Experience

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  Directorpower Ltd

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Managing Director

    • Oct 1990 - Present
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    SUMMARYI am a strategist, problem solver and business developer with a track record of delivering success in private and public companies across many business sectors. Comfortable in the board room and on the shop floor, I have handled business start-ups, MBO's, acquisitions, disposals, business development and sales. My key strengths include the ability to focus on appropriate strategy and then integrate the parties concerned to deliver the planned results. My business experience has been across many sectors. I have a deep interest in the direction and management of companies and am a Fellow of the CIM and a member of the IOD.I work with ambitious directors to build their business and their personal wealth. These businesses will be in any stage from start up to exit, and in all business sectors. After a full understanding of the directors' objectives a strategic plan will normally be developed with the directors..In parallel with the strategic plan, the owners may be taken through comparable personal plans to ensure separate successful personal outcomes and wealth.Appointments held in parallel with these activities are:1997 - presentChairman at Avalon Leisure Ltd, Street Somerset - Leisure Management Specialists2002 - present Chairman at ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd, Horsham, W Sussex - Process Engineering SpecialistsThe experience brought to these assignments has been gained across the UK, Eire, Canada, Belgium, Holland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Russia and the UAE. The market sectors involved have been leisure management, telecommunications, Manufacturing, building joinery, food production, process engineering, web development, oil and gas, nuclear and power engineering. The input to the assignments is leadership through focused strategic thinking, supported by team building via mentoring and people development. The outcome from these steps has been several multi-£million businesses.

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  Conder Group plc

  • Winchester

  • Director

    • Jul 1988 - Sep 1990
    • Winchester

    MD of the Jordan Group of companies, and assisting with the strategic planning of the Conder Group, with acquisitions and operational issues with group companies.

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  Jordan Engineering (Bristol) Ltd

  • Managing Director

    • 1966 - 1990

    The business was built from start up to sales of £25 million and 400 employees, and sold to the Conder Group plc. In the 25 years of development we achieved notable successes with supplying the equipment that brought the first North Sea oil ashore, designed supplied and installed extensive nuclear installations at Power Station sites and Sellafield, and major prefabricated contracts for the building industry in the City of London eg. the Corporation of Lloyds building, the Broadgate developments, Canary Wharf etc.

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  The Nuclear Power Group

  • Oldbury, Gloucestershire

  • Deputy Resident Engineer

    • Aug 1962 - Apr 1966
    • Oldbury, Gloucestershire

    Responsible for the management of the construction and commissioning of all the mechanical works, including the reactors at Oldbury Nuclear Power Station

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  AEI John Thompson Ltd

  • Berkeley, Gloucesershire

  • Deputy Resident Engineer

    • Sep 1957 - Aug 1962
    • Berkeley, Gloucesershire

    I was responsible for the installation of all mechanical equipment, including the reactors for Berkeley Nuclear Power Station.

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  Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company Ltd

  • Carmarthen Bay, Poplar and Portishead Power Stations

  • Site Engineer

    • Aug 1954 - Sep 1957
    • Carmarthen Bay, Poplar and Portishead Power Stations

    I was engaged on the installation and commissioning of large steam turbo alternator electrical generator systems for power stations.