Biography of Dave Foran
Dave is a Chartered Certified Accountant with significant experience in advising growing entrepreneurial businesses on a wide range of matters including:
- Strategic reviews and business planning
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Fundraising and funding strategies
- Financial modeling
- Management information systems
- Profit improvement exercises and "grooming" strategies
- Exit and succession planning
- Special projects in their widest sense
In 2005 Dave was instrumental in the inception of Grant Thornton Liverpool’s Special Projects team and worked particularly closely with Howard in establishing this team as a key player in the Liverpool, Chester and North Wales market place during which time the team grew to seven full time members of staff. Dave worked as a Senior Manager and Associate Director of this team until late 2008 when he left Grant Thornton to adopt a similar role for himself and now in conjunction with Howard.
Dave has industry specialisms in technology, waste management and recycling (including a Non-Executive Director role for a high growth recycling company), waste2energy, professional practices and family business. Like Howard, he has a particular interest in providing proactive and creative advice to his clients with an emphasis on “making it happen”.
