Ivan Couchman29 Jan 2015 10:37
35 years experience at MD or FD with an excellent track record getting results under tight time scales & demanding budgets.
Particularly adept at developing corporate strategy then delivering it.
Considerable experience of managing complex business issues in international businesses. Team player, confident & authoritative with excellent presence, presentation & communication skills. Highly professional & credible, with a strong work ethic.
Demands high & exacting financial & corporate governance standards ensuring the highest standards of financial reporting & control. Results led, & commercial but underpinning everything with tight financial disciplines/controls.
Considerable expertise in Change Management, Turnarounds & Performance Improvement.
Inspirational leadership with excellent people & management skills, operating a collaborative style where customer service, achievement & profitability are watchwords
Substantial experience in Private, Public companies. Extensive knowledge of MBI’s/MBO’s through working in several high profile Private Equity backed businesses. He has also taken a company to the Offex market.
Adaptability - equally comfortable in the City, the boardroom or on the shop floor. An excellent relationship builder ensuring there are sound relations maintained with stakeholders.
A focused, “hands on” approach which gets things done. Attention to detail as well as seeing the “bigger picture".
Comfortable & able in a demanding, performance-based management culture.
A proactive, reliable & mature executive looking for opportunities at home or internationally in senior permanent or interim roles which capitalise on his wealth of experience, business knowledge & acumen
Specialties: Turnarounds
Performance Improvement
MBO/MBI
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Growth
Private Equity backed businesses
Restructuring
Union Negotiation & Public Body/Government liaiason
Mergers & Acquisitions