Experience

Cards for Good Causes

• Winchester, England, United Kingdom

• Director of Finance

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Cards for Good Causes is a Charity Christmas Cards and Goods retailer operating nationwide during the Christmas season, supporting 25 Member Charities and over 300 Guest Charities. We operate in over 100 locations nationwide. With sales of over £3 million we can deliver a royalty of at least 10% to all the Charities as well as supporting churches, libraries and local communities. Our company is in a period of stabilisation and recovery after a tough few retail years but we are confident of the future and building an everyday offering to support our charities year round. www.cardsforcharity.co.uk Show less



Grant Thornton

• Southampton, United Kingdom

• Corporate Finance Associate Director

  • Oct 2008 - Jun 2013

  I joined the Corporate Finance Lead Advisory team in October 2008 and transacted the assignments as part of their award winning team. The team advises a broad range of clients across a number of sectors, throughout the south, typically with an Enterprise Value of GBP 10 – 100 million. Key achievements • Disposal/Management buy out of HobbyCraft to Bridgepoint, >£100m MBO. • Disposal of Mettoni to Enghouse Systems, c$20m trade disposals. I was a member of the national retail and consumer group within Grant Thornton, and a member of the local manufacturing team in Southampton which focused on developing relationships with UK manufacturers based in the South. In April 2011 and 2012, the team was voted Corporate Finance Team of the year, at the Solent and Thames Valley Deal Awards. Show less



BDO UK LLP

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Finance Manager

  • Jul 2005 - Jul 2007

  During my time at BDO I predominantly advised on Management Buy outs/Buy Ins/BIMBOs financed through private equity funding/debt funding structures.

• Corporate Finance Executive

  • Mar 2004 - Jun 2005

  During my time at BDO I predominantly advised on Management Buy outs/Buy Ins/BIMBOs financed through private equity funding/debt funding structures.

• Audit Senior

  • Jan 2001 - Mar 2004

  Joined the Audit team in Guildford as a graduate and trained for the ACA exams. First time passes and won regional prizes.Throughout the 3 years I worked with variety of clients in different sectors performing all requirements of the audit function which also included some basic tax work.