What I offer
CFO Services
Partner with founders to head up and lead finance and administration. This includes advising on business strategy, developing budgets/financial models, overseeing FP&A, managing cashflow, implementing systems, preparing for and managing audits, raising finance, and advising on M&A.
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Fund Raising and Investor Relations
Advising on most suitable form of funding. Developing pitch decks and funding models. Leading on fund raising from investors and other financial institutions and managing the ongoing relationships with these funding partners.
M&A and Exit Advice
Leading and advising on M&A transactions.
Preparing businesses for exit via trade sale or IPO.
Experiences
Technology and Biotech Scaleups
Exceeded investor expectations after providing financial, commercial, and strategic advice to a portfolio of technology and biotech scaleup businesses. Raised funding of £7,5m for DataArt, £10m for Cambridge Display Technologies, £3m for Spirogen, £14m for Plastic Logic, and £6m for Voxar 3D.
Mobile Telecoms Startup
Outperformed all expectations as part of a leadership team that built Autopage Cellular, a startup into the most profitable business unit within the listed Altech group.
Accelerated Carve-out and Disposal of Non-core Businesses
Achieved superior returns on exit when leading an accelerated disposal of non-core assets for a PE backed outsourcing group.
Buy-and-Build
Improved profits beyond projections after delivering significant synergy savings when leading buy-and-build integrations for listed industrial and telecoms businesses.
Playing tennis with a Wimbledon finalist
I once played tennis with a Wimbledon men's singles finalist.
