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Dougall Irvine

FD/CFO

I spent 9 years working for Virgin before becoming CFO at Costa Coffee in the UK for 4 years. Since moving into the SME sector, developing these businesses has become a passion for me and over the last 9 years I was CFO at Convertr, a Marketing SaaS business, and WatchShop, an online watch retailer. Contributing to the business across all areas has always been my focus.

Dougall Irvine – Fractional CFO – London WC

Track record highlights

  • Sale of WatchShop business from Private Equity to JD Sports.
  • Evaluation and post completion review of over 300 Costa New Store Openings, including development of new formats for Drive Thru, Travel and Concession stores.
  • Development and rationalisation of product and channel offerings to focus on profitability.
  • M&A due diligence of several coffee shop chains.
  • Implementation of employment software system to drive labour efficiency.
  • Built finance processes to implement regular management reporting and control of new customer contracts.
  • Put in place inventory management systems to ensure lifecycle of stock efficiently managed.

Sector Experience

  • Retail & Consumer Products: Online and Physical retail
  • Hospitality & Tourism: Food and Beverage
  • Technology, Media & Telecoms: SaaS in Marketing sector

Dougall's specialist skills

Cash flow Improvement

Detailed Cash flow forecasting to enable freeing up of funds for investment.

Business Planning

Building robust plans that can adapt to all the changes the business faces.

Profit Improvement

Understanding profit drivers of the company to correctly direct business' effort.

Exit Planning

Driving the exit through sale pack production and strong due diligence work.

Management Information

Focusing the business through the correct KPIs and actionable information.

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