Roddy Barrow

FD/CFO

I have over 30 years of experience as a Financial Director and CFO across businesses in the UK, Australia, and Europe. I’m a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales and as a transformational commercial leader and strategic visionary, I specialise in M&A and change management. I have a proven track record of driving growth, reducing costs, fostering innovation, and mentoring executive teams.

Track record highlights

Doubled the size of a recruitment group during Covid.
Acquired 8 different businesses in the last 10 years.
Re-tendered a bank facility, raising £20m and saving £500k over 3 years.
Over the last 25 years led 4 system implementations with NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP, Oracle.
Chaired multiple embryonic businesses to growth.

Sector Experience

Human Resources & Recruitment: Led a medium sized group as CFO/Group MD
Technology, Media & Telecoms: Chaired a £5m-£10m digital marketing agency for 10 years
Government Defence: Created a JV with Deloittes to assist under the Work Program for DWP.

Roddy's specialist skills

Raising Funds

Raised £20m and saved £500k over 3 years.

Management Information

Introduced annual budget and better quality MI to address needs of the business.

Executive Coaching

Mentored two of the Owners children who then became my bosses.

Leadership

Led a recruitment group as Group MD.

M&A Specialist

Purchased 8 businesses in last 8 years and prepared one business for successful sale.

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