Experience

Titanic Quarter

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Chairman

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Since 1 July 2021 I became Non Executive Chairman of Titanic Quarter. Since 1 July 2021 I became Non Executive Chairman of Titanic Quarter.



Self-employed

• Ireland

• Consultant

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Consultancy work has included mentoring roles / forensic expert witness to court / non executive director position / advice on company valuation / wind down of a scheme of arrangement - working in UK, Ireland and overseas. Consultancy work has included mentoring roles / forensic expert witness to court / non executive director position / advice on company valuation / wind down of a scheme of arrangement - working in UK, Ireland and overseas.



KPMG Ireland

• Ireland
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Oct 2019 - Mar 2021

• Partner in charge KPMG in Northern Ireland

  • Feb 2016 - Oct 2019

  I spent nearly 4 years leading the Practice in Northern Ireland involved in all aspects of running the business at the highest level.

• Partner

  • Dec 2005 - Feb 2016

  I have over 30 years experience of all forms of UK and Ireland insolvency procedures, business reviews, appraisals and viability assessments across trading and non trading organisations. Also carried out many forensic accounting assignments including expert witness engagements, contract disputes, loss assessments, company valuations, insurance claims, professional negligence and anti-money laundering investigations.- Specialisations: Restructuring and Turnaround; Forensic.- Assignments vary from (assets < £100,000) to (assets > £20 billion).- Deal with entities with employees ranging from 1 to over 5000.- Have worked across all sectors of industry, finance, banking and commerce.- Jurisdictions worked in: Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Europe, United States of America.Restructuring and Turnarounds- All UK and Ireland insolvency procedures.- Business reviews, appraisals and viability assessments.- All sectors of industry - finance, banking, and non trading organisations.- Turnaround assignments involving refinancing, new money, debt restructuring.Forensic:- Investigations in civil and criminal assignments.- Expert witness and dispute resolution.Examples of assignments:- Wind down of a bank in liquidation which had over £20 billion of loans.- Strategic realisation of loan book and investment portfolio of a mutual society/bank with a value in excess of £20 million.- Investigations into banks and public bodies for Government Regulators.- Trading and disposal of manufacturing and other businesses with complicated title, commercial and other issues.- Restructured a number of trading entities including hotels, entertainment complex, service providers and other trading entities.- Expert witness in competition, matrimonial, business and other contractual disputes.- Numerous property receiverships in multiple asset assignments.- Significant exposure to Courts as Plaintiff and Defendant in insolvency cases and as expert witness. Show less



McClure Watters

• Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Partner

  • Jan 1991 - Dec 2005



Coopers & Lybrand

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Sep 1980 - Jan 1991