Performance Advisory: providing practical, impactful solutions

The Leonard Curtis Performance Advisory team, led by Director Phil Lyons, delivers specialised services to businesses to help them achieve their potential in terms of financial performance – a service that sits perfectly alongside Leonard Curtis’ wider restructuring expertise.

What is Performance Advisory?

Performance Advisory is the latest service line offering from Leonard Curtis – our expert team guides organisations through both rapid change and complex transformation.

How do I know whether my client needs Performance Advisory support?

Symptoms of client underperformance can include:

  • Fall in turnover.
  • Reduced/negative EBITDA.
  • Net cash outflow.
  • Post-deal performance issues.
  • Upcoming sale of business.

Upcoming organisational change can also be a key driver in the need for transformation planning.

What are your solutions?

Every initial business review is bespoke, and a core strength of the Leonard Curtis team is the personalised, hands-on approach. We will work closely with your clients to identify and implement solutions together, building strong, reliable relationships that you can count on.

Once we have an understanding of the business need, we are able to provide solutions including:

  • Cost reduction.
  • Process/controls improvement.
  • Business plan review.
  • Product profitability review.
  • Post-deal synergy/efficiency identification.
  • Transformation planning.
  • Transformation implementation.
  • Course correcting Project Management Office (PMO).

Given the challenges facing the UK economy, especially the increase in costs for business with the upcoming enforcement of the latest Budget measures, the need for targeted action to protect profit is clear.

If you have any questions, contact your local team on 01489 550440 or 01202 712810.

Meet the team

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Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Daniel Williams

HR

Manchester

Sam Burden

Administrator

Leeds

Restructuring and Insolvency

Kirsty Swan

Associate Director

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Zahidur Miah

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Olivia White

Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Amber Walker

Manager

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Cameron Harrison

Business Development Executive

Thames Valley, London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sarah MacInnes

Optimise Client Manager

Manchester

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Finnlay Walsh

Senior Administrator

Bury

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Allison Whyborn

Compliance Senior

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Bethany Osmond

Senior Manager

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Business Development Manager

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Senior Administrator

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Office Manager

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Danielle Shore

Director

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David Manning

Manager

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Dan Bell

Head of Broker Relations

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Christian Waller

IT Director

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Gavin Snell

Non-Executive Chairman

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Oliver Cherry

Manager - Advisory

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Adam Dilworth

Trainee Data Analyst

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Ryan McGuinness

Administrator

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Sam Hackett

Administrator

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Anthony Flannigan

Business Development Manager

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Administrator

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Events Manager

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Director

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Martin Maloney

Director

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Liz Welch

Director

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Mark Colman

Director

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Bradley Jordan

Trainee Insolvency Administrator

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Robert Dunleavy

Manager

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Richard Corke

Senior Manager

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Adam Hembrough

Head of Development

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HR Assistant

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Vicky Pitts

Director

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Director

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Kieran Higson

Manager

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Andrew Bayley

Director

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Catherine Reynolds

HR Director

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Helen Sutherland

Paralegal

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Diane Shovelton

Compliance Director

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George Piggott

Senior Administrator

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Oliver Kennedy

Assistant Manager

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Azimunnisa Raj

Senior Administrator

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Anthony Milnes

Director

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Jake Lee

Administrator

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Samantha Burke

Personal Assistant / Office Manager

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Jane Matthewman

Assistant Manager

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Helen Hutchinson

Administrator

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James Hall

Associate Director - Head of Data

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Richard Bruton

Business Development Manager

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Sean Ward

Associate Director

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Charlie Bunting

Trainee Solicitor

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Manager

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Toby Cooper

Manager

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Cameron Ford

Senior Administrator

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Head of Funding

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Business Development Manager

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Alex Cadwallader

Director - Head of South and Offshore

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Harish Bhojwani

Manager

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Restructuring and Insolvency

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Cara McNulty

Senior Administrator

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Adiya Akylbekova

Operations and Finance Business Partner

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Alfie Yearsley

Graduate Data Analyst

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Nara Fullbrook

HR Business Partner

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Ryan Holdsworth

Director

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Toby Rolls

Head of M&A Advisory - Director

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Megan Birks

Junior Administrator Apprentice

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Sophie McDonough

Senior Manager

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Andrew Pitts

Director

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Tracy Gardner

Associate Director of Advisory Services – Property and Construction

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Ben Bardsley

Supervisor

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Robert Banbury

Business Development Manager

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Karen Assiak

Senior Consultant

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Charlotte John

Manager

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Amber Holt

Finance Support Administrator

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Jane Wragg

Business Development Manager

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Senior Manager

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Manager

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Jonathan Roberts

Solicitor | Director

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Senior Administrator

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Helen Murray

Senior Relationship Manager

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Sally Adjemian

Payroll Manager

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Leonard Gerber

Director

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Henry Dickinson

Administrator

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Nicola Carlton

Senior Administrator

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Daniel Szczerkowski

Administrator

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Junior Administrator

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Katharine Lawrenson

Solicitor | Director - Head of Insolvency

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Anbrin Sadaf

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Director

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Marketing Executive

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Ben Kelly

Administrator

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