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A senior finance executive with 30 years experience and a track record of enabling growing businesses through extensive engagement with key stakeholders and the implementation of quality processes.  As comfortable with strategic level thinking as with operational level execution.  Wide ranging experience working with entrepreneurs in dynamic SME businesses.  Successful change management skills and an excellent communicator across all levels of organisations.  Particularly adept at mentoring and managing staff to achieve their potential and create high performing teams.

A high profile CEO with significant International growth experience. A proven track record of delivering substantial shareholder value by developing effective strategy resulting in increased sales, profit, innovation and multi-level stakeholder engagement. Experience encompassing both PE backed and listed $multi-million manufacturing, digital, industrial hardware and software companies.

A dynamic COO / Operations Director with a demonstrated track record in leading change to drive growth, profit and shareholder value in world class manufacturing organisations in both the public and private equity sectors. Delivering transformational change through the creation and implementation of strong commercial strategies and leadership focussed on functional alignment and engagement.

Director with 10+ years’ experience in the charity/not-for-profit sector. Working with the Board of Trustees to achieve strategic goals, deliver business objectives, diverse projects and local / international educational events by building effective communication networks to ensure a collaborative approach. Directing a dynamic projects and events office with responsibility to support a scientific membership of over 3,000 and to deliver an annual international conference for 2,500 delegates.

Experienced, inspirational senior leader with a proven track record consistently delivering transformational commercial results in a customer focussed industry. A strategic thinker who takes a customer centric approach. Drives the P&L through innovation to maximise market opportunity whilst bringing operational efficiency, excellent service standards and robust risk management disciplines balancing risk and reward. Significant experience of working in the business community, developing strong networks and advocates. A highly skilled mentor and coach, has an exceptional record of building highly engaged teams

A passionate and results driven leader with proven experience across a broad range of industries, most recently in consumer goods, covering: multi-site wholesale distribution, retail and brand. A background in building and motivating high performing teams and working collaboratively across all stakeholder groups; whilst driving growth, creating transformational change and delivering business turnaround to increase shareholder value.

Experienced board member and committee chair, used to taking an independent view and to interacting at the highest levels in multinational companies. Particular skills in setting and implementing strategy, corporate governance and risk management, FS regulatory interactions, and financial management. Highly experienced financial services CFO/CRO.

A value-adding director who has undertaken large multi-national transformation programmes. Accountable for steering business to quantum cost reduction through delivery of performance management and sales and service systems. Proven experience of generating income by increasing customer base for strategic partnerships. Track record of using digital engagement to transform customer experience. An experienced and effective leader of teams, using a variety of leadership styles plus performance coaching, group training and service delivery across different sectors

An entrepreneurial Chief Marketing Officer with over 25 years experience in a number of sectors ranging from FMCG, financial services and most recently retail. A brand building expert with multichannel expertise and a down to earth, common sense approach to driving footfall and delivering ROI through a combination of commercial and creative acumen. Adept at using data and research to put the customer experience at the heart of everything whether it be in start ups, turnarounds or established businesses in the corporate, private and PE sector.

A Sales Director with over 20 years proven experience in B2B and B2C sectors providing fiscal, commercial, strategic and operations leadership in International and multi-cultural environments within the automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, Petro-chemical, nuclear, industrial and chemical markets. A proven senior executive with year-on-year success, increasing business revenue, exceeded the profit expectations and financial performance. Experience of company start-ups and transformation from business model development to create a working foundation for a viable company.

A versatile, dynamic and emotionally intelligent commercial leader with 12 years’ experience in private sector, solutions-based business development. Experience leading commercial business units and sales divisions within market-leading organisations, successfully engaging multiple stakeholders and investors. Has managed P&Ls in excess of £14m, delivering multiple consecutive years of 100%+ revenue and EBITDA growth across B2B and B2C revenue streams. Proven ability to collaborate in the development and delivery of new products and complex change management strategies.

A dynamic strategic thinker and collaborative creative leader for manufacturing and service industries helping organisations act differently and deliver commercially successful solutions. Proven track record of building highly creative and process-driven in-house teams and consulting at board level for a broad range of industries providing insight and new direction. Over 20 years experience with specialist skills in live communications at an international level.

An experienced director who has held key senior leadership positions in various regulated sectors and with professional membership bodies. Skilled in leadership and change management, she has led on many strategic programmes to aid business growth, retention, and stakeholder / political engagement. She is also experienced in developing frameworks to gather appropriate stakeholders to create an environment to capture and progress with market insight, research information and thought leadership, along with creating industry standards.

Global Sales and Marketing Director, with multi-sector experience across B2B and B2C. An innovative strategist with a proven managerial record transforming operations, controlling commercial performance, developing effective teams and growing sales and revenue across all areas of business. A `hands on` leader able to achieve excellence from employees, deliver a coherent market strategy, generate new opportunities and manage projects from inception to completion.

A successful HR leader with a strong mix of strategic and operational HR expertise together with highly developed commercial skills. Proven ability in reviewing organisational capability, setting strategic HR direction and implementing people and organisational development plans to deliver growth and improved business performance. Highly skilled at coaching senior leadership and HR teams.

An inspirational Chief Executive Officer (Institute of Directors: Director of the Year) with outstanding results delivered in both the UK and USA. 25+ years of leadership experience with a particular focus on delivering people and technology change in both public and private sector organisations. Broad support services background including management consultancy, FTSE100 Engineering, Central and Local Government.

An experienced NED/Chairman with extensive experience of coaching and developing CEOs of growing businesses, shaping strategy, developing pricing structure and go to market approaches in the care services, medtech and technology sectors.  Strong background in ensuring quality and good corporate governance in start ups, and AIM and FTSE listed businesses.  Effective at bridging the public/private sector divide and ensuring quality in a commercial environment.

CTO with significant experience in growth-stage scale-ups building and transforming teams.

Track record of delivering successful software/hardware projects in eCommerce, health-care, prop-tech, travel and retail.

Deep experience with B2B and B2C and cloud technology.

An entrepreneurial global executive, with 15+ years of efficiently navigating international blue-chip FMCG corporations through periods of accelerated revenue growth. Accountable for $50MM+ P&L, and 150+ employees. Passionate about commercial strategies, digital efficiencies, brand building, and developing world-class cross-functional senior management teams.