Career highlights include:-

• Managed the funding, acquisition and integration of six businesses for a combined cost of £16m, producing annual operating profits of £3.5m.

• Managed the acquisition of a giant oil company for £29m to form the country’s largest independent fuel distributor generating prof its to date of £42m.

• Introduced fundamental changes to a loss-making gas business resulting in eliminating risk, facilitating growth and an annual profit of £1m per annum.

• Introduced new systems and procedures for one client that increased gross margins by 46%.

• Devised and introduced credit control procedures for a client, helping to reduce the level of bad debt from £1.2m to £100,000 within three years.