Shaylor Group appoints West Midlands Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants as new Finance Director

Shaylor Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Hooper-Keeley, West Midlands Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), as Finance Director.

 

A highly experienced Finance Director, Paul brings with him over 30 years experience in both PLC and private sectors. In addition to the finance, commercial and operational experience gained across numerous sectors, Paul is also the current Institute of Director’s West Midlands’ Ambassador for their Chartered Director qualification (being the 25th person globally to be awarded this Chartered Director status in 2000) and CIMA Chairman for the West Midlands Region. Paul has held Finance Director positions at Board Level for over 19 years and for the last 11 years  has provided interim Finance Director services across the UK, with an excellent track record in all financial disciplines, along with strategic planning, leadership and team building skills.

 

Speaking of his new role, Paul commented “I am delighted to be joining such a well-regarded business and look forward to helping Shaylor Group maintain their momentum in becoming the pre-eminent name for quality construction projects throughout the UK”.

 

Shaylor Group CEO Stephen Shaylor added “Paul’s appointment comes at an exciting time for Shaylor Group, having recently secured a string of new high profile contract awards and framework agreements. We are thrilled to welcome Paul into the business and I am personally looking forward to working closely with him to ensure our continued growth and success”.

Shaylor Group was formed in 1969 and is £70m second generation family owned principal contracting business. Shaylor Group’s core areas of expertise are general contracting, repair & maintenance works and specialist refurbishments and fit-outs.  It has particular sector experience in education, healthcare and retirement, custodial and justice, industrial and commercial, leisure and retail, transport, heritage and maintenance. The business has offices in Aldridge, Birmingham, central London and the South West.

 

www.shaylorgroup.com

Birmingham Business Breakfast Club & FSB Chairman, Ian O’Donnell, recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

 

Recognised in this year’s Honours is the Coventry and Warwickshire chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, Ian O’Donnell. 

Ian, who is the owner of Real Point in Hampton-in-Arden, has been awarded an MBE for his outstanding service to the community. 

The local businessman and married dad-of-two is also chairman of Birmingham Business Breakfast Club, on the board of the Solihull Safer Partnerships, an active member and trustee of the local church where he leads a weekly youth group and also finds time to be a member of Massey Ferguson running club and Parkrun. 

He said: “It was such a surprise when I opened the letter and read that I had been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. I am absolutely thrilled. 

“Running a small business is challenging but it’s also really rewarding to be able to provide employment and career opportunities for local people.  

"I am passionate about small businesses and that’s why I work so hard in my role as chairman for the FSB to help raise awareness of the needs of small firms and to lobby at both a local and national level. 

“Working with young people both in church and elsewhere is highly rewarding and the running just makes sure I have the energy for everything else.”

Free Event: ‘Formula for Success’ on 2nd June in Birmingham

 

We all aspire to be successful in our careers. At this event, we have three speakers who have achieved success and during this presentation they will look at how they have achieved their success and give advice on what you need to consider when building your career to ultimately also achieve success. 

This CIMA event is in association with Robert Walters, one of the world's leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies. Established in 1985, the group has built a global presence spanning 24 countries. 

Speaker Details: - 

Jill Martin - With a respected background and a proven track-record within the FMCG sector, Jill currently works for Tyrrells Potato Chips as Head of International Finance. Having previously worked for Warburtons and 2 Sisters Food Group, Jill’s commercial expertise and ability to build relationships quickly have catapulted her into an exciting venture promoting the luxury brand crisps across international markets. 

Ahmed Farooq - Ahmed has established his career within Financial Services and Manufacturing and remains a highly respected individual within the Birmingham market. Working his way through both financial and operational business units, he has firmly cemented himself as the current MD for the GI Division of The Wesleyan. 

Craig Foster - Craig is the Regional FD of HCP, a leading outsourcing business at the cornerstone of the Midlands market. Craig’s career has been established in fast-paced environments, having worked for FTSE and blue-chip retail/FMCG companies. His breadth of experience from graduate to FD demonstrates the commitment and resilience needed to successfully pursue one’s ambitions. 

Date:           2 June 2015 at 6.30pm for 7.00pm   

Location:     Kaplan Financial, Baskerville House, Broad St, Birmingham B1 2ND 

Price:           GBP 0.00   

Buffet on arrival

 

 

Inspirational leadership for the board and future industry leaders - Book your free place at this CIMA Prestige Event in Birmingham on 25th June

 

The event is tailored for aspiring Senior Management and Directors and promises to be one of the key events in the West Midlands business community calendar. 

The evening starts at 6.30pm with a drinks reception followed by our keynote speaker Colonel Tim Collins OBE, a former officer in the British Army.  

Tim is a naturally inspiring speaker and such was the notoriety of this particular address it is believed that a copy of the speech hung in the Oval Office of the White House. From the moment Tim Collins' speech to his men in Iraq was made public, Collins became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. 

There is an opportunity to ask questions, enjoy a hot buffet and network with your fellow CIMA senior members and CIMA Committee members. 

This event is in association with Robert Walters, one of the world's leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies. Established in 1985, the Group has built a global presence spanning 24 countries. 

Date / Time: 25 June 2015 - 18:30 

Location: Birmingham Council House B1 1BB 

Price: GBP 0.00 

Book: julie.witts@cimaglobal.com  

Speaker Details 

Colonel Tim Collins OBE is a former officer in the British Army. He is best known for his role in the Iraq war and his rousing eve-of-battle speech in March 2003: “If you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory". 

Such was the notoriety of this particular address it is believed that a copy of the speech hung in the Oval Office of the White House. From the moment Tim Collins' speech to his men in Iraq was made public, Collins became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. 

 

Tim is a naturally inspiring speaker, combining extensive experience of active service with broad knowledge of military and political history. 

An authority on teamwork, leadership and motivation, his speeches show a clear parallel between military problem solving and the challenges faced by leaders in any walk of life. 

Tim's philosophy can be summed up in a handful of rules: - 

1.   Know what your objectives are and have a plan

2.   Pick the right team

3.   Make sure everyone has a role and that it has been communicated clearly to them

4.   Understand your responsibilities as leader but learn to trust your team.

 Some past testimonials from those that have heard Tim speak include:

‘Inspiring, funny and above all practical about what gets people committed' 

‘In short he was fantastic; if we were a little younger some of us might be interested in joining the Royal Irish'

 

‘Our senior management have been cascading the messages down and I have heard several of them give direct quotes from Colonel Collins' presentation’

Institute of Leadership & Management Fellows Event - Lichfield 11th May

 

As ILM ambassadors you’ll get to network with other local Fellow members, listen to guest speaker, Mike Peckham, and share your experiences of current management issues and share solutions.

 

Also meet our new ILM Head of Membership, Janet Payne and share your ideas on how we can improve the membership experience.  

Venue: ILM HO, Stowe House, Lichfield.

Date: Monday 11^th May

Time: 9am-12.30pm

Booking details: Email events@i-l-m.com or call the events team on 01543 266867.

CIMA Birmingham FOC Breakfast event – ‘The DNA of a Finance Director’ on 14th May

This event will look at those skills needed to progress your career with the ultimate aim of becoming finance director with two speakers looking at this from different perspectives. 

This event is being held in association with Hays, the UK’s leading specialist recruitment group, helping professional, skilled people into permanent, temporary and interim jobs.

 

"With over 60 Accountancy & Finance consultants across the Midlands, we have the depth of expertise and local market insight to support you. Our passion lies in developing people and businesses in the region so whatever stage you are in your career we can help. "

 

Date: 14^th May 

Location: Hotel du Vin, Church Street, Birmingham B3 2NR  

Price: FOC 

Timings: - 

07.30 am - Arrival and breakfast served 

08.15 am - Presentations 

09.30-10.00 - Finish

Email julie.witts@cimaglobal.com to book your FOC place

 

What you can gain: - 

This event will look at the key skills and attributes that a finance manager will need to possess in order to make the big step up to finance director level. It will also cover the change in work type from the number crunching of the finance manager to the broader, more strategic, ad-hoc and often admin focused role of the finance director. 

Speaker Details: - 

Paul Hooper-Keeley FCMA, CGMA has had 31 years of experience within industry (the last 19 at finance director/main board level) and is currently Managing Director of Intervallum Limited, a provider of Interim Finance Director Services (in 2014 he took Mills CNC Limited, the UKs largest independently owned supplier of CNC machine tools, through a £20m+ secondary MBO). A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), he is currently Chairman of CIMA West Midlands. Furthermore, he is the Institute of Directors 25th chartered director and currently their Chartered Director Ambassador for the West Midlands. Paul has significant experience of Trade Sale/MBO/M&A transactions and during the recession, undertook a number of turnaround projects for private equity portfolio companies.

 

Glenn Collins is currently Director of Finance Operations at Interserve; one of the world's foremost support services and construction companies operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. Glenn helped create the financial shared service centre back in September 2009 which aimed to act as a single point of contact for all finance and accounting services for the support services division, whilst maintaining best practice and customer intimacy, and at the same time transferring use to Microsoft Dynamics ERP; a key highlight. The finance shared service centre now delivers the business a full suite of finance services, from transaction processing to forecasting and business support; achieved through a journey of standardisation, automation and people development to create this high performing SSC. 

Glenn is an ACMA prize-winner, with over 13 years SSC experience working within both the UK and overseas. Prior to joining Interserve, Glenn spent four years at Pentland Brands Plc as head of shared services and eight years at Rockwell Automation in a variety of senior finance roles, including three years in Rotterdam turning around their poorly performing EMEA SSC.

 

 

CIMA Prestige Event - Inspirational leadership for the board and future industry leaders at Birmingham Council House on 25th June

The event is tailored for aspiring Senior Management and Directors and promises to be one of the key events in the West Midlands business community calendar. 

The evening starts at 6.30pm with a drinks reception followed by our keynote speaker Colonel Tim Collins OBE, a former officer in the British Army.  

Tim is a naturally inspiring speaker and such was the notoriety of this particular address it is believed that a copy of the speech hung in the Oval Office of the White House. From the moment Tim Collins' speech to his men in Iraq was made public, Collins became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. 

There is an opportunity to ask questions, enjoy a hot buffet and network with your fellow CIMA senior members and CIMA Committee members. 

This event is in association with Robert Walters, one of the world's leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies. Established in 1985, the Group has built a global presence spanning 24 countries. 

Date / Time: 25 June 2015 - 18:30 

Location: Birmingham Council House B1 1BB 

Price: GBP 0.00 

Book: julie.witts@cimaglobal.com  

Speaker Details 

Colonel Tim Collins OBE is a former officer in the British Army. He is best known for his role in the Iraq war and his rousing eve-of-battle speech in March 2003: “If you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory". 

Such was the notoriety of this particular address it is believed that a copy of the speech hung in the Oval Office of the White House. From the moment Tim Collins' speech to his men in Iraq was made public, Collins became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. 

Tim is a naturally inspiring speaker, combining extensive experience of active service with broad knowledge of military and political history. 

An authority on teamwork, leadership and motivation, his speeches show a clear parallel between military problem solving and the challenges faced by leaders in any walk of life. 

Tim's philosophy can be summed up in a handful of rules: - 

1.   Know what your objectives are and have a plan

2.   Pick the right team

3.   Make sure everyone has a role and that it has been communicated clearly to them

4.   Understand your responsibilities as leader but learn to trust your team.

 Some past testimonials from those that have heard Tim speak include:

‘Inspiring, funny and above all practical about what gets people committed' 

‘In short he was fantastic; if we were a little younger some of us might be interested in joining the Royal Irish'

 

‘Our senior management have been cascading the messages down and I have heard several of them give direct quotes from Colonel Collins' presentation’