Business Advisors

Ajit Patel

Ajit is an independent SFEDI accredited business consultant, with extensive experience in the enterprise support sector having worked in supporting SME’s for over two decades. He specialises in business planning, financial analysis, and author of numerous viable business plans which have successfully raised finance. He is a mentor and also delivers business workshops and seminars.As a graduate member of the Institute of Export, he has excelled in International Trade both in the public and private sector, and continues actively to develop his business consultancy and two other businesses.

Alan Goodall

A business and marketing consultant with over 25 years of experience gained in SMEs and PLCs (such as Jerrold, Raytheon, Hutchison Whampoa and Orange) in a variety of senior roles both in the UK and international markets. Currently works with clients in multiple market sectors with specialist areas of business and marketing planning, market growth and new product delivery, operational processes and systems, telecommunications and training. Alan is an accredited business advisor and mentor.
www.alangoodallassociates.co.uk

Andrea Sangster

Andrea Sangster is an expert in communications and an award-winning editor who helps people promote themselves online and offline. Her own career started in 1990 when she graduated in Media Studies from The University of Westminster to work as a freelance radio reporter for the BBC. She then carved out a career at various communications and design agencies, including a division of Reed Elsevier Publishing, rising from a humble Copywriter to Head of Creative Services in charge of copy, design and print. In 2002 Andrea came to HiB for help in launching her own marketing agency, Alphabetti Communciations. Now she is returning the favour, delivering our training in PR, marketing and social media for small businesses.
www.alphabetti.com

Andrzej Warhaftig has been a self employed business advisor for 8 years. He spent 26 years in banking, and then moved to head up the consultancy division of a business support organisation. In his career he has been the CEO of a Chamber of Commerce and then Regional Sales Manager for an IT company. Andrzej has always specialised in helping businesses raise finance, through his involvement in the only business credit union in the country, and undertaking training in business planning and raising finance for various enterprise agencies and chambers of commerce.

Andrew Egan

My speciality is general business consulting including executive mentoring to aid performance improvement for the owner or his/her top management team. I am passionate about putting quality into sales, marketing and related operational activities. I also place high importance on negotiating useful strategic alliances and getting the right mix of conventional or e-channel routes to market. My style is hands-on.

Andrew Marsden

Andrew is a Registered United Kingdom and European Community Trade Mark and Design Attorney. Andrew can provide advice on Intellectual Property matters in the field of trade marks, design and copyright.

Bill Blass

Bill Blass is an extremely experienced sales professional. Over the last 30 years Bill has risen from an Account Manager to Regional Sales Director and now provides Business Advice, Sales Training, Sales Mentoring and Sales Coaching Services to SME’s. His first hand knowledge of the sales environment has provided an excellent baseline from which he delivers sales advice and sales mentoring sessions to companies from all business sectors.

Chris Marland

Chris has been lead adviser for HiB for the last 3 years during which he has helped many clients become "investment ready" utilising his knowledge of the financial markets and his banking contacts to raise appropriate development funding. He previously spent 35 years in the banking industry gaining specialist expertise in commercial finance, business & financial planning and debt counselling. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and is a SFEDI qualified business adviser.

Clare Concannon

With many years experience in the Hospitality industry and as a University lecturer teaching entrepreneurship, Clare is co-founder of our Women Entrepreneurs Idea to Implementation programme. In addition to providing advice in the areas of training delivery and skills analysis Clare is also able to provide consultancy services in general management, life management and merchandising and selling.

David Tobert

David has many strings to his bow, from selling antique silver in America to having his own chain of six fruit shops. He has also had a career in local government, as Brent councillor for Kenton Ward and Deputy Mayor of Brent. David has a B.A Hons in Social Sciences and has been an advisor for HiB since 1987. His specialist areas include retail shops, children’s nurseries, homes for the elderly, local government planning process, simple book-keeping, creation of business plans and cash flow forecasts. His emphasis is on practical skills rather than theory.

Edwina Hughes

With over twenty years cross-sector experience in the provision of business advice, consultancy and training, Edwina brings a mix of knowledge, practical advice and motivating spirit to clients. Prior to setting up her own business, Edwina had a corporate career spanning finance and business development in the oil industry and planning and marketing in television. She was part of the planning and start-up team for The Discovery Channel Europe. An accredited business adviser whose specialist areas include business planning, marketing, PR and communication strategies.

Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet is a blogger and owner of an online business. He has combined his extensive knowledge of IT, marketing, graphic design, writing and pyschology to create a unique business offering. Through mindmap and brainstorming meetings, he facilitates the simplification of business ideas and their representation online. He works with his clients to develop core ideas, create strap lines, write content and advice them in everything relating to marketing themselves and their businesses online.
www.tofreethemind.com www.purpleorchard.co.uk

Kevin Wright

Kevin Wright trained in the City with Spicer & Oppenheim (now DeloitteTouche) and is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor. He was a partner in a West London firm prior to becoming a partner of Leftley Rowe & Co, a four-partner firm based in Harrow. Kevin has considerable experience in dealing with start up businesses, advising in assisting growth and profitability for established businesses and tax advice.
www.leftley-rowe.co.uk

Rupert Knight

Rupert is a European Patent Attorney. Rupert can provide advice on Intellectual Property matters in the field of patents, design and copyright.
www.dolleymores.com

Simon Baylis

Simon worked at Freemans plc (retail Mail Order) from 1978 until 1998. Initially managing and regenerating the quality function, he moved over to project management on a wider front. This included taking two sections of the business through Investors in People and ISO 9000 before moving into the Human Resources Department. As part of that function he developed his project management role, reviewing the recruitment processes, revising the company staff handbook, setting up a graduate recruitment process and managing assessment centres for recruitment. He is a nationally registered Assessor and Adviser for Investors in People, Alexander trained coach, trained assessor / auditor for ISO 9001:2008 and qualified business advisor.
www.baylis.biz

Simon Rae-Scott

Simon Rae-Scott's background is in teaching, the creative arts and information publishing and he has a particular interest in the use of new technology to engage and inform audiences. Over the past ten years he has also provided ICT and financial consultancy for businesses through a number of enterprise agencies and central and local government departments. This active engagement with providing business support led him to become a SFEDI accredited business adviser in 2007.