Career highlights
- 1983-2003: Trained and qualified within the business recovery practice of a global accounting practice, ending as an appointment taking director on the South Coast.
- As would be expected, gained extensive experience and expertise in handling a wide range of situations, industries, international involvements and insolvency procedures.
- 2003: In a career move to focus back on ‘local’ and ‘owner-managed’, joined Portland at the time of the re-launch into the predominant business recovery practice locally.
- Lead a significant number of formal assignments and dealt with an equal number of assignments in an advisory capacity where formal insolvency processes are not utilised and businesses overcome short term difficulties and continue to survive.
- Considerable experience in charity sector, professionally, as a trustee and approved consultant for the Arts Council England.
- Well known to most local accountants, commercial solicitors and lenders who can speak for our effectiveness better than we can.
- Married with two boys, lives in Horndean.
Delivering the Portland ethos
What really gives me a kick in my work is the satisfaction of knowing that thanks to my input, someone can sleep better at night and that those with money at risk can get a better recovery. Of course it is also important to be technically correct when doing an insolvency procedure but I often feel that recovery and insolvency professionals forget that the real objective is to help people. Most, if not all business advisers speak highly about what we have achieved for their clients and that makes me really proud.
