Successful, credible and resilient board member covering finance, governance, compliance and operations. Extensive experience of working with board committees, regulators, auditors, lawyers and investment managers. Excellent communicator, no surprises attitude, proactive with a collaborative leadership style. Delivery of business change and performance improvement programmes, achieving success through engagement, persuasion and agreement. Wide-ranging experience in regulated, complex and diverse industry sectors in the UK/internationally, working effectively at both strategic and operational levels. Constructive support, challenge and oversight at board and committee level. Specialties: Partnering with the CEOCredible financial planningEffective risk managementCorporate governanceValue added reportingPortfolio managementTurnaround managementPerformance improvementLeadership of business projects