Entrepreneurial Director with 24 years experience, 20 years in Telecoms and IT, with proven ability to lead and motivate teams to drive business growth and achieve successful exits. Energetic, professional, and highly motivated with strong problem solving ability, attention to detail and broad experience of most business functional areas. Particular strengths in leading IT and Operations.

Lead the design and implementation of several complex billing and customer care systems, including projects winning at the World Billing Awards in 2004, 2005 and 2007.

Strong experience in building businesses towards exit and negotiating the exit, including the sale of Telegan to Halma Plc, Securicor Cellular to Martin Dawes and O2, Isis to Vodafone, and Flexphone to Vodafone.

Involved in several acquisitions including over 5 whilst working for Daisy Plc between 2009 and 2011, including the Vodafone service provision business from Outsourcery, a £12m acquisition, and at IP Integration in May 2012 the acquisition of Micropoint Managed Services Ltd

Specialties: Mergers and acquisitions, building towards an exit, project management, software development, business planning, telecoms management, IT strategy, operations, customer service management, supplier management, sales support and bid management, product management, interim director