Mike Cosby – Principal, South West

Originally from Devon, Mike studied Classics at Bristol University. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in London before moving into industry. After a brief spell in internal audit roles around Europe and Asia Mike settled for 10 years in Paris working with Blue Circle Industries and Crown Packaging (formerly MetalBox). Mike’s last role in Crown was as Managing Director of their operation in Ghana producing tuna cans for Heinz (John West brand) among other customers. Mike then moved back to Devon in 2006 and started providing part-time FD services to SMEs as well as developing a piece of forecasting software.