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Martin Ridgeway

Devon

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Martin Ridgeway

Devon

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About Martin

With a distinguished career spanning across industries, Martin’s business acumen has ensured that he brings a level of unparalleled success to all organisations. As an in-demand business leader, he implements scalable business growth, exemplifying financial excellence

A highly effective director with decades of senior management experience, Martin has a track record of driving double digit turnover and profit growth with fast moving commercial multi-site SME’s both organically and through acquisition. This success has led to business exits for 3 ownership groups with combined values of circa £65M, namely the £18M trade sale of Fern Training and Development, The £20M+ sale of Derby County Football Club to a US based consortium and the recent upward Merger of Pluss Organisation CIC into The Seetec Group. With his understanding of risk, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and Corporate Service delivery, he distils complexity into clarity using financial analysis and Business MI to inform high-level planning and executive decision-making. Martin is possessing of substantial experience in leading business turnaround and change programmes. and has a clear emphasis on motivating and building empowered teams, across Finance and all Corporate functions. Providing strategic thought and leadership to ensure teams strive towards a common sense of purpose, as well as sustaining morale through times of substantial change, he ensures business vision is maintained and operations are improved and enhanced.


Martin's Career History

The Pluss Organisation CIC

Finance and Corporate Services Director

June 2017 - November -0001

Pluss, Finance and Corporate Services Director £20M T/o 19 sites 2017- 2019
Developing and implementing a sound financial strategy to drive performance of diverse teams for financial operations for an award-winning community interest company
• Directed planning, negotiation and execution of five Work and Health programmes and supply chain contracts, valued at circa £100 million and £40 million respectively, providing a secure platform of contracted work for 6 – 7 years
• Negotiated and implemented a structured debt facility of £1.25 million to support future growth
• Created strategy to deliver quality corporate services encompassing HR, IT and compliance
• Supported growth of diverse revenue streams through opportunity analysis and implementation
• Delivered expert financial leadership to the board by presenting financial reporting, developing budgets, business management information and variance analysis
• Integrated a Dorset-based charity to the Pluss Group to safeguard the contract supply chain and facilitate further business growth
• Merged Pluss with Seetec Group to safeguard the long-term future of the Pluss group and significantly improved future business development opportunities

Babington Business College Limited

Finance and Corporate Services Director

November 2011 - June 2015

The Derby County Football Club Limited

Finance Director

May 2006 - June 2008

Fern Training and Development Limited

Corporate Director

January 2002 - May 2006

Workpays Academies

Director

November -0001 - November -0001

Stancliffe Hall

Finance Director

November -0001 - November -0001

Sectors

+ Business Services Education Government Hospitality / Events Not for Profit / Charity Private Equity Professional Services