Name

Neil

Position

Chairman / Non-Executive Director / Board Advisor

Location

Wiltshire

Big Business Experience

Grass Valley LLC

Snell Advanced Media

Small Business Experience

Mantric srl

Pro-Bel Americas

Summary

Neil is a seasoned executive and board director with over three decades of leadership experience in technology businesses.

He has held senior executive roles at companies, where he shaped strategy, commercial operations, marketing, product innovation, and led major organisational change.

Neil has extensive expertise in scaling businesses from £1M to over £300M revenues, with proven success in both organic growth and leading multiple M&A transactions totally £400M.

Committed to developing people, Neil is experienced in coaching and mentoring leadership teams to achieve profitable and sustainable business growth.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Company Direction
• Fellow of the Institute of Directors
• Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
• BSc Electronic Engineering

Key Areas of Expertise

• Business Strategy
• Strategic Marketing
• Product Strategy
• Organisational Change
• Coach & Mentor
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Experience

Executive Leadership
Board experience within a range of organisations, with formal training from the Institute of Directors. Deep understanding of board dynamics and fiduciary responsibilities.

Strategy
Experienced at developing and executing business strategic plans. Led strategic processes across extensive market analysis and modelling, product and operational innovation planning, and effective business adoption through stakeholder engagement.

Marketing
CMO experience of running complete marketing organisation. Experience of developing informal marketing operations into structured data led functions creating demonstrable ROI. Additionally led two comprehensive business rebranding projects.

Commercial Leadership
Experience of leading sales organisation, direct and channel. Led the development of formal forecasting processes leveraging effective use of CRM platforms.

Technology Leadership
Management of a range of product organisations as CTO. Managing portfolios across the entire product lifecycle.

Coaching & Mentoring
Formal and informal experience of supporting and developing business leaders.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Successful execution of multiple M&A transactions on both the buy and sell sides. Experience of pre-transaction business assessments, deal execution, and post deal integration.