• Set up firm and developed proprietary internal audit and risk methodology tools including ControlQ, FraudCHK and ContractorCHK.
• Won and delivered Excel model debug and update for £60m property company.
• Won and delivered operational controls review at Tate Gallery UK retail operations.
• Meetings with contacts and submission of proposals for new assignments.

• Recruited to develop new business line aimed at listed companies from zero starting position.
• Risk and audit plan for an insurance broker, Broker Network Holdings PLC.
• Developed 11 listed company sales leads & submitted two proposals in three months – considered insufficient to continue this service line.

Joint venture between Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Bombardier, EDF and Thames Water responsible for regeneration of the London Underground network, as part of the Government's Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.
• Recruited and managed a team of 4 permanent plus 4 outsourced personnel.
• Reported to and gained confidence of directors of the joint venture board.
• Set up corrective actions log and used this to ensure all actions were implemented.
• Discovered £9.5m overcharges by four contractors in a complex assignment across several sites using SAP then led a team to recover this money.
• Uncovered multi-site workforce fraud costing £2m per annum. Worked with management to implement controls and measured resulting decline in fraud.
• Uncovered £600k pa bank interest diverted by joint venture partner.
• Treasury control breaches including £41m excess deposit identified and stopped.
• Discovered £400k duplicated supplier payments. All recovered.
• Oversaw implementation of new Ellipse ERP finance and assets systems, and Oracle HR system. All successfully implemented on time & on budget.

• Sarbanes-Oxley review in France at beachwear manufacturer Quiksilver.
• Sarbanes-Oxley and risk assignments done for a UK telecom and US manufacturer Tyco Inc.

Multi-site UK property investment and construction group. In 2000 MEPC was sold to General Electric Inc and Hermes and profitably liquidated.
• Reported to and gained the confidence of the PLC directors and subsequently the US private equity directors. Sarbanes-Oxley compliance achieved under my lead.
• Proposed then re-engineered billing cycle across finance, tax and IT resulting in permanent acceleration of £20m pa cash inflows with consequent overdraft interest savings.
• Business process change projects including better utilisation of £12m supply chain idle funds, £4m uncollected debtors, £1m unbilled and under-billed customers.
• Discovered £100k duplicated supplier payments. All recovered.

Project managed teams in delivering projects to a range of clients mostly overseas. Frequently selected for audits of a complex and/or sensitive nature. Delivered international risk and audit assignments in the US, Switzerland, Greece and Middle East for BP, Kuwait Petroleum, Kuwait Finance, Diageo, Tetra Pak, Hellenic Telecommunications. Positive client feedback received – testimonial obtained. Additional work sold on most assignments.

• Full spectrum of general practice including tax, accounts, and corporate secretarial for small to medium sized companies and family trusts.