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London, GB

Interim Management Support, Restructuring advice, Leveraging IP for value in Turnaround, Procurement, Offshoring, Consultancy, Technology Focussed

Dresden, DE

• Translated ambitious vision into strategies to achieve commercial objectives. Assumed full operational and executive control of an independent business, serving as the sole signatory for German subsidiary, sole.
• Partnerships: Built with key suppliers and customers, ensuring business longevity during significant transitional phases.
• R&D Focus to Product Launch: Transformed team from focusing on pilot production to a profit-driven, customer-centric P&L model, before transitioning to a fabless manufacturing structure with a focus on design and sales.
• Regulatory expertise: Navigated complex regulatory environments, managing risks effectively during restructuring and growth phases, and liaising with both local and national governments.
• Fundraising: Raised significant equity and debt; Leveraged IP and restructured equity structure to attract new investors while diversifying shareholder base.
• Exit: Negotiated a strategic deal valued for an Asian industrial shareholder to assume majority control.

Dresden, DE

• Crisis Management: Developed and managed recovery plan after 40% shareholder pulled out of investment round at last minute.
• Strategic Restructuring: Reformed international group into several smaller, more agile and focussed entities ready to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, including spinout and equity restructure.
• Operational Turnaround: Cut manufacturing subsidiary burn rate 55% in 6 months having scoped and led step change required.
• Debt Restructuring: Designed and orchestrated complex intercompany debt restructuring strategy, involving five companies across five jurisdictions using IP as a tool for cashless value transfer through cross border.
• Financial Flexibility: Negotiated with German state authorities to relax grant aid terms, easing financial pressure and optimising strategic opportunities.
• Sales Leadership: Initiated and concluded a major sales deal valued at £12M, securing manufacturing facility operational stability.

Ipswich, Suffolk, GB

Markham, ON, CA

Assisting purchasers of VegaStream with integration issuesHelping manage ongoing supply arrangementsAssisting in developments of future plans

• Led initial fundraising and follow up rounds to fully fund business plan following failure of manufacturing partner.
• Restructured businesses including US subsidiary to increase shareholder value.
• Delivered performing sales effort in Europe (particularly strong in Eastern and Southern Europe), North America and India. Closed business with strategic customers.
• Led and managed effort to outsource manufacture and design to Asian suppliers including repair, support and local delivery.
• Successfully managed business through very cash constrained period and completed a divestiture.

• Managed and nurtured team through buyout and built team focussed on sales and revenue growth.
• Built strategy, restructured and refocused business from Engineering-led to Sales-led business.
• Built finance and operations teams and controls to replace Head Office functions lost at MBO, including new ERP system and new IT system.
• Recruited and drove sales team to deliver 100% year on year sales improvement in 2005 while at the same time reducing overheads by 25%
• Reorganised and rebuilt VegaStream Inc to deliver improved sales performance – 4 x year-on-year improvement.
• Launched 3 new products to market, increased product margins by 30% and product performance roughly four fold. Reselected manufacturing partner to fulfil strategic and cost goals – resulting in 20% reduction in costs.

Recruited to find a strategic divestiture for the business. Responsible for all aspects of business, including P&L responsibility for VegaStream Ltd and VegaStream Inc.

All operational aspects of the company, including Financial control, Manufacturing, Project and programme management across all functions, running and reporting product development programmes, and global product and field support – Asia, USA, Europe.

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Bschons, Engineering

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