Chris

Name
Chris

Position

Boardroom Advisor

Location

Folkestone, Kent

Big Business Experience

Shell

Texaco

British Airways

Small Business Experience

Netbooster SA

Worthing Homes

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Summary

Chris has helped over 150 small and medium business accelerate, grow or otherwise develop.

As a hands on and engaged consultant Chris has helped many business owners change the game through digital transformation, a market pivot or restructuring.

Chris has enabled equivalent or bigger dividends for many business owners at the same time as reducing their own input. In many cases this has meant swapping coal face input for lighter touch management by bringing in the right people and skills to deliver for the founder shareholders.

Qualifications

  • BEng Chemical and Minerals Engineering – The University Of Birmingham
  • BA Modern Languages (English and Spanish) Open University
  • MA English Literature Open University
  • MEd Lingustics (in progress) Open University
  • Practice Tutor Open University Business School (Chartered Manager Degree Apprentice programme)

Key Areas of Expertise

  • Digital Transformation
  • Restructuring and Governance
  • Merger and Acquisitions activity
  • Shareholder and Director mediation
  • Recruitment and selection
  • Accessing grants and support
  • Marketing

Experience

Asssisted over 150 businesses in 8 years running own consultancy business

In top 0.5% of the UK Governments last funded Business Advisor programme (Growth Accelerator) with over 50 clients, average per advisor was 4.

Achieved large double digit increase in sales and profits for clients in a wide range of industries , manufacturing, wholesale, construction, agencies and professional services.

Ran Europe’s largest paid search marketing agency in 2008 which also ran the first Facebook paid advertising campaigns and sold first Google analytics premium account in Europe.

Rolled out development of search agency in 2009 from 2 to 19 European countries in a single year.

Established Capita plc’s offshore base in Mumbai and transitioned first key accounts into India from the UK as GM Offshore reporting to the PLC board.

Delivered consultancy training to  Belguim, Cyprus and India  for Franchise operator

Part of management team that grew Air Miles Travel promotions (British Airways) from break even to £25m EBIT in 5 years