CWC

Summary

 

An experienced and entrepreneurial business professional with a hands-on approach with a rich and diverse background working with start-ups and corporates. Twenty years’ successful commercial experience in creating and delivering business strategies as well as private client advisory. Strong across multiple business disciplines such as strategy development and delivery, financial forecasting and feasibility studies and negotiations across strategic business acquisitions and investments. Structured joint ventures, created strategic partnerships and managed risk. Comfortable communicating at all levels; capable of analysing and resolving complex business problems to ensure delivery of the strategic brief.

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Continually networking to build relationships with private clients and associates to ensure future long-term business; accountable for strategic direction; new business; day-to-day management; client relations; and building strategic partnerships to ensure we are always in a position to meet the unique demands of our growing private client base.

Trusted advisor and serves as a key member of the team in developing and delivering strategies for private clients.

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Personal Note:

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A proud father and husband, Chris has been a competitive athlete in triathlon and is now finally learning to ski. Chris has a passion for travelling Europe, particularly, Italy and Switzerland and enjoys walking in the mountains. To relax Chris enjoys good food, good wine and good conversation, although he has recently got into watching Suits! Chris is also a keen F1 fan and a car nut - both modern and classic.

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Specialisms:

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• End-to-End strategy development and delivery from initiation to completion.

• Executing the strategic plan while engaging with internal and external stakeholders.

• Understanding business complexities ensuring that the solution meets business objectives.

• Full Involvement in the delivery of all aspects of the strategic brief.

• Preparation and presentation of progress summaries to the professional and management team including financials and overall costs and benefits.

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• Management of multiple complex contract negotiations simultaneously.

• Prepare, review and negotiate financial analyses of business acquisitions.

• Business management, feasibility studies, financial modelling and coordination.

• Legal document review and negotiation in conjunction with legal counsel.​

• Lead business contact.

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• Value engineered a Building Management System saving £0.3m over 2 yrs.

• Project managed £2m critical energy efficient BMS installation

• Grew business revenues by 39% (£850k) - in one of the toughest fiscal years to date

• Carried out project process improvements saving the organisation £0.5m

• Re-siting a £1.1m packaging robot from Boulder, Co. to the UK

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Qualifications:

 

Business Management Consultancy - Level 3 - Higher Distinction – Oplex Careers – July 2016

BEng. Control Systems Engineering - Sheffield Hallam University – 1994 to 1998

BTEC. National Diploma Systems Engineering - Barnsley College of Technology – 1992 to 1994

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Member of the Institute of Consulting.

Member of the Investment Migration Council of Geneva

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