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I have 35 years’ experience in the commercial sector and as the founder and creator of a group of companies that offered a bespoke one-stop shop to the security market, I have encountered most issues faced by a start-up with limited resources. Eventually, we worked through our challenges to produce several successful companies. The most successful of this group was Knightsbridge Guarding, which achieved a turnover of $60,000.000 for the year 2009 when I held the position of Chairman.
Clients included most of the UK investment banking sector, such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and the London Stock Exchange. The company was placed at No 91 out of 100 of the fastest growing UK companies listed in the Sunday Times 2007 Fast Track issue. This Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain's 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years.
Knightsbridge Guarding was listed as the 17th largest security guarding company in the UK. A successful sale of the company was concluded in 2010 to a UK PLC. Before that, amongst other interests, I was a board member of one of the worlds most renown jewellers. In 2000 I was involved in the partial sale of that company, a fascinating period which gave me a privileged insight into hard nosed negotiations, thus allowing me an opportunity to evaluate ways in which complex strategies are formulated. I was able to observe processes that were applied to enable or disable the negotiation process and experienced methods which showed different strategies and tactics, including conflict resolution, used at the highest level by some of the top law firms in the USA.
I am passionate about inspiring others to achieve their full potential as I have, but without the aid of a mentor. I now know a mentor is essential, in order to avoid the many pitfalls that will undoubtedly present.
I hold a Masters degree in Business Psychology (MSc) from the University of Westminster and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Liverpool University. I have taken courses in Psychology, Cognitive Behaviour and Psychodynamic Studies and hold Post Graduate Certificates in psychodynamic counselling and cognitive behaviour studies from the University of Oxford.
