Personable, strong multi-site business leader with 20 years experience in metal forming and casting industry. Led businesses of up to 850 employees in low volume and high volume environments for the automotive and aerospace markets. Businesses from £5M to £300M annual revenue and successfully turning loss making businesses to profit making.Possesses strong financial awareness, worked in heavily unionised as well as non-unionised businesses.With a NEBOSH health and safety qualification, experience of working within stringent environmental regulations within the foundry sector, experience of introducing Lean Manufacturing, Production and Maintenance systems and managing the businesses to aerospace and automotive Quality standards, AS9100, TS16949 and Ford Q1.Represented the businesses and worked in locations such as Ohio, Nevada and Pennsylvania USA, Port Elizabeth South Africa, Gyor Hungary, Ingolstadt Germany.Experience of brown field site development, from machinery installation to full scale production into major automotive customers.Successful factory expansion, re-layout and refurbishment of equipment for productivity increases and cost efficiency. Led businesses through industry downturns and factory consolidation as well as significant increases in volume.