Strategy, Talent, Results
Grandholm is an established management consultancy focused on supporting companies to take control of their future, fulfil their potential and mitigate risk.
The company is fully supported by a solid core team and an experienced network of talented individuals who are well regarded experts in their own fields of operation. This provides the expertise to assist in acquisitions, or to help companies manage change, facilitate growth, overseas expansion, even downsizing where it is part of a controlled strategic plan. In addition, Grandholm will assist businesses requiring inward investment and refinancing.
It is in the area of business recovery and rescue that Grandholm comes into its own. This is largely down to the individual and collective expertise of its people, the many senior positions held and the transformational challenges that they have managed in their careers.
How we operate
Grandholm assesses each client in relation to its potential and, following a detailed strategic review and business plan, may then allocate one of its operational management companies to manage and implement a strategy to enable the client business to achieve its objectives. This will depend on size, scope, scale, and duration.
Management Solutions
We have more than 20 continuous years’ experience in what is commonly known as the “Turnaround Industry” Our success is based on three key pillars – strategic, financial, and operational management which we know is critical during business recovery. Supporting growth, expansion, acquisition, new country entry, and change management are our other key skills.
Production Services
Supporting large scale business to improve culture, processes, and performance to deliver expectations through quality, efficiency, and innovation.
Project Services
Guides SMEs from start up to exit, allowing owner managed enterprises to align and achieve their goals whatever the circumstances.
Profiles
John Strachan, Chairman.
John is a seasoned professional primarily in the oil and gas industry with hands on experience in acquisitions and disposals and operational project development, including upstream and downstream activities. He has catalysed a number of successful oil and gas transactions internationally resulting in superior investor gains.
He has extensive experience in the FSU and emerging markets while his expertise in the flotation process has taken companies successfully to public markets in both UK and Germany.
Prior to returning to the UK in 1986 John served as a senior police officer in Hong Kong for 16 years where he was responsible for the successful investigation of a number of high profile homicides and commercial crimes during his tenure.
Chris McGeehan, Executive Director.
As a successful experienced Director in engineering services Chris McGeehan’s career has taken him from the practical operations of providing design, manufacturing, engineering and fabrication services to overall responsibility for directing operational and financial business performance.
Throughout his career Chris has focused on attaining technical and business excellence by consistently delivering and exceeding set objectives.
Chris is a member of the IFT, the UK’s leading source of knowledge, education and best practice in turnaround and transformation of organisations that are at risk of underperforming whether SMEs, quoted companies, public private or not-for-profit charities.
Angela McGeehan, Commercial Director.
As an experienced accounts professional, Angela’s career has seen her work in finance administration across diverse organisations.
Angela’s experience includes working in retail, the automotive industry, oil and gas and the public sector.
She has a strong track record of collating necessary documentation for management accounts, as well as annual and interim audits. She has worked extensively in sales ledger, purchase ledger, credit control, nominal reconciliation, bank reconciliation and payroll.
Jim Peden, Interim Executive Director.
In recent years, he has provided clients with expert advisory services, covering a wide range of strategic developments, operational transitions and investments, in addition to FID diligence transactions. This has included independent board level guidance to a diverse portfolio of PLC, AIM companies and independent clients.
Jim’s impressive CV lists a host of UK and international achievements having worked in the UK, Europe, Middle East and North America. These achievements reflect his work in asset management and include the successful delivery of major capital and business performance re-engineering projects.
Jim holds an MBA from the University of Bradford, England and graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
Jeremy Dearman, Interim Finance Director.
He has been heavily involved in corporate integration and restructuring projects, implementation of ERP projects and large capital project financing. Jeremy has a strong technical background in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP, the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, his expertise covers intra group trading, large capital project financing and bonding; management, forecasting and cash flow, risk management, budgeting, tax and VAT. With a ‘big four’ audit background with Ernst & Young LLP, Jeremy is strong on financial analysis, consolidation, audit, tax and due diligence.
He has extensive experience within the energy sector and has practised in retail, real estate, transport and haulage, automotive, information, technology and media.
Jeremy is a skilled motivator and approachable leader with a high level of technical acumen, drive and openness.