摘要: |
I've been running companies since 2000, specialising in improvements and big challenges. I joined (Aston Barclay owners) Rutland Partners in 2017 after which there was a period of significant change. There was the acquisition of the Donington site, Independent Motor Auctions and The Car Buying Group (TCBG). This is the fourth automotive company I have run -the previous one was circa £60 million with six companies over three countries - but they were very much manufacturing companies. My focus has always been on the fundamentals of a business, which is the people and the detail. Whenever you open new sites, effectively doubling the size of the business, those strategies have already been set but the issue is 'do we have the right people and are they in the right place?' It was clear TCBG was a great business from the start, but we needed to move to a funder-led business model. There's a stage in every business where you need to move on from being an owner-operator. It's been great to see an already successful business go through the roof in terms of compound equity. That has been the major change, really turbo-charging TCBG - and the work on that continues. This year is all about bringing the business together with our group finance and HR and also product. We need to ensure we're maximising the best of TCBG. |