CUNNINGHAM & CUNNINGHAM LIMITED - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Partner
After leaving school and travelling around Asia and Australasia I attained my degree, BSC(Hons) in Social Management and Science. From University I joined PKF (now BDO) where I qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During my time there I worked in the Business Advisory Sector working for all sorts of companies preparing management and statutory accounts and various tax returns. On top of this I was seconded to act as the Financial Controller for some larger institutions such as Dulwich College and the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry. In the last year of my time at PKF I was involved heavily in the set up of many dot.com businesses which is where my passion for small start up businesses began.
I moved into the Financial Services sector in 2001 as the FC of a new start up internet stockbroking company - Selftrade - during my time at selftrade we grew the company to 160,000 customers and I was heavily involved in the MBO and restructure and I ultimately became FD. To achieve growth and profitability within very tight and ever changing regulatory and economic framework were the key challenges in this very successful venture.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Partner
I grew up in a family run retail business where I learnt how the business ran from buying and selling, to sales and marketing, understanding the customer and later the bottom line.
I trained at PKF (now merged with BDO) gaining my ACA qualification whilst working for the majority of my time in the Small Business Advisory Sector looking after a whole array of businesses : retail, manufacturing, internet and charity organisations effectively being a clients' personal Financial Controller.
Later I moved into Industry as a Finance Controller working for an amazing entrepreneur who converted chicken litter into electricity! (Fibrowatt Ltd) and then on to one of the Virgin Group Companies - Trainline.com Ltd - another rather good entrepreneur!
Finally I worked as a Senior Financial Controller at Atkins for the Finance Director of it's biggest sector - Design and Engineering Solutions working alongside accountants and engineers alike.