Name

Tony

Position

Chairman / Non-Executive Director / Board Advisor

Location

Scotland

Big Business Experience

BT plc

News Corporation

Small Business Experience

20/20 Business Group

Summary

An experienced Chair, Non-Exec Director and Independent Trustee with specialisms including High Growth SMEs, Scaling Up, Diversification, Succession Planning, Exit Strategies, Employee Ownership, Project Management, Management and Leadership Development

An innovative business leader with a passion for high growth, diversification and building successful leadership teams. A particular interest in advising businesses transitioning to Employee Ownership, succession plans and Employee Ownership Trusts. Experience as an Independent Trustee helping vendors achieve a successful exit and employee ownership driving increased profitability, productivity, resilience and innovation.

Qualifications

• MBA Majoring in Software Project Management (1990-1992)
• Fellow of The Association for Project Management (FAPM)
• Fellow of The Chartered Management Institute (FCMI)
• CMI Chartered Manager (CMgr)
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Prince 2 Practitioner

Key Areas of Expertise

• Employee Ownership
• Succession Planning
• Exit Strategies
• High Growth SMEs
• Diversification
• Leadership & Management Development
• Project Management (Author of books on Project Management & Project Controls)
• Project Management Governance & Assurance
• Board Governance (Business, Government & Higher Education)

Experience

An Experienced Leader with a track record of business growth & diversification and successful exits.

• Consecutive high growth start-ups with successful exits
• Product & service diversification across multiple industry sectors
• Internationalisation via direct and indirect channels
• Year-on-year revenue and profit growth
• Transitioning businesses to employee ownership
• Succession Planning to support business exits
• Recruiting & developing successful business development teams
• Developing successful partnerships between business, academia and government
• Experienced Trustee
• Employee Ownership