Career Achievements

Advised and coached joint owner in a dysfunctional partnership through the negotiations and successful sale of £10m manufacturing business.
Part of the leadership team who turned around a business from bankruptcy - £140m debit, taken over by three banks, turned around and sold business 3 years later for £320m.
Led my own leadership and coaching business advising a range of CEO's and their leadership teams. This included delivering the Transformational Leadership Programme for the Institute of Directors (IoD).
Non-exec of two technology start-up businesses.
Experience board director.
Non-exec of Joint Venture businesses, building strategic alliances to design and deliver complex customer solutions
Designed and led a 120-day transformation programme, reducing 1,200 management roles by 23%, saving over £40m pa.
Designed and delivered client transformation programme saving £3m pa in back office services.

Operated and transformed a £150m outsourced services business from multi-million loss making to above sector profit performance. Owned strategic client relationships (including CEOs of local authorities) with contracts up to £30m p. and accountable for providing services to over 2,000 customers.
Recovered a failed (losing money & customers) post acquisition integration by implementing a revised operating model, driving up performance standards and staff pride, achieving a 90% customer retention, 45% new business win rate and reducing operational costs by over 20%.
Led post acquisition integration of a global ICT function (23 countries, 800 people) whist being operationally accountable for the ICT service.
Negotiated the exit of critical but underperforming subcontractors, with multi-million pound contracts, raising service performance and improving the commercial position of the customer & our company.
Negotiated the exit from commercially onerous multi-year customer contract, avoiding £15m of liabilities.

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