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Human Resources: Patrick Chamberlain - With over twenty years management experience Patrick Chamberlain has built a detailed working knowledge of every aspect of the employment relationship, from recruitment to termination and everything in between. By focussing on a tight adherence to business strategy, Patrick has been able to deliver staffing solutions which are geared to both personal and company objectives. Patrick is also a trained mediator and experienced advocate in Employment Tribunals.LGBA™ - London Group (South London :: Surrey) - click here for summary profiles Sales & Marketing: John Alves - John helps businesses to increase sales by improving the effectiveness of their sales and marketing activity. He has 30 years experience in sales and marketing management in the technology sector, with 18 years at CEO/MD level in multinational companies. His skills include general management, sales, marketing and business development. John also has considerable experience of international business in Europe, North America and Asia. He has a BSc in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the IET and the IoD.MGBA™ - Midland Group (East Midlands :: West Midlands) - click here for summary profiles Strategy & Business Mentoring: Paul Green - With a background in the electronics industry, alongside experience generated within the charity sector, Paul offers a unique combination of skills covering sales, marketing and operations. His insight to business is now applied taking a strategic view to companies that he works with, often working as a mentor to the managing director/owners of a business and generating action based plans directly impacting the organisation’s profit and performance.NGBA™ - Northern Group (North East England :: North West England) - click here for summary profiles Marketing Communications: Carole Houston - With over 20 years experience in all aspects of marketing communications, Carole has helped numerous businesses improve their corporate profile, through a coordinated review of their marketing collateral. Specialising in public relations, Carole can offer advice and hands-on assistance with press & media relations, exhibitions, marketing co-ordination, brochure design and coordination, corporate responsibility, advertising, corporate identity, staff training & induction, website concept design, print buying, event & seminar planning, editorial writing, photography briefing.SGBA™ - Southern Group (Dorset :: Hampshire :: Surrey :: Sussex) - click here for summary profiles Process Analysis & Improvement: Paul Bryson - Paul has a proven track record of using process analysis to produce pragmatic, achievable business solutions, making best use of existing resources to ensure an organisation’s resources are fully utilised. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a post-graduate diploma in Knowledge Management, but his main strength is working with organisations to produce solutions that meet current and future business needs, then managing the implementation to ensure business continuity.SWBA™ - South West Group (Wiltshire :: Avon & Somerset :: Devon & Cornall :: Wales) - click here for summary profiles Business Development: Kurt Christopherson - Kurt has more than twenty five years of experience in Business Management, IT, Marketing and Sales, as well as having run his own companies three times. He is well trained in Business Management (having an M.B.A. from the University of Bath, 1989), in Engineering (having a B.Ap.Sc. Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, 1982) and in IT, having worked for major manufacturers of voice communications, data communications and computing products for more than 20 years.TVBA™ - Thames Valley (Berkshire :: Buckinghamshire :: Oxfordshire) - click here for summary profiles pdf Leadership & Strategy: Roger McDonald - Roger has worked in the transport industry, in operations, manufacturing and consulting. He has developed winning business strategies, including a Management Buyout in a highly competitive environment, delivered, then sold on. He has a passion for customer service in driving revenue. Expert at stakeholder management, in managing commercial stakeholders and working at the difficult public/private interface.UKBA Scotland™ - click here for summary profiles pdf Project Management: Colin Wilson - For 10 years Colin was owner manager of a small and successful private company through which he worked on a freelance basis for several well-known organisations in the banking and insurance industries. During this time he gained considerable senior level experience in business programme and project management and managed several complex and time critical projects in multi-site / multi-business environments across Sales, Marketing, Finance and HR. Additionally, Colin became a proven interim manager with experience in a senior operational ‘Head of’ function role.FSBA™ - Finance Support (For all your finance requirements) - click here for summary profiles Finance Matters: Stephen Hill - Stephen is a marketing expert with a long history of helping businesses grow. He holds a Masters degree in Marketing and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has lived and worked in the UK, US and Europe with some of the world's largest companies as well as some of the smallest. His areas of expertise are Marketing Strategy & Tactics, Marketing Plans, Implementation.IUBA™ - Into UK (For overseas companies wishing to set up in the UK) - click here for summary profiles Business Strategy: John Harrington - John’s career started in process control engineering, managing processes in oil and petrochemical plants, food processing, power generation and the control of nuclear reactors both commercial and defence. John provides business improvement across all areas including marketing, sales, production, finance and customer interface. This includes turnaround through to working with successful organisations to improve the way they currently work including project based solutions.MFBA™ - Manufacturing (Sales and marketing specialists for manufacturing companies) - click here for summary profiles Business Efficiency: Richard Wickes - With over 30 years experience of business management, Richard has worked closely with a number of manufacturing and distribution companies. His main areas of experience and interest are customer relations and business efficiency.TGBA™ - Turnaround (For companies in the deepest trouble needing expert help on the way forward) - click here for summary profiles pdf Finance & Turnaround: Barry Hill - Apart from being a qualified accountant, Barry has spent most of his working life as a Finance Director, with good overseas experience. Barry has a very rounded picture of most of the difficulties business life can throw at a SME. In more recent years Barry has been giving business advice to SMEs and has assisted more than one in overcoming financial obstacles and, in doing this, mentored and trained the management in financial measurement and awareness.Hopefully you can get a feel for the breadth of skills that are available to you. Call us today to find out how we can help your business grow.
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Human Resources: Patrick Chamberlain - With over twenty years management experience Patrick Chamberlain has built a detailed working knowledge of every aspect of the employment relationship, from recruitment to termination and everything in between. By focussing on a tight adherence to business strategy, Patrick has been able to deliver staffing solutions which are geared to both personal and company objectives. Patrick is also a trained mediator and experienced advocate in Employment Tribunals.
Sales & Marketing: John Alves - John helps businesses to increase sales by improving the effectiveness of their sales and marketing activity. He has 30 years experience in sales and marketing management in the technology sector, with 18 years at CEO/MD level in multinational companies. His skills include general management, sales, marketing and business development. John also has considerable experience of international business in Europe, North America and Asia. He has a BSc in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the IET and the IoD.
Strategy & Business Mentoring: Paul Green - With a background in the electronics industry, alongside experience generated within the charity sector, Paul offers a unique combination of skills covering sales, marketing and operations. His insight to business is now applied taking a strategic view to companies that he works with, often working as a mentor to the managing director/owners of a business and generating action based plans directly impacting the organisation’s profit and performance.
Marketing Communications: Carole Houston - With over 20 years experience in all aspects of marketing communications, Carole has helped numerous businesses improve their corporate profile, through a coordinated review of their marketing collateral. Specialising in public relations, Carole can offer advice and hands-on assistance with press & media relations, exhibitions, marketing co-ordination, brochure design and coordination, corporate responsibility, advertising, corporate identity, staff training & induction, website concept design, print buying, event & seminar planning, editorial writing, photography briefing.
Process Analysis & Improvement: Paul Bryson - Paul has a proven track record of using process analysis to produce pragmatic, achievable business solutions, making best use of existing resources to ensure an organisation’s resources are fully utilised. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a post-graduate diploma in Knowledge Management, but his main strength is working with organisations to produce solutions that meet current and future business needs, then managing the implementation to ensure business continuity.
Business Development: Kurt Christopherson - Kurt has more than twenty five years of experience in Business Management, IT, Marketing and Sales, as well as having run his own companies three times. He is well trained in Business Management (having an M.B.A. from the University of Bath, 1989), in Engineering (having a B.Ap.Sc. Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, 1982) and in IT, having worked for major manufacturers of voice communications, data communications and computing products for more than 20 years.
Leadership & Strategy: Roger McDonald - Roger has worked in the transport industry, in operations, manufacturing and consulting. He has developed winning business strategies, including a Management Buyout in a highly competitive environment, delivered, then sold on. He has a passion for customer service in driving revenue. Expert at stakeholder management, in managing commercial stakeholders and working at the difficult public/private interface.
Project Management: Colin Wilson - For 10 years Colin was owner manager of a small and successful private company through which he worked on a freelance basis for several well-known organisations in the banking and insurance industries. During this time he gained considerable senior level experience in business programme and project management and managed several complex and time critical projects in multi-site / multi-business environments across Sales, Marketing, Finance and HR. Additionally, Colin became a proven interim manager with experience in a senior operational ‘Head of’ function role.
Finance Matters: Stephen Hill - Stephen is a marketing expert with a long history of helping businesses grow. He holds a Masters degree in Marketing and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has lived and worked in the UK, US and Europe with some of the world's largest companies as well as some of the smallest. His areas of expertise are Marketing Strategy & Tactics, Marketing Plans, Implementation.
Business Strategy: John Harrington - John’s career started in process control engineering, managing processes in oil and petrochemical plants, food processing, power generation and the control of nuclear reactors both commercial and defence. John provides business improvement across all areas including marketing, sales, production, finance and customer interface. This includes turnaround through to working with successful organisations to improve the way they currently work including project based solutions.
Business Efficiency: Richard Wickes - With over 30 years experience of business management, Richard has worked closely with a number of manufacturing and distribution companies. His main areas of experience and interest are customer relations and business efficiency.
Finance & Turnaround: Barry Hill - Apart from being a qualified accountant, Barry has spent most of his working life as a Finance Director, with good overseas experience. Barry has a very rounded picture of most of the difficulties business life can throw at a SME. In more recent years Barry has been giving business advice to SMEs and has assisted more than one in overcoming financial obstacles and, in doing this, mentored and trained the management in financial measurement and awareness.


