Harvey Mitchell

Harvey Mitchell

Divisional Management Accountant

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  • About me

    Highly experienced CFO – MBA, FCCA

  • Education

    • Rutlish School, Merton Park.

      1973 - 1978
    • University of Surrey

      1998 - 2001
      MBA
  • Experience

    • Ocean Cory

      Sept 1982 - Mar 1985
      Divisional Management Accountant

      Energy & Distribution Division of Ocean Transport & Trading PLC. £500m Turnover across 35 Companies in Coal Factoring, Ship Towage, Quarrying, Freight Forwarding, Waste Management, Haulage and associated services.

    • Thorn Software

      Apr 1985 - Dec 1990

      Computer Services provider, part of Thorn EMI. £200m Turnover. Providing full service traditional bureau processing, facilities management, bespoke consultancy, application implementation, on-line business information, BI software applications and bespoke systems development.

      • Chief Accountant

        Apr 1987 - Dec 1990
      • Senior Systems Accountant

        Apr 1985 - Mar 1987
    • Pilot Software

      Jan 1991 - Jan 1998

      Software development and distribution in the OLAP/BI/ Data Warehousing markets. $55m Turnover. A private company, venture capital funded until 1994 via a consortium including Bank of Boston, until acquired by Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Divested again after three years to Platinum Equity Holdings Inc. upon the hive down of D+B into three quoted components.

      • International Finance Director

        Jan 1994 - Jan 1998
      • UK Financial Controller

        Jan 1991 - Dec 1993
    • Systems Union

      Jun 1998 - Dec 2000
      UK Finance Director

      Software development and distribution in Enterprise software for the mid-market. $100m Turnover. The largest privately owned UK software company until acquired by freecom.net plc in May 2000.

    • Blue Pumpkin Software

      Jan 2001 - Apr 2003
      International Finance Director

      Software development, distribution and business consulting in the Workforce Management market. $35m Turnover. Number two in the world and one of the top five growth companies in the US.

    • Optimis Group

      May 2003 - May 2005
      Co Owner & Finance Director

      Software development, distribution and business consulting in the Workforce Optimisation market. £4m Turnover. Number one in its niche in the UK.

    • IT-Freedom

      May 2007 - Jun 2012
      CFO

      Part time CFO for IT-Freedom Limited providers of Operational Software Solutions to the General Insurance industry until its sale.

    • Watchstone Group Plc (Formerly Quindell Plc)

      Jun 2012 - Dec 2016
      Divisional Finance Director
    • Iotatech

      Jan 2017 - now
      CFO

      Co-Founder and CFO. Iotatech is a full pack Operational Software Solutions provider to the General Insurance industry

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants