Michael qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1979 and has an extensive knowledge of business, in that he was a partner in a 12 partnered firm of Chartered Accountants based in the West End for 25 years. He started CH International, an international association of Accountants, who operate in 26 countries. He was also a founding director of the corporate finance arm of the practice and has the CF Qualification.

He has raised funds for all sorts of businesses over the years and specialises in structuring inward investment. This has allowed investments to be made in diverse businesses, from cosmetics to manufacturing companies to films (Ladies In Lavender).

Michael’s breadth of experience allows companies to access his many years of experience to help them start, flourish and expand.

Matt has spent over 25 years in the financial services sector starting out in personal finance and employee benefits before moving into the corporate finance sector. With extensive experience in the the asset based lending sector and financing businesses in distress Matt is a keen advocate of the “turnaround culture,” and former Turnaround Finance Group Committee Member, and believes that many businesses are to quick to be placed in to formal insolvency when viable alternatives exist for both the business and it’s creditors.

Matt has also developed a keen interest in the property sector and the funding of development finance projects and is our expert in bridging finance.

Sectors include: Manufacturing; distribution; property and business services. Companies include: Willis Coroon; GE Capital; RBS/NatWest and Venture Structured Finance.

Tony Maher is an energetic, pragmatic senior security professional and problem-solver, particularly experienced in the development and leadership of teams, in the provision of complex security solutions for diverse, national and international organisations and in the establishment of information sharing groups to make best use of resources and to develop and improve best practice.

Mike is a Chartered Accountant (qualified in 1970) with broad commercial management, business development and financial experience across a number of industries in the UK, Africa, Indian Ocean, USA and Australasia specialising in media and entertainment since 1980.

Mike is a seasoned entrepreneur, bold enough to undertake any scale of challenge with drive, commitment and great humour. He excels in deal making and negotiation, bringing a robust yet friendly approach to business. An astounding ability to seemingly know everyone in every company on first name terms, he is a consummate networker, and highly regarded people-person. Bringing razor-sharp focus and expertise to financials coupled with a very broad breadth of market, commercial, technology and operational knowledge, Mike is a highly adaptable and very capable leader and team player.

Ian O’Brien has had ownership participation in various Post Production facilities. Foremost in the 90’s was Seventy Plus Productions Ltd. SPP produced in excess of 600 Documentary Productions for such companies as BBC Worldwide, A&E, The History Channel etc.

During the period 1999 -2001 he set up a Film Department at Teddington Studios. This Department catered for some of the major Productions for British TV and Feature Films. From 2001 to date Ian has developed film finance businesses as a director and executive, and has been Associate Producer on the Feature Films: ‘Plato’s Breaking Point’ which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and ‘Asylum’ which won the Jack London Award at the Napa Valley Festival in California.

As an Executive Producer he has participated in the funding of Gerry Anderson’s ‘Captain Scarlet’ and currently the Feature Film ‘How I Found Memphis’ with Matt Dillon & Danny Glover. In 2006 Institutional backing was sought and secured, to establish a new TV co-financing entity.

Yvette Hoyle is the CEO of Coppola Productions Limited.  She has an extensive network in TV/film and has a wide range of diversified skills from production, project management, PR, marketing, sales, packaging deals and raising finance.

She is currently producing for 2009-2011, features “Angel Wing”, “Desolate” and the “Golden Flame” and is Co producer the film “Garbo” and “Carpet Boy”. Yvette has working partnerships with UK and international feature film and television producers worldwide including Magic Hour Media, Olympia, Solar Productions and many more.

Productions: Executive Producer for “Casanova’s Love Letters”, a TV drama/ documentary starring Tom Frederic’s & Patrick Bergin and the Film “Casanova’s Last Stand” starring Armand Assante.  She also Executive Produced the TV documentary “The Lost World of the Crystal Skull”.