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Simon Neale In 60 Seconds
I am an influential, entrepreneurial, commercially aware CEO/CFO with many years of experience within a multitude of diverse industries. An inspirational leader and outstanding team member, who, through a participative collaborative approach, will create robust strategies to translate vision into achievement enabling entrepreneurs to generate more cash and time to do the things they want to.
Specialist Skills
Strategic Thinker
Strategic vision, ideas development, forward planning, research, analysis and evaluation, problem solving and management issues.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Business planning and modelling, monthly reporting, P&L, balance sheet and cashflow forecasting, rolling forecasts and KPI reporting.
Banking Relationship
New funding, renegotiation of terms, debt and equity fund raising, banking and covenant reporting and compliance.
Exit Planning
MBO, MBI, trade sale, data rooms, partial exits and earn outs.
Raising Funds
VC's, PE, Family Office, HNW individuals, ABL, term loans, grants and R&D tax credits.
Track Record Highlights
- Successfully turned around a business in 9 months and delivered 100% growth in turnover in 2 years.
- Implemented a group structure, streamlining and restructuring business operations delivering cost savings of £2m per annum.
- Successfully completed 2 MBO's, raising circa £10m of funding, achieving and delivering exiting shareholder value.
- Designed, wrote and implemented group reporting systems for £250m turnover business covering 20 operations across 6 countries.
- Successfully implemented a number of ERP, CRM, finance, QC and bespoke systems.
- Highly skilled CFO/CEO with exceptional excel and modelling skills covering MI, budgeting, forecasting, statutory accounts and KPIs covering business from startups to £250m turnover.
- Founded a number of startups in the retail and ecommerce sector.
Sector Experience
- Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics
- Retail & Consumer Products
- Engineering
- Construction
- Technology, Media & Telecoms
- Agriculture & Farming
What's next?
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