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Richard Lay

FD/CFO

I am an enthusiastic and focused commercial finance professional with over 25 years experience working with leaders shaping organisations from pre revenue onwards. I have worked across a spectrum of industries, geographic locations and cultures. I thrive in assisting organisations achieve their potential and aspirations making insightful decisions allowing them to scale and grow.

Richard Lay – Fractional CFO – West Country

Track record highlights

  • Working as Finance Director for a services-based company, I established a multi-disciplined group and initiating planned controlled growth maximising value to achieve a desired exit.
  • As Finance Director of a recruitment company supplying to an outside OECD client base, I raised an invoice discounting facility to allow the company to scale and achieve its growth potential.
  • Working as Finance Director of an Australian technical equipment hire Group, I successfully integrated finance and operations into the UK based quoted Group including systems and financial reporting practices to identify synergies and achieve consistency and stability.
  • As Finance Director of a Middle Eastern based event production group, I established management dashboards and KPI’s to attain financial control targeted growth of 50-100% year on year.
  • Working as finance director and owner in the hospitality industry I successfully identified and implemented new revenue streams and operational practices to turn several loss-making companies into profitable concerns.

Sector Experience

  • Hospitality & Tourism: Wellbeing Spa, Hotels, Public Houses, Game Shooting
  • Human Resources & Recruitment: Offshore Oil & Gas Industry
  • Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: Steel Manufacture
  • Services: Building Control, Fire Engineering, Construction Consultancy
  • Technology, Media & Telecoms: Equipment Hire, Event Management

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