John Kimber – Principal, South Coast

John is a commercially minded Chartered Accountant who has substantial experience at main board level of an international PLC, has also worked in Venture Capital funded companies and more recently for a variety of mid tier companies. He has extensive experience of acquisitions and disposals having project managed over 20 of each, both in the UK and overseas. He is familiar with the needs of external reporting and managing investor and lender relations and has a wide experience of internal management accounting and interpretation. Over his career he has successfully carried out a number of performance reviews of operations and implemented plans to improve systems, profitability and cash flow, he also has experience in the areas of Treasury, Taxation and Pensions Management. John has worked in a number of sectors including; Distribution, Inventory Management, Manufacturing, Contracting, Leisure, Building, Automotive, Aerospace and Defence. He also has experience in the Charity sector.