I acquire UK SME businesses. As a private investor & entrepreneur, I ensure that when I acquire &/or invest in a business I get “under the skin” of the business very quickly and become part of the team, I bring my entrepreneurial passion, commercial experience & skills to ensure that we protect the legacy & create the platform for further growth.Profile summary:Experienced Advisor, CEO, CFO & Private Investor with a demonstrated history of succeeding in high growth fast paced organisations across multiple geographies, including the UK, Europe, Canada, Asia & MEA. An entrepreneur at heart with a proven track record of leadership & an ability to deliver both strategically & operationally.Skilled in investing, mergers & acquisitions, business advisory, strategy & growth, business planning, leadership, negotiation, stakeholder management, team management, project implementation, change management, turnaround and performance improvement, commercial modelling, budgeting, cash management & management consulting.Key Highlights:• Over 50 acquisitions, start ups & disposals across 5 countries with values ranging from £400k to £45m• Founder / MD Smeca Investments• Owner / MD Interpak Ltd• Managing and raising funding• Implementation of pre- & post-acquisition strategies• Tripled the size of Merchants (BPO business) in less than 6 years, through client acquisition, organic growth & acquisition in new geographies• Opened over 40 clinic sites across Southern Africa Fresenius Medical Care, through start-ups and acquisitions, growing revenue by 50 times in 10 years• Turnaround of businesses to double-digit EBITDA• Administration on Lehman Brothers• Finance Transformation for large UK & SA organisations with PwC • Director on multiple Boards, locations include UK, Canada, South Africa & Bahrain• Setting of business strategy, acquisitions & budgets• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) SA• Built, managed & led multiple teams across geographies• Designed & Implemented systems and shared services• Implemented reporting (including AFS, management reports, forecasts, statutory reports & budgets)About Smeca: We help and invest in small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in all sectors. Specialising in:1) Business investing and M&A: We invest in / acquire SME’s with Revenues between £1m to £20m;2) M&A Advisory: We advise on exit strategies, the sales process and post deal integration; 3) Business Consulting: Management consultancy services focused on cash flow, profitability and revenue improvement.For more information visit smeca.co.uk