Anthony Ryall

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About Anthony Ryall

Trained and qualified at Procter & Gamble. Commercially astute finance exec with 12+ years’ experience operating at board level and preparing investor/owner presentations - Plc and SMEs (£30m, £65m, £100m, £300m turnover). Highly personable, authentic leader with a record of improving performance in diverse environments (B2B, Retail, FMCG, product and service) across UK, US, Europe, Nordics. Passionate about the service provided by Finance across control and compliance, and through emotionally intelligent collaborative business partnering - with a genuine enthusiasm for developing others and creating high-performance teams. Distinctions at MBA & MSc Strategic Change, Awarded Fellowship to Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Career includes Procter & Gamble, Asda-Walmart, Bradford & Bingley, SME experience at Ventura (£100m), and more recently 12.5 years as Finance Director of multiple autonomous SMEs within the Nobia Group. Nobia is Swedish stock market listed. Europe’s largest kitchen manufacturer & retailer (£1.2bn turnover, staff), built through acquisition of multiple SMEs across Europe and the Nordics. I was Gower FD continuously, taking on other FD roles and strategic projects (M&A) in addition to my Gower role. As Statutory Director I was responsible for all aspects of technical and commercial Finance, managing all external relations and statutory reporting, and managing non-Finance functions (Legal, HR, IT, Purchasing, and Marketing). I delivered significant performance improvement across turnover, profit, working capital and staff morale in a multi-site, fast paced, complex product and service environment SKUs). • Delivered Magnet’s most successful Winter Sale ever of £96m in 2022 (+25% v 2019) • Delivered Magnet Retail Trade growth of £33m (+50%) 2022 v 2019 • Transformed construction quarterly EBIT by +£2m within 9 months (-5% to +5%) • Grew UK B2B sales from £65m to £100m. • £5m working capital improvement (developed demand planning, renegotiated customer/supplier payment terms) • £3m pa cost savings - replacing low margin, resource-heavy contracts (reduced headcount and cost of failure). • 55% increase in average order value – upselling and penetration of other products • Finance lead on two acquisitions (£30m each), completing due diligence, integration and delivering synergies • Obtained >£100m capital investment from owners to deliver Magnet 5-year transformational plan • Led successful contract negotiations with FTSE 100 customers (£0.5bn contracts), banks, landlords, suppliers