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Stephen Ford In 60 Seconds
I am results-driven senior finance professional with extensive industry experience gained mainly in a plc environment across several sectors. I have strong leadership skills, strategic thinking and commercial acumen with hands-on experience in business ownership, business strategy, fund raising, business turnaround, working capital management, corporate governance and project management.
Specialist Skills
Banking Relationship
Negotiation and management of banking facilities.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Extensive experience in business strategy and forecasting.
Compliance
Internal Controls and Corporate Governance experience gained in a plc environment.
Exit Planning
Experience of owning and selling a business.
M&A Specialist
Extensive M&A experience including MBO and subsequent sale.
Track Record Highlights
- Successfully led Management Buy Out (MBO) of leading environmental services business with five sites across island of Ireland and turnover in excess of €40m.
- Negotiated equity and bank financing including extensive financial guarantee and invoice discounting facilities and subsequently managed banking relationship.
- Negotiated equity and bank financing including extensive financial guarantee and invoice discounting facilities and subsequently managed banking relationship.
- Successfully implemented and managed business growth strategy as owner/manager of business which led to subsequent sale to industry competitor.
- Negotiated key terms of business sale, managed sale process and DD streams, coordinated process with key stakeholders including bank/equity partners and managed competition approval process.
- Business turnaround project in UK resulting in significant EBITDA improvement over a three-year period following management team restructuring and bolt-on acquisitions.
- Key part of divisional management team tasked with performance improvement for key recycling sites with turnover in excess of €100m; successfully reduced costs and increased material margins.
Sector Experience
- Services: Environmental and Industrial Services
- Technology, Media & Telecoms
- Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics
What's next?
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