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Introduction


The company's principal is Andrew Munro, an interim manager and writer with 25 years’ experience across a variety of sectors, scenarios and roles. He has spent ten years in senior roles within the ICT sector leading culturally and professionally diverse teams across multiple geographies and matrix organisations.


Andrew has a passion for enabling individuals and organisations to navigate the future; exploring the unmapped and ensuring that they are on the path which has the best chance of leading to the desired result. Andrew’s naturally consultative, coaching style is underpinned by pragmatic and sound financial skills.

Primary Capabilities

 

Andrew is accomplished at driving Insight and Effectiveness both for individuals and for organisations. Frequently commended for his coaching and listening skills, he is adept at distilling information out of data making him a valuable partner to individuals and management teams who are attempting to navigate the future. A strong thinker, his MBA and ACMA qualifications ensure a rigorous approach to any business challenge.

 

Andrew also operates as an Associate of the Link Management Group and can draw on, or recommend, their considerable pool of talent to support larger projects or to address specific needs.

 

 

Areas of Distinctive Performance and Value-Add

 

·         Strategic Insight – Identifying target segments, developing and executing appropriate strategies.

·         Business Planning – Developing cohesive, coherent and fiscally sound business plans.

·         Change Management – Business recovery, transition, re-building teams in a variety of scenarios.

·         Stakeholder Management – Working with Venture Capital firms during start-up and Administrative Receivers during business recovery; presenting to and influencing government bodies across different geographies.

·         International management experience with special interest in Emerging Markets. 

 

Service Offerings

 

·         Strategic Planning

·         Strategic Reviews

·         Strategic Marketing

·         Interim Management

·         Business Development

·         Executive Mentoring

·         Perception Change Consulting

·         Business Writing

·         Change Management

·         Business Turnaround

·         Financial Analysis & Management

 

How It Works

 

Interim Management projects typically run for two to six months or more and are often used to augment a management team during a period of change or restructuring.  If you have a situation where you feel you might benefit from engaging an Interim Manager and would like to discuss this further, please contact us.

 

Past Projects

 

·         Drove Perception Change strategy for major software company across Europe, Middle-East and Africa.

·         Built a Business Management and Operations team for a $1bn sales organisation.

·         CFO for an £80m IT Services business.

·         Created Sales Prospectus for privately held £20m retail company and co-presented to Venture Capital firms.

·         Established financial controls and Standards of Performance manual for a range of hotel businesses under "business recovery" management contracts.

·         Strategy Consulting and Coaching for micro-businesses