Calum Laurie In 60 Seconds
I know what good Governance looks like and how to support a Board and CEO to achieve this. I am a trusted partner to the CEO plus a coach and mentor to the Executive team. As an experienced Finance leader I have built finance systems and created engaged teams. I have a high level of curiosity helping me to uncover business improvements, supported by a Masters level education in change management.
Specialist Skills
Executive Coaching
Mentoring & Leadership to support the CEO, Executives, Directors & Finance team.
Leadership
Qualified organisational change expert with many successfully completed projects.
Strategic Thinker
I help clarify the business strategy and create a financial strategy to support.
Business Planning
Operational plans linked to budgets with effective forecasting to ensure results.
Profit Improvement
Revenue & cashflow improvement, cost reduction & decipher the numbers for managers.
Track Record Highlights
- Provided governance advice, support to the CEO, mentored executive team with strategic plan, and finance team leadership while managing £45m development finance and £175m debt refinance.
- Two major start-ups and facility builds. Comprehensive financial business planning models, recruiting great people, building IT systems, business policies & processes, pricing and revenue contracts.
- Major change management programs to improve financial management, in one case while recovering losses from previous poor reporting, $35m lost due to bad investment decisions and $2.5m major fraud.
- Wrote new business plan and implemented new financial reporting to support major financial change, cost reduction & control programs, $20m increased revenue, $35m reduced losses, and $140m Bond issue.
- Company & asset sale to reorganise country wide shipping agency and subsequent closure of branches to centralise whole of company into one location managing restructure, redundancies & physical move.
Sector Experience
- Healthcare: Hospitals, Diagnostics, Research, Care Homes, Retirement Living, Insurance
- Not for Profit: Government Healthcare, Private Healthcare
- Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: Vehicle Manufacture, Clothing Manufacture, Container Shipping
- Mining, Resources & Energy: Electrical Distribution
- Construction: Hospital builds, Property development, Domestic houses build & renovation
- Services: Motor Vehicle Repair & Service, Service Stations
- Retail & Consumer Products: Motor Vehicle Sales (new and used)
What's next?
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