Our Experience -

A privately owned group of 21 Elderly care and Learning Disability Homes. Managed all Head Office activities at the Group for the group whilst the group traded in administration. Worked with the group’s lenders and the lender’s advisors to establish the options around refinancing or disposal.

The AA provides services to motorists: breakdown cover, car insurance, home insurance, life, travel insurance, route planning and motoring advice.

Responsible for the management and delivery of key HR projects and for providing day to day operational support including recruitment to managers and their teams within Head Office. 

Led strategic review on behalf of Private Equity Firm and HBOS for Media group including Teddington Studios and Post Production Facilities, which led to reduction in exposure for stakeholders.

Raised finance & developed financial strategy for start up biotech later sold for £28m.

Integrated energy company operating predominantly in the UK and North America which sources, generates, processes, trades and stores energy and supplies gas and electricity to millions of homes and businesses.

HR Project Manager responsible for design and implementation of leadership coaching and team building.  Core component of flexible working strategy much resulted in cost reduction of £8m in year 1.

Established in 1994, Columbus Telecom is a leading, independent communication solutions company specialising in the delivery of voice, data, mobile and IT services to businesses throughout the UK.

Initiated and completed a management buy-out of this business from its FTSE350 owner Columbus Group (now Highbury House) and achieved award winning revenue growth as COLT Telecom's largest indirect sales channel.

Global sports and entertainment marketing group, with operations in UK and US. Turnover £35m. Led strategic review and reduced working capital and bank exposure.

One of the UK’s key service providers to the pipeline, civil engineering and utility construction sectors with a turnover of over £180 million.

Government Agency. £1bn budget employing 15,000. Achieved cost reductions of £100m through improved working practices.

Retail chains (Beatties & Tecno) with approximately 100 shops and three distribution businesses, turnover of £75m, employing 650. Returned group to profitability. Identified and negotiated disposal of non-core assets and businesses. Multi-banked and reduced their debt by from £14m to £2m.

International distributor of professional audio equipment and electronic components. Developed strategic plan. Reorganised business into autonomous operating units negotiated disposals.

FMCG specialising in Snacks and Crisps supplying all the major retailers. Turnover £150m, 1,000 employees and 3 sites in UK. Owned by Middle Eastern investors. Performance since acquisition had deteriorated rapidly with volume decline of 25% and operating losses of £15m. Procurement savings of £4m achieved. Business restructured and sold, through Administration achieving an EBITDA of £5m.

Healthprom is a charity working with local partners in Eastern Europe and Asia to promote safe childbirth and prevent child institutionalisation.

Branded sports apparel and footwear distributor/retailer with operations in EMEA, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam.  Turnover €120m.  Engaged with complex group of stakeholders to complete a refinancing of the Group.

Listed innovative start up travel business using insurance products based in UK. ADR’s traded in USA. Developed strategic plan & negotiated fund raising.

Privately owned start up designer and distributor of women’s wear for major UK retailers.

Designer and distributor of branded products operations in UK, Spain, Hong Kong, China, USA, Vietnam. Turnover £65m. Led strategic review, disposed of surplus assets and non-core subsidiaries, improved cash management, increased cash available to business whilst increasing asset cover.

NHS Acute Hospital. Turnover £170m, 3,000 employees. Improved Theatre utilisation from 75% to 95%; introduced 2 shift days and eliminated £9m deficit.

Probably the UK’s largest independent cycle retailer and operator of London Bridge Cycle Park; London's largest, secure, indoor cycle parking facility.  On Your Bike is a family owned and run business and has been keeping the cyclists of London and Birmingham moving since 1983.

Engaged to represent the owners ‘on site’ during their sabbatical from the business.

Listed fixed line and mobile telephony business, with 50 stores; turnover £65m and employing 400. Multi-banked. Integrated businesses and reduced workforce by 40%, returned group to profitability, resolved litigation and negotiated disposals. Eliminated bank debt.

Engaged as HR Organisational Change Consultant on Pilot to significantly reduce property costs nationally through new ways of working by aligning culture change, IT and space planning.  Design of leadership and teambuilding training resulting in improved productivity and employee engagement.

Specialist retailer with sales of £200m.  Appointed as CRO.

Privately owned holding company for Jigsaw, an integrated clothing retail chain with 40 shops. Turnover doubled to £45m, whilst operating profits tripled to £7m; employing 500, operations in the UK, Eire, Hong Kong, Australia & Japan. Negotiated JV with Marui (Japanese retail chain) & developed overseas businesses and franchises.

Review of the operation of the invoice discounting facility for this recruitment and interim services group of companies.

Review of an information, conference and training company serving UK asset finance and consumer finance sectors for Private Equity Investors.

Led strategic review of loss making business for Private Equity firm prior to acquisition to allow swift operational restructuring. Group was generating cash within 3 months of acquisition.

Largest independent retailer of footwear with 600 stores and sales of £250m. Reduced overheads by £10m, obtained monthly rents and devised CVA strategy.

The world’s largest footwear components company; turnover $200m, 1,250 employees, operations in UK, USA, Brazil, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Private Equity owned. Bi-lateral banking facilities. Losses of $90m turned to an EBITDA of $20m in first 12 months. 

The seclusion of Bloomsbury; the vibrancy of Central London; the perfect hotel.  A 4 star deluxe Central London 100 bedroom boutique hotel. Appointed General Manager by the Administrative Receiver until its eventual transfer two years later into Securum; a Swedish state company founded in 1992 (during the financial crisis in Sweden 1990–1994) for the purpose of taking on and realising assets of the partly state-owned Nordbanken bank.

UK banking group (internal communications function).

Organisation Development Consultant supporting an initiative by Head of Communications post restructure, providing leadership team with relationship management tools, psychometric and workplace questionnaires resulting in the production of a leadership partnership team workbook.

Privately owned shop fitting business with a turnover of £55m. Strategic review & stakeholder management.