EXPERIENCE
It is particularly helpful that I am able to draw on many years’ executive leadership experience - in both an established enterprise and also a fast-growth start-up/scale-up business.
I also have non-executive director and independent trustee experience.
My 15+ years’ senior executive leadership experience includes having been:
•CEO of a significant international law firm (£170m+ revenues, 1,100+ people);
•a lead Partner for a new, challenger, fast-growth business within the Big 4.
As CEO of the established business I guided it through unprecedented market challenges resulting from the global financial crisis. That included my conceiving and implementing a new vision and strategy to deliver a return to revenue growth while maintaining margin, and coaching and developing numerous individuals as business leaders and Board members to enable higher performance.
As an executive leader of the challenger, fast-growth business, I built, coached and aligned the team and developed and drove strategy execution, quadrupling revenue and significantly improving margin over 4 years.
I also have over 30 years’ experience of strategic transactions as a Corporate/M&A legal adviser to both FTSE and owner-managed enterprises, executing deals and leading advisory teams on more than 100 transactions in total.
My leadership track record includes:
conceiving and executing vision and strategy
successfully taking on a range of new roles and responsibilities
creating the conditions for growth and improved profitability
building, aligning, motivating and empowering teams
developing numerous individuals as business leaders and Board members
coaching to enable higher performance
improving financial discipline and reporting
streamlining and realigning to improve efficiency
revising governance and capital/funding models
articulating and embedding culture and values
ensuring greater inclusion and diversity
enhancing governance and risk and compliance policies and capabililties
successful international expansion into Hong Kong, Qatar, Singapore, Dubai, Oman
non-executive director and independent trustee experience
My transactional advisory experience includes:
British Airways' sale of BA Connect to Flybe
British Telecom’s public takeover of Transcomm
Rolls-Royce’s sale of Michell Bearings to British Engines
Co-op’s £1.65bn acquisition of Somerfield
MyTravel’s £852m hostile bid for First Choice
Assystem Technologies' £281.3m takeover of SQS
Eazy Collect’s sale to The Access Group
Nerudia's sale to Imperial Brands
Assura’s £98.4m share placing to fund acquisitions
non-executive director and independent trustee experience