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Chris Darby

18 Kinnoul Road
LONDON
W6 8NQ
UK

T: 0207 3812582
Mobile: 07958 114016
Home: 0207 3812582

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Member since: July 2005

Key Skills & Services:

Management reporting and profitability analysis. Business planning and strategic direction, including raising finance. Leading and implementing cost reduction programmes. Cash flow management. System design and implementation in a variety of businesses. Building and coaching Finance teams to full potential. Training and supporting business managers on budgeting and business planning.

Career Background:

FD of a radically innovative healthcare company as it gears towards full production. FD of two companies (£10m t/o and a start up) raising £1.5m in finance. Background in multinational blue chip industries.

Key achievements include leading a cost reduction programme to reduce corporate costs by over 20% in less than a year - helping achieve a break even position from a major loss, reducing cash tied up in debtors by half, and implementing four systems on time and budget that paid back in less than one year.

Applies lateral thinking, honed through a wide experience of businesses and industries, to deliver innovative business and financial solutions.

Industry sectors:

FMCG, Recruitment, Technology, Software, Healthcare.

Qualifications:

MA.
ACA.

Comments:

Christopher works closely with company directors, acting as a sounding board for business ideas. He uses the experiences and excellent training from his blue chip background to apply these to the smaller business sector.