Gillian is a respected expert in board-level financial leadership. Having spent more than 10 years with Ernst & Young, she moved on to build FD experience across a range of sectors and different ownership structures, including early-stage venture capital backed entities through to listed market businesses, and many in between.

She now provides strategic, corporate finance and financial advice as a non-exec director for an eclectic portfolio of organisations – from an outdoor Shakespearian festival and an independent Microbrewery, to a leading mobile device content specialist and a semi-conductor foundry.

Gillian brings expertise in helping companies identify and understand their issues, unlocking routes to market, developing and funding strategic plans for long-term growth and exit – with a particular talent for working with SME’s