Recommendations

Owner / Director

EMC Corporate Finance Limited

“I have worked with Mike on a number of occasions and have always found him to be knowledgeable, personable, positive and professional. Whilst working with him during a completion through the night, Mike was able to keep people focussed on achieving the desired result whilst remaining light-hearted to keep spirits up. This is something that comes naturally to him and is why I always enjoy working with him.” May 4, 2011

Danos Swain, Associate, Thomas Eggar
was with another company when working with Michael at EMC Management Consultants Limited

“I worked with Mike while transitioning into a new role and greatly appreciated his breadth of strategic vision and support in driving the business forward and keeping the wider team motivated and engaged.” October 17, 2010

David Burndred, Finance Director - Europe, Laird Technologies
worked directly with Michael at EMC Management Consultants Limited

“Michael was an integral part of our European Regional Management team. He provided financial guidance regarding operations and reporting. Michael was detail oriented and provided support and guidance for daily issues and also an overall perspective to managing working capital and operating cash flow.” June 14, 2010

Rosemary Finnegan, VP Finance Planning and Reporting, Laird Technologies
worked directly with Michael at EMC Management Consultants & Corporate Finance

“Michael is a dynamic business leader with an outstanding grasp of all things finance. Having worked throughout a variety of industry sectors, Michael is fast to learn the industry specific nuiances, whilst offering complete objectivity and a real desire to help create significant value for his clients. He is a pleasure to work with and a real asset both to EMC and his clients” June 14, 2010

Steve Beaumont, Senior Consultant, EMC Limited
worked directly with Michael at EMC Management Consultants & Corporate Finance

“I have known Mike for a few years and have always found him to be extremely personable and great to deal with. He has a depth of corporate experience and I would have no hesitation in recommending him.” June 15, 2009

Chris Rigby, Managing Partner, Clydesdale Bank Plc , Brighton
was with another company when working with Michael at EMC Management Consultants & Corporate Finance

Finance Director

RDF Group

“I have worked with Mike on a number of occasions and have always found him to be knowledgeable, personable, positive and professional. Whilst working with him during a completion through the night, Mike was able to keep people focussed on achieving the desired result whilst remaining light-hearted to keep spirits up. This is something that comes naturally to him and is why I always enjoy working with him.” May 4, 2011

Danos Swain, Associate, Thomas Eggar
was with another company when working with Michael at RDF Group

“Mike has excellent financial business acumen and is also great company. He has his finger on the pulse and is commercially savvy in a highly professional way. I worked with him at RDF where he played a key managerial role in some sensitive situations and achieved the required results. I would recommend him to anyone looking to start or grow their business.” September 3, 2010

Andrew Pigott, Senior Business Consultant, RDF Group
worked indirectly for Michael at RDF Group

“Mike is a focussed and talented professional, who has both the detailed knowledge to understand financially complex situation and the creativity and flair to use that knowledge to come up with innovative solutions and proposals. Mike is a dynamic and positive individual who gets on well with his peers, manages effectively and has a very useful network of business contacts.” September 1, 2010

Paul Jewell, COO, RDF Group PLC
worked directly with Michael at RDF Group

“Mike is without doubt one of the best FD's I have had the pleasure of working with. He is a lot of fun to work with and he knows how to drill down into a P&L and get the best out of a business, creating a strategy for growth and profitability.” August 26, 2010

Greg Horne FIRP, Sales Director, RDF Group PLC
worked directly with Michael at RDF Group

“Mike is an expert in his field, a rare breed of director, financial genius coupled with an outstanding level of business acumen. On a daily basis his extensive business and financial insight was relied upon by our team, helping us shape some excellent engagement models with our clients, business relationships that always had ours and the company’s financial interests at heart. Always very comfortable in his role, he would work his way through the most complicated tasks and come out with our business interests protected and quite often enhanced. And fun to work with too, a great laugh. A real asset to any serious business operation, hope I get the opportunity to work with him again.” August 25, 2010

Steve Rackley, Senior Business Consultant, RDF Group
worked indirectly for Michael at RDF Group

Finance Director

Warth International Limited

“Mike has the ability to balance a controlling overview of finacial matters with the day to day practicalities of running a manufacuring operation. Both strategically and real time Mike proved an asset to Warth International Ltd during periods of making acquisition and being acquired itself. He has a likeable, gregarious, character that allows him to interface easily with management and workforce alike, thus enabling difficult hurdles to be overcome.
I would not hesitate to work with Mike again should an appropriate occasion arise.” March 17, 2011

Dave Bromell, General Manager, Laird Technologies
managed Michael indirectly at Warth International Limited