acquisitions and corporate governance.Brought into the business when the main UK operation was losing money. Helped stabilise the senior management team and turn around the business so that within 2 years… Show more Five Rivers is a social enterprise and a leading children’s service provider, providing fostering, education, residential care and assessment and therapy services to local authorities across England and the Republic of Ireland. As a board member I was responsible for Finance, IT, HR, acquisitions and corporate governance.Brought into the business when the main UK operation was losing money. Helped stabilise the senior management team and turn around the business so that within 2 years UK revenues had grown 23% to almost £24m and pre-tax profits were in excess of £1m.Led preparation and presentation of a three-year plan in 2017 to a selection of UK banks to help the business obtain funding for acquisitions and other investment opportunities. First acquisition of an independent fostering agency made in November 2017.Tightened up commercial and contracting activities and improved general financial awareness at senior management level.Significantly strengthened corporate governance and risk management processes across the business. Show less

Core Assets Group was one of the UK's largest Children’s Services company. With revenues exceeding £150m and over 1,000 employees it now has operations in ten countries providing foster care, consultancy and children and family services to Local Authorities and State governments. It is now part of the Polaris group.I was initially brought in by the Chairman and owner of the company in 2005 to help undertake a review of the strategic options for the business, which at the time was a much… Show more Core Assets Group was one of the UK's largest Children’s Services company. With revenues exceeding £150m and over 1,000 employees it now has operations in ten countries providing foster care, consultancy and children and family services to Local Authorities and State governments. It is now part of the Polaris group.I was initially brought in by the Chairman and owner of the company in 2005 to help undertake a review of the strategic options for the business, which at the time was a much smaller UK based independent fostering agency. As Group Commercial Director I had overall responsibility for corporate finance, acquisitions, IT and legal affairs as well as a general troubleshooting role across both the Core Assets group and the owner’s other business interests. Show less

PinkRoccade was a Dutch-based £500m t/o IT Outsourcing Company which provided Managed Services, Professional Services, Maintenance Services and Education courses to the mid-tier IT market. It was acquired by Getronics N.V. in March 2005.Managing two teams, the Commercial Management team (all qualified accountants) and the Contracts Billing and Administration team, I established the infrastructure, processes and procedures to help ensure that new business was won at acceptable margins… Show more PinkRoccade was a Dutch-based £500m t/o IT Outsourcing Company which provided Managed Services, Professional Services, Maintenance Services and Education courses to the mid-tier IT market. It was acquired by Getronics N.V. in March 2005.Managing two teams, the Commercial Management team (all qualified accountants) and the Contracts Billing and Administration team, I established the infrastructure, processes and procedures to help ensure that new business was won at acceptable margins and existing business was effectively monitored and managed, both commercially and contractually, through regular review with clients.In addition, I was brought in due to my contract negotiation experience to successfully conclude negotiations on a multi-million pound contract to outsource the company’s PC repair centre activities to a third party where my knowledge of the field service engineering business was invaluable. Show less

Managed a team of 25 IT professionals based predominantly in Farnborough and Northampton, created the vision and strategy for the successful integration of three disparate IT departments with no consistency of systems, hardware, operating systems or applications. Managed a high level business process review, identifying the ‘end to end’ business and information processes. Implemented and managed a comprehensive selection process, for a company wide ERP system to support a growing… Show more Managed a team of 25 IT professionals based predominantly in Farnborough and Northampton, created the vision and strategy for the successful integration of three disparate IT departments with no consistency of systems, hardware, operating systems or applications. Managed a high level business process review, identifying the ‘end to end’ business and information processes. Implemented and managed a comprehensive selection process, for a company wide ERP system to support a growing company with over 1,000 users situated at nine sites plus customer locations. Instrumental to the delivery of a multi million pound project, a highly complex system (with minimal issues and business/user impact) with limited resources and within a tight timescale. Made the original business case for and then progressed the outsourcing of the internal IT Support function to our Managed Services Business Unit, so that the company’s internal IT support function could generate the cost savings from the economies of scale of being part of the delivery function providing similar services to customers. Show less

Computeraid was an IT Services company (total revenue almost £75m ), part of the Thorn EMI group of companies until it was spun off via a management buy-out in late 1994. In December 2001, it was acquired by PinkRoccade, a large Dutch IT services company.Responsible for ensuring the commercial viability of all major Sales bids and ongoing accounts working with such blue chip companies as B&Q, Thomas Cook and T Mobile.Worked closely with Sales management to create “win”… Show more Computeraid was an IT Services company (total revenue almost £75m ), part of the Thorn EMI group of companies until it was spun off via a management buy-out in late 1994. In December 2001, it was acquired by PinkRoccade, a large Dutch IT services company.Responsible for ensuring the commercial viability of all major Sales bids and ongoing accounts working with such blue chip companies as B&Q, Thomas Cook and T Mobile.Worked closely with Sales management to create “win” strategies on major new opportunities and account renewals. Show less

Appointed Finance Director of Computeraid after playing the lead role in its successful Management Buy-out from Thorn EMI in December 1994 backed by Cinven, a leading private equity firm.Initially responsible for all financial and commercial business development aspects of the business, reporting to the CEO as the business grew revenues from £20m in 1994 to almost £75m by 2000, including being responsible for the negotiation of increased banking facilities.Responsible from early… Show more Appointed Finance Director of Computeraid after playing the lead role in its successful Management Buy-out from Thorn EMI in December 1994 backed by Cinven, a leading private equity firm.Initially responsible for all financial and commercial business development aspects of the business, reporting to the CEO as the business grew revenues from £20m in 1994 to almost £75m by 2000, including being responsible for the negotiation of increased banking facilities.Responsible from early 1999 for all IT, HR and procurement activity. Co-wrote the business plan in early 2000, presented it to our major shareholders and led the contract negotiations resulting in a multi-million pound shareholder investment enabling the company to become the first ever supplier of HP Autonomy’s world leading Knowledge Management software on a "software as a service" basis.Successfully negotiated a large out of court settlement with a global IT company following wrongful termination of contract.Totally restructured the IT department in 1999, resulting in an improved service with fewer staff and the creation of a revenue generating software development team.Led the negotiations leading to the successful acquisition of Alcatel’s UK retail software company to complement our existing IT service offerings. Show less