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Stuart Barker

A Portfolio CFO with extensive leadership experience in SMEs with particular emphasis on IPOs, start-ups, and early-stage high-growth ventures.

Stuart is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales). As a Portfolio CFO, he has extensive leadership experience in SMEs, with particular emphasis on IPOs, start-ups, and early-stage high-growth ventures.

He started his career with a networking and telecommunications company. Initially a white-label ISP, Stuart took them from start-up to a £120m turnover company through an IPO on the AIM market and later to a full listing on the LSE.  He managed multitudinous change and significant M&A activity in a dynamic environment within a consolidating sector.

Over the last few years, he has:

  • Closed multiple funding rounds over £3.5m to finance the expansion of a founder-lead SME.
  • Prepared working capital models to support an IPO fundraise for a digital entertainment and media business.
  • Modelled projections to support a £60m rights securitisation offer for a media rights business.
  • Rewrote the 3-year budget and plan for a marketing services company.
  • Conducted analysis and deal evaluation for the acquisition of an overseas business for a marketing services company.
  • Reviewed and implemented a new strategy for Transfer pricing between the UK and a European subsidiary.
  • Executed the start-up strategy, taking a B2B subscription-based TV channel from loss-making to £20m of profits in six years
  • Implemented a new ERP system (SAP Business One) to control and monitor international growth.

Stuart’s strengths are leading companies through rapid growth.

Expertise

  • Digital Businesses
  • Film and Media
  • Leisure, Travel and Transport
  • Marketing Services
  • Software and SaaS
  • Telecoms and CPaaS

Specialism

  • Building finance function
  • Business modelling
  • Commercial
  • Corporate finance
  • Due diligence
  • Fundraising
  • Growth
  • International Expansion
  • Investor Relations
  • IPOs
  • M&A
  • Manage external stakeholders
  • Operational leadership
  • Preparation for investment
  • Strategy development and implementation
  • System implementation
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