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Simon Moorehead In 60 Seconds
I am a Top 8 trained professional commercial finance leader, commercial and general counsel with experience in many sectors with household names including in Sport, Leisure, Tour Operating, FMCG, IT, Health & Beauty, e-commerce, Food Retailing & Distribution. Working with entrepreneurs, start-ups, SME’s, VC backed & national corporates, solving problems, raising funds, helping increase opportunities for growth and profitability identifying risks and safeguarding assets.
Specialist Skills
Leadership Budgeting & Forecasting
Commercial Director, Managing Director & Non Exec roles. Ran budgeting process at £450m turnover business and several others.
Raising Funds
Assisted companies to raise £6m - experienced in pitches.
Profit Improvement
Directly added £1.5m to bottom line by implementing two ideas as part of turning around and de-risking a loss making national B2B/B2C retailer profitable.
Cash flow Improvement
Borrowed £14m from Commercial Finance and reduced this to £2m within 6 months, by managing cash, debtors and creditors better, £12m ahead of schedule at national food distributor.
Leadership
Acting as Commercial Director/Finance Director/ Managing Director. Turned around with 3 other directors a loss-making business. Took 70 staff through IIP Ran Finance, Customer Services & IT in several Businesses.
Track Record Highlights
- Turned around a major national retailer into profitability – responsible for 100 staff team covering customer services, central services in addition to finance.
- Had a major role in leading a £450m Co-op into the modern age.
- Raised £4m for entrepreneur-led businesses.
- Run own business in the beauty industry specialising in brand design creation & licensing, product launches and international distribution.
- Resolved major financial and IT issues at a professional sports club group.
Sector Experience
- sport-recreation, Stadia, Rugby & Football including acquisition of a club
- retail-consumer-products, National Retailers, ecommerce, convenience & superstores
- travel, tour operating, Holidays & Hotel (International)
- beauty manufacturing, transport & logistics, DC Experience in FMCG, Food, IT food, IT, media computing industry national player
- healthcare, Beauty, Brand Licensing, Medical Device, Pharmacy
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