A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BUSINESSMAN WHO COMBINES STRONG GENERAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS GAINED IN DIFFICULT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS WITH EXTENSIVE TRANSACTION AND TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE; SKILLED AT HANDLING COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS AND MANAGING PEOPLE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH INTELLECTUAL CONTENT.

General Management: Extensive experience in closely held and family companies, particularly those with demanding owners. Introduced structured organisation and professional disciplines within ‘monarchies’. Creative, strategic thinker and problem solver with the ability to articulate and deliver new ideas. Purveyor of simple and effective solutions.

Transactions: Twenty years experience in analysing, acquiring and divesting business profitably. Excellent corporate finance skills and demonstrable success in raising both debt and equity capital. Expertise in managing both the transaction process and professional teams.

Communication: Polished writer who can analyse, synthesise and present a wide range of written documentation.

CAREER SUMMARY

Current Directorships:

• Exchange Data International – supplier of financial data and bespoke software to the back offices of banks, stockbroking firms and other financial institutions.
  EZD Ltd – a founding shareholder of a new logistics, finance and information group.
  Former Directorships
• C Beck Group – major international museum, exhibition and interior contracting group. Organised and managed the MBO.
• Celtic Resource Holdings PLC – quoted gold mining and natural resource company

• RC Holdings – a founding shareholder of the UK’s second largest sheltered housing owner/manager.
  

• Met Studios – international design firm with a strong museum, leisure and exhibitions practice.

Other Positions

Wefa Ltd Managing Director 1990-1997

Forextra Investments Corporate Finance Director 1989-1993

Development & Realisation Trust Corporate Finance Director 1988-1989

City Merchant Developers Managing Director 1987-1988

Bankers Trust Company Vice President 1968-1987