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

Joshua White

Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Andrea Harper

Audit and Risk Manager

Manchester

Business Services

Neil Wright

Memberships Manager | Consultant

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Aaminah Dadabhoy

Senior Administrator

Preston

Restructuring and Insolvency

Oliver Cherry

Manager - Advisory

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Restructuring Advisory, Performance Advisory

Harry Matthews-Roberts

Manager

Jersey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Offshore services

Jane Matthewman

Assistant Manager

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Personal insolvency

Rachel Roscoe

Junior Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Personal insolvency

John Buchanan

Associate Director

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Corporate Insolvency, Restructuring Advisory

Ross Heald

Junior Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Ben Powell

Business Advisory Analyst

Manchester

Funding

Business advisory

Avery Lewis

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Jonathan Roberts

Solicitor | Director

London

Leonard Curtis Legal

Corporate and commercial

Sean Williams

Director - Head of North East

Leeds

Exec Team, Restructuring and Insolvency

Chris Knott

Director

Stoke

Restructuring and Insolvency

Lauren Maloney

Business Development Manager

Sheffield

Funding

Maciej Gomola

Junior Administrator Apprentice

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Cheryn Fisher

Legal Executive

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Awaes Ali

Business Advisory Analyst

Manchester

Funding

Business advisory

Kristie Bowden

Trainee Cashier

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Joanne Tipper

Senior Business Development Manager

Chester

Lifecycle

Mike Dinnell

Structured Debt Manager

Liverpool

Funding

Structured debt solutions

Charlotte Thompson

Administrator

Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

Andrew Gregory

Solicitor | Director - Chairman

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Insolvency, Dispute resolution

Tom Benson

Administrator

Sheffield

Restructuring and Insolvency

Kieran Higson

Manager

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Nick Myers

Director

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Nara Fullbrook

HR Business Partner

Bury

HR

Katie Carroll

Supervisor - Cashier

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Helen Hales

Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Katharine Lawrenson

Solicitor | Director - Head of Insolvency

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Insolvency

Marcus Cradden

Trainee Cashier

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Amy Nelson

Manager

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Restructuring and Insolvency

India Lawrenson

Solicitor

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Company & commercial

Allison Whyborn

Compliance Senior

Bury

Compliance

Oliver Rose

Junior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Grace Cabangal

Accounts Assistant

Bury

Finance

Nicola Brooks

Head of Client Relations (North)

Manchester

Lifecycle

Daniel Szczerkowski

Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Timothy Kendrick

Administrator

Gateshead

Restructuring and Insolvency

Michael Woodward

Senior Administrator

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Christian Waller

IT Director

Bury

IT

Olivia White

Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Jennifer Moore

Solicitor | Director - Head of Corporate and Commercial

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Corporate and commercial

Charlotte Bradley

Marketing & Communications Executive

Manchester

Marketing

Becky Owen

Head of Funding

Manchester

Exec Team, Funding

Rik Heap

Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Martin Maloney

Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Krish Singh

Learning and Development Manager

Bury

HR

Redvers Rowson

Junior Administrator Apprentice

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sherrelle Scott

Solicitor | Director

Manchester

Leonard Curtis Legal

Corporate and commercial

Natasha Lee

Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Dane O'Hara

Director

Thames Valley, London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Restructuring Advisory

Leonard Gerber

Director

Isle of Man, Guernsey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Chloe Hobson

Senior Administrator

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Michael Wain

Head of Memberships | Consultant

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Mike Critchley

Non-Executive Director

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Beth Taylor

Office Support

Bury

Support

Laura Archbold

Business Manager | Consultant

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Steve Markey

Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Deborah Lockwood

Director

Sheffield, Rotherham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Phil Lyons

Director

London

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Performance advisory

Aslam Mulla

Manager

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Karen Assiak

Senior Consultant

Manchester

Business services

Advisory services - property & construction

Carl Faulds

Group Head of Restructuring and Insolvency Operations

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Helen Hutchinson

Administrator

Liverpool

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sam Hackett

Administrator

Barlborough

Restructuring and Insolvency

Daniel Jeanes

Business Development Manager

Cardiff

Lifecycle

Natasha Phillimore

Administrator

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Phil Morton

Director

Loughborough

Restructuring and Insolvency

Darren Robinson

Head of Business Development

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Jeremy Edward

Senior Administrator

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Wendy Harrison

Office Administrator

Bury

Support

Bradley Jordan

Trainee Insolvency Administrator

Guernsey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Offshore services

Adam Hembrough

Head of Development

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Phil Trueman

Specialist Business Development Manager

Beverley, Leeds, York

Funding

Commercial finance brokerage

Nicola Layland

Director

Hampshire, Dorset

Restructuring and Insolvency

Beverley Roberts

Secretary

Bury

Support

Shannon Jones

Senior Administrator

Sheffield, Rotherham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Yasin Hussain

Administrator

Preston

Restructuring and Insolvency

Alana Mills

Senior Business Development Manager

Barlborough, Loughborough

Lifecycle

Henry Dickinson

Administrator

Sheffield

Restructuring and Insolvency

Steve Dunwell

Director

Barlborough

Funding

Commercial finance brokerage

Monty Nash

Junior Administrator

Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

Richard Turvey

Director

Manchester

Business Services

Emma Brown

Membership Manager

Bury

Business Services

Virtualnonexecs

Yamin Vahaluwala

Senior Data Analyst

Bury

IT

Anthony Milnes

Director

Huddersfield

Restructuring and Insolvency

Syed Islam

Accounts Supervisor

Bury

Finance

Alfie Yearsley

Graduate Data Analyst

Bury

IT - Data

Catherine Greathead

Senior Administrator

Preston

Restructuring and Insolvency

David Smithson

Director

Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Ian Lomas

Consultant

Manchester

Business Services

Advisory services - property & construction

Catherine Ormerod

Supervisor

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sidhra Qadoos

Assistant Manager

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

George Piggott

Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sophie Smith

Associate Director

Guernsey

Restructuring and Insolvency

Offshore services

Paul Haworth

Head of Group Compliance

Bury

Compliance

Dan Ormerod

Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Conor Jones

Advisory Analyst

Manchester

Funding

Business advisory

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