Stuart Hood In 60 Seconds

I am a commercial finance leader with 30 years experience working for both large blue chip organisations and successful SME’s. I provide financial leadership, manage teams and work at board level to help companies reach their full potential.

Specialist Skills

Leadership

Financial and operational leadership to board level.

Financial Operations

Responsibility for ensuring excellent operational frameworks.

Managing Risk

Ensuring companies and assets are correctly protected.

M&A Specialist

Helping companies get ready for sale and investment.

Cash flow Improvement

Manage both profit and cashflow to maximise value.

Track Record Highlights

  • Seatfrog - a leading travetech pioneer with PE backing. Setting up a UK financial operation. Managed rapid growth. Claimed over £300k R&D tax credits. Implemented Board reporting.
  • Capital Cranfield. - Consultancy specialising in the Pension industry. Rebuild the finance function. Implemented a strong control environment. Developed and implemented Board level reporting.
  • NexantECA - Global Chemicals consultancy. Brought in as group CFO to prepare the business for sale. M&A lead.
  • Instech - industry network promoting the use of technology and data. Rapidly scaling. Building out the reporting, professionalising the financials and preparing for an eventual investment event.
  • Solution Junkies - Tech consultancy. Rapidly scaling. Building a financial operations model to support growth. Adding cashflow modelling and forecasting.

Sector Experience

  • Services: Professional consultancies, Professional education
  • Technology, Media & Telecoms: Fintech, Traveltech

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