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The Team

Our team of business coaches have a broad, in depth range of board level business and sector experience. We have delivered specialist advice in areas of innovation, business practices and coaching to enterprises across the UK.

Leo Dunne

Leo started his career with Midland Bank/HSBC in the early 80’s, gaining vast experience in the finance sector. From 1997 he was Investment Manager for the HSBC UK Enterprise Fund for Greater London, part of a network of regional funds looking to provide SME's with initial investment of up to £250k. He then worked as Investment Director for Ferranti Capital Ltd. From May 2006 Leo worked as a business advisor for range of companies including travel and technology firms and in 2008 became the Manager of Thames Valley Investment Network (TVIN), the business angel network based in the Thames Valley.

Leo helps businesses understand their funding needs and how these may be met. He can also advise on a wide range of commercial issues including compliance, regulatory requirements, investment and exit strategy.

Sector experience
Aerospace
Biotechnology
Building and Construction
Chemicals
Chemical Processing
Defence
Education
Electronics
Energy
FMCG
Financial Services
Food
Health
IT and Telecoms
Manufacturing
Marine
Minerals & Mining
Nuclear
Publishing
Water

Employment History:
Alcan
BAE Systems
Colgate Palmolive
Diageo
DSTL
EDF
Elsevier
European Commission
Express Newspapers
Ford Motor Company
Honda
IBM
Kodak
Legal & General
Mars
NHS
National Physical Laboratory
Oxford Instruments
Raychem
Rio Tinto
Seacore
International Thomson Business Press
The National Magazine Company
UKAEA
Unilever
Unipart
United Technologies
WRC (Water Research Centre)

Customers include:
3M
BAE Systems
Balfour Beatty
BARCO
Blade Dynamics
Crown Packaging
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium
Forest Research
Fudge Kitchen
General Dynamics
Jack Knight
MBDA
Netociety
Oracle
SITC - Security Innovation and Technology Consortium
Thales
Wines Medical