Martin Ling

Experience

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  Agilisys Ltd

  Nov 2000 - Dec 2003

  Financial Analyst

  - Privately owned entrepreneurial IT services and outsourcing group. - Member of internal corporate finance team specialising in structuring and financial modelling and on-going analysis of businesses spun out of the Agilisys group.- Financial modelling of new UK local authority outsourcing contracts, liaising with pricing and bidding teams. (Contract values in the region of £10m-£50m).

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  BMS Finance AB Limited

  Apr 2003 - Oct 2018

  Boutique investment manager specialising in provision of debt finance to privately owned companies through bespoke structures.- Director, Portfolio Manager and investment committee member for 2 specialist debt finance funds (Guernsey and Luxembourg domiciled). Responsibilities include: - sourcing of opportunities- due diligence and analysis of potential transactions for the funds - preparation and presentation of credit papers to investment committee. - negotiation of terms and structuring of transactions with subsequent oversight of legal documentation process.- on-going financial monitoring of portfolio companies within the funds, initiating restructuring of transactions as and when required.- FSA approval to perform CF4, CF10, CF11, and CF30 controlled functions.- Additional Finance Director responsibilities include compliance oversight, FSA reporting, oversight and management of financial control and reporting for all entities and funds within the BMS Finance group. Show less

  • Co-founder and CFO

    Nov 2012 - Oct 2018

  • Director

    Apr 2003 - Nov 2012
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  Don’t Walk Run Limited

  Dec 2018 - now

  Owner

  Board and management team level advisory business providing CFO, FD and other strategic advisory services to high growth, earlier-stage businesses.

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  Mobility Giant Limited

  Feb 2019 - now

  Advisor and Investor

  Investor and strategic advisor to the Board

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  Workz Group

  Oct 2019 - Jul 2020

  Strategic Advisor

  Oversight of group finance function and general strategic advice to management team and board.

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  Breedr

  Oct 2019 - Mar 2022

  Financial Products

  Designed, piloted and launched a unique, data-led cashflow product for the livestock sector, backed by a £10m debt facility.

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  Renewity

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2023

  Consultant Chief Financial Officer
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  JET Engineering System Solutions

  May 2022 - Jun 2023

  Consultant Chief Financial Officer

  Jet Engineering enables safe, secure and efficient 5G transmission of data in challenging marine based environments. It's unique "5g at sea" solution is revolutionising markets such as wind farms, smart ports and aquaculture installations.

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  FarmLend

  Sept 2022 - now

  Consultant CFO

  Leading design, fundraising and implementation of financial products.

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  Tax On Demand

  Sept 2022 - now

  Advisor and Investor

  ToD combines AI and automation technologies to continually review financial information of accounting practices' clients and identify what advice clients need; helping you protect your existing client base, maximise fee-income and win new clients.

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  Virgin StartUp

  Nov 2022 - now

  Virgin StartUp Mentor

  Virgin StartUp is an independent not-for-profit organisation, supporting founders to build better businesses. As a mentor I assist founders and future founders on all aspects and challenges associated with building exciting, successful, sustainable businesses.