Colin

Name

Colin

Position

Chairman / Non-Executive Director / Board Advisor

Location

Surrey

Big Business Experience

British Airways

United Business Media

Small Business Experience

Tenant Shop Limited

Conectia

Summary

A senior level executive with considerable experience as both director and adviser across a range of disciplines and market sectors.

He has a problem solving approach to issues learned from his early days as an aviation engineer which he applies to business problems to excellent effect.

Equally comfortable in the board room and shop floor, he has spent most of his career working in and for SMEs and start-ups with hands on experience of working in Europe, North America and China in addition to having run several businesses in the UK.

Qualifications

  • MBA – London Business School
  • BEng (Hons) – University of Birmingham

Key areas of Expertise

  • Corporate Governance
  • Non Exec
  • Acquisitions
  • Disposals
  • Mergers
  • Investor Readiness
  • Turnarounds
  • Restructuring
  • Product Management
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Contract Drafting
  • Negotiation
  • Sales Strategies
  • Building effective teams
  • Operational Streamlining
  • Corporate / Business strategy
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management

Experience

Colin has an extensive experience to draw from:

  • Director, Advisory Business – advising on building consulting service to help companies become Investment Ready
  • Non Exec Director, Events & Podcasting start-up – marketing, commercial and governance support to events and podcasting business aimed at affluent empty nesters
  • Non Exec Director, ID verification start-up – providing legal & governance input and representing minority shareholders in referencing and ID services business
  • Director & Chief Commercial Officer, investment group – restructuring investment group with over 40 subsidiaries in preparation for float
  • Managing Director, tenant & letting agent services – turning round an Award winning tenant concierge service in the midst of the Covid pandemic
  • Managing Director, publishing & events – prepping for sale a publishing and events business in UK, China and Asia for the airline retail industry
  • Managing Director, conferences & exhibitions – rapidly growing a media and events business (UK, Europe, North & South America and Asia) in the aviation and finance sector for trade sale
  • Lead Partner, aviation and aerospace consulting – boutique consulting house specialising in strategy, sales, supply chain and operations.