Finance Director

• Sep 2016 - Present

Commericial Director

• Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

Frost Electroplating Limited offers an extensive choice of metal finishes including using a variety of applications including, rack, barrel and strip.Finishes include: Gold, Silver, Tin, Nickel, Electroless Nickel, Copper, Sulphuric Anodising, Hard Anodising, Passivation, Surtec 650 and Irridite coatingsServicing customers come from industries that include aerospace, defence, electrical, electronic, automotive and formula 1.

Finance Director

• Mar 2015 - Mar 2019

Chief Operating Officer

• Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

Interim Chief Operating Officer within the an OEM Engineering company, responsible for Sales, Operations, Technical Finance, IT, Procurement and HR during a period of restructure and stabilisation.Key achievements for the period.Board restructureRecruiting and implementing an entirely new Operational Management teamDevelopment of Operational plans; Procurement, Sales and Marketing, Capital Expenditure, Value Engineering and Production EngineeringClosing German manufacturing subsidiary whilst integrating top German customers to UK plant.Scoping of a three year strategic plan

Group Finance Director

• 2005 - Dec 2014

Pailton is a £13m multi national SME, OEM design & manufacturer of commercial vehicle steering systems serving a global market.Responsibilities:- - Direct reports; Finance, IT, HR & Procurement. - Preparation & presenting Group Board Pack; consolidated multi currency accounts with subsidiaries accounts, KPIs, P&L & fund flow budget variance analysis, including rolling forecast comparisons.- Formulating financial targets and budgets in accordance with company strategy.- Maintaining bank & other stakeholder relations. - Corporate Finance; managing company policies regarding capital requirements, debt & group taxation.- Financial planning & related ongoing advice for the Chief Executive & Senior management team.- Annual statutory accounts & audit.- Financial cash controls & short term cash forecasting/management.- PAYE/VAT/CT/CT61.- Adherence to appraisal & disciplinary policy.- HR, Health & Safety Budget.- Purchasing &Procurement Budget.Key Achievements:-- Creation of a fully integrated excel, P&L, cashflow, funds flow & balance sheet model including foreign consolidation.- Working capital management & mprovements via customer credit controls. Negotiated improved supplier terms; cost downs, consolidation, low cost sourcing, minimum order quantities, lead time, quality, consignment & kanban stock.- Acquisitions and due diligence.- Raised bank finance & significant grant funding - RGF £4m as part of a £20m development. - Introduced lean principles & continuous improvement programme.- GM improvement from labour productivity, overtime reduction & control on headcount.- Managed redundancy programmes in the UK and Germany. - Managed selection, transition of a new Syteline ERP system.- Implemented a disaster recovery plan, resulting in updating IT servers & backup systems with a cloud based email system.- Company of the Year Award & Technology & Manufacturing Award - Birmingham Post 2011.- Company of the Year Award - Coventry Telegraph 2013.

Finance Director

• May 2011 - Nov 2014

Indian subsidiary established to locally procure low cost castings and forgings for the UK along with the medium term strategy to supply OEM product to the local market. Key Achievements:-- Incorporated Indian subsidiary.- Achieved Parent company raw material savings of 15%.- Subsidiary became cash self sufficient within twelve months.- Awarded OEM orders from Tata.- Established a local SQA and Design presence.

Company Secretary

• May 2008 - Nov 2014

Responsibilities:-- Maintaining the company’s statutory registers and filing annual returns at Companies House. - Arranging meetings of the directors and the shareholders; agenda preparation, circulation of papers and overseeing the taking and producing minutes. Key Achievements:-- Updated Memorandum and Articles of Association and Introduction of a new Shareholders Agreement.

Financial Director

• Mar 2013 - Jul 2013

Manufacturer and supplier of specialist heavy industry gears, serving the rail, aerospace, power generation, mining, heavy automotive, oil and gas and renewable energy industries. Key Achievements:-- Awarded a Scottish Enterprise grant of £1.6m as part of a £4m development. Manufacturer and supplier of specialist heavy industry gears, serving the rail, aerospace, power generation, mining, heavy automotive, oil and gas and renewable energy industries. Key Achievements:-- Awarded a Scottish Enterprise grant of £1.6m as part of a £4m development.

Financial Officer

• 2003 - 2005

Head of Finance

• 2001 - 2003

Providing water treatment services and chemicals for the Paper and Waste Water Industries. Providing water treatment services and chemicals for the Paper and Waste Water Industries.

Audit Senior

• 1998 - 2001

Audit Senior

• 1994 - 1998