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

Cameron Ford

Senior Administrator

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sarah Gray

Business Development Manager

Gateshead

Lifecycle

Anthony Flannigan

Business Development Manager

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Mike Fortune

Director

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Oliver Cherry

Manager - Advisory

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Restructuring Advisory, Performance Advisory

Redvers Rowson

Junior Administrator Apprentice

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Simra Banaras

Junior Administrator

Gateshead

Restructuring and Insolvency

Karen Over

Manager

Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

Paula Smith

Solicitor | Director - Head of Legal

Manchester

Exec Team, Leonard Curtis Legal

Company & commercial

Adiya Akylbekova

Operations and Finance Business Partner

Bury

Finance

Shannon Jones

Senior Administrator

Sheffield, Rotherham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Nia Park

Junior Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Diane Shovelton

Compliance Director

Bury

Compliance

Oliver Kennedy

Assistant Manager

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Heather Deson

Team Support Administrator

Birmingham

Support

Danny Bulloch

Business Development

Glasgow

Funding

Commercial finance brokerage

Michelle Temiwoluwa

Paralegal

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Zara Mehmood

Management Accountant

Bury

Finance

Kieran Higson

Manager

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Robyn Snape

Senior Relationship Manager

Preston

Lifecycle

Amy Nelson

Manager

Leeds, York

Restructuring and Insolvency

Catherine Reynolds

HR Director

Bury

HR

Matthew Wright

Director

Guernsey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Offshore services

Deborah Hooton

Solicitor | Senior Associate

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Insolvency, Debt recovery

Mark Gledhill

Senior Manager

Leeds, York

Restructuring and Insolvency

Jordan Ayitey

Administrator

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sean Ward

Associate Director

Cardiff, Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

James Nixon

Business Development Executive

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Lifecycle

Dan Bell

Head of Broker Relations

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Funding

Newsource Commercial Finance

Aaron Blake

Head of Group Reporting

Bury

Finance

Amelia Blythe

Assistant Manager

Leeds, York

Restructuring and Insolvency

Samantha Burke

Personal Assistant / Office Manager

Leeds, York

Support

Charlotte Bradley

Marketing & Communications Executive

Manchester

Marketing

Siann Huntley

Director

Taunton Cardiff

Restructuring and Insolvency

Alison Britner

Group Operations Manager

Bury

Support

Megan Singleton

Director

Preston

Restructuring and Insolvency

Timothy Kendrick

Administrator

Gateshead

Restructuring and Insolvency

Tracy Gardner

Associate Director of Advisory Services – Property and Construction

Manchester

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Advisory services - property & construction

Helen Sutherland

Paralegal

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Insolvency, Debt recovery

Awaes Ali

Business Advisory Analyst

Manchester

Funding

Business advisory

Raul Mer

Administrator

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Mariam Asif

Junior Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Krish Singh

Learning and Development Manager

Bury

HR

Ross Heald

Junior Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Amelia Smith

Administrator

Dorset, Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

John Buchanan

Associate Director

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Corporate Insolvency, Restructuring Advisory

Harish Bhojwani

Manager

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Personal insolvency

Robert Banbury

Business Development Manager

Bristol, Taunton

Lifecycle

Joanne Stubbs

Account Manager

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Sarah Mann

Director of Operations | Consultant

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Stephen Hartshorne

Senior Manager

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Darren Robinson

Head of Business Development

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Ann Simmons

Senior Administrator

Liverpool

Restructuring and Insolvency

Mike Critchley

Non-Executive Director

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Nicola Carlton

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Nicola Harcombe

Assistant Manager

Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

Amber Holt

Finance Support Administrator

Guernsey

Finance

Offshore services

Dan Ormerod

Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Michael Woodward

Senior Administrator

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Helen Murray

Senior Relationship Manager

Birmingham, Worcester, Wolverhampton

Lifecycle

Amelia Ladbrook

Associate Director - Head of Marketing

Manchester

Marketing

Conrad Beighton

Director - Head of Midlands

Birmingham

Exec Team, Restructuring and Insolvency

Deborah Patrick

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Natasha Phillimore

Administrator

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Samuel Wood

Senior Manager

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Leonard Gerber

Director

Isle of Man, Guernsey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Megan Birks

Junior Administrator Apprentice

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Richard Hill

Specialist Business Development Manager

London

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Commercial finance brokerage

Eleanor Carmichael

Events Manager

Manchester

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Debbie Batchelor

Funding Accounts Executive

Bury

Funding

Commercial finance brokerage

Jonathan Britstone

Case Manager

Bury - Newsource Commercial Finance

Funding

Newsource Commercial Finance

Joph Young

Director

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Charlotte Thompson

Administrator

Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sophie Coates

Junior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Rebecca Angell

Marketing Executive

London

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Ben Bardsley

Supervisor

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Restructuring and Insolvency

Sarah Hewitt

Head of Commercial Real Estate

Bury

Funding

Commercial finance brokerage

Rebecca Lawton

Office Administrator

Bury

Support

Ryan Butler

Assistant Manager

Gateshead

Restructuring and Insolvency

Nara Fullbrook

HR Business Partner

Bury

HR

Dan Booth

CEO

Manchester

Exec Team

Matthew Naylor

Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Rochelle Schofield

Director

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Adam Hembrough

Head of Development

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Cate Lord

HR Assistant

Bury

HR

Darren Grimshaw

Associate Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Personal insolvency

Richard Miller

Associate Director - Head of Funder Relationships

Manchester

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Business advisory

Wendy Harrison

Office Administrator

Bury

Support

Ian Lomas

Consultant

Manchester

Business Services

Advisory services - property & construction

Brian Walters

Director

Harrogate - Newsource Commercial Finance

Funding

Newsource Commercial Finance

Sidhra Qadoos

Assistant Manager

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Ashley Petty

Manager

Jersey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Offshore services

Laurence Ollerton

Assistant Manager

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Harry Ball

Solicitor

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Insolvency

Alison McLauchlan

Manager

Liverpool

Restructuring and Insolvency

Ryan McGuinness

Administrator

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Amy Mehers

Director - Head of Personal Insolvency

Bury

Exec Team, Restructuring and Insolvency

Personal insolvency

Hilary Pascoe

Director

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Lucy Abbott

Senior Manager

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Marcus Cradden

Trainee Cashier

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

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