Marcus Gleave

Background

About Marcus Gleave

Experienced CFO/Finance Director of private and private equity-backed SMEs with strengths in commercial analysis, financial modelling, creating scalable finance functions, cost and cash management, investor relations and treasury. Focus on value-creating activities, automation of core tasks and use of data to generate insights. Key deliveries include: professionalisation of owner-managed lift business finance function, including reduction in reporting close by 6WD; implementation of engineering service software; business partnering programme which currently drives 1.5% improvement in EBITDA%; led finance integration of 7 lift company acquisitions to £75m/£8m; scaled finance team to support rapid growth; turnaround of steel trading business from insolvency; integration of finance functions following an extensive acquisition programme at £160m turnover/£36m EBITDA multi-site manufacturing business; turnaround programme for a £130m turnover PE-backed FMCG business resulting in planned brand sale (EV £50M+) to large European Group; construction of a 3-year toll manufacturing arrangement; and $MM restructure of US subsidiary netting $120m sale value. Currently CFO at Classic Lifts - the lifts division of Andwis group, a PE-backed technical buildings services group.