Stephen Avery Email Address

Chief Financial Officer

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Dynamic and ambitious finance leader with wide professional and commercial management (IT, premises, facilities management and commercial transaction development and implementation) with experience in public and private sector – higher education, central and local government, financial services, professional services and broadcast. Outcome focussed. Key skills in: •financial turnaround; •business performance improvement; •financial management; •programme and project management; •risk management; •change management; and, •delivering cost reduction and improved business performance through: - Process re-engineering; - System selection and implementation; - Outsourcing – IT and facilities management; - Commercial transactions; and - Restructuring.