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Biography
 
Neil has spent much of his time recently working with businesses whose relationship with their primary lenders has become strained.  By improving communications with banks, other lenders and creditors, he has helped take the pressure off other Board members, allowing them to focus on their own jobs.

His recent portfolio has included a £40m construction group, a £12m utilities business, a plastics importer and distributor, two independent marketing agencies, a Midlands based engineering business in nuclear and defence sectors and a Procurement Consultancy working with two top 3 UK charities.

Prior to that, his full time roles were CFO of AIM-listed direct marketing agency, Real Affinity plc, CEO of Ofex-listed  e-commerce agency, Ecomextra plc and Group FD of independent advertising agency, Advertising Principles Limited.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant working mainly in insolvency, with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Client Reference

“Neil joined us at a time when we had been told to find alternative bankers and having set about repairing the relationship, he persuaded them to lend us an extra £250k.  His objective views on the impact on the group of a failing subsidiary also encouraged the Board to bring about a quick sale.”