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

Jordan Sawicz

Administrator

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Charlotte Bradley

Marketing & Communications Executive

Manchester

Marketing

Michael Broadbent

Site Support Engineer

Bury

IT

Amelia Smith

Administrator

Dorset, Hampshire

Restructuring and Insolvency

Darren Grimshaw

Associate Director

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Personal insolvency

Michelle Oliver-Tomlinson

Manager

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Conrad Beighton

Director - Head of Midlands

Birmingham

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Helen Hales

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Laurence Ollerton

Assistant Manager

Bury

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James Hall

Associate Director - Head of Data

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Annelise Videira

Assistant Manager

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Becky Owen

Head of Funding

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Iain Nairn

Director

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Ed Fenwick

M&A Manager

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Liam Griffin

Advisory Director

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Dan Ormerod

Director

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Richard Corke

Senior Manager

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Marcus Cradden

Trainee Cashier

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Helen Murray

Senior Relationship Manager

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Nicola Harcombe

Assistant Manager

Bristol

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Emma Hartley

Assistant Manager

Bury

Restructuring and Insolvency

Jane Carey

Associate Director

Bury

Compliance

Chetan Chudasama

Enterprise Applications Manager

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Charlotte John

Manager

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Amber Holt

Finance Support Administrator

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Hannah Hills

Strategic Projects Business Partner

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Tyrone Egan

Office Support

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Administrator

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Senior Support

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Paralegal

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Director

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Robert Dunleavy

Manager

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Joe Douglas

Associate Director - Business Advisory

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Samantha Fishwick

Compliance Senior

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Henry Dickinson

Senior Administrator

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Senior Administrator

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Katharine Lawrenson

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Specialist Funding Relationship Manager

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Ulysses Urban

Senior Administrator

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Bethany Osmond

Senior Manager

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Ryley Platt

Service Desk Engineer

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Yasin Hussain

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Michelle Temiwoluwa

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Director

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Anbrin Sadaf

Office Support

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Steven Eyre

Manager

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John Buchanan

Associate Director

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Catherine Reynolds

HR Director

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Chris Rodger

Group Financial Controller

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Stephen Hartshorne

Senior Manager

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Neil Wright

Memberships Manager | Consultant

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Nella Lawrence

Legal Secretary

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Toby Rolls

Head of M&A Advisory - Director

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Jon Miles

Administrator

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Richard Bruton

Funding Relationship Manager

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Administrator

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Phil Trueman

Specialist Funding Relationship Manager

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Learning and Development Business Partner

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Toby Gibbons

Assistant Manager

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Restructuring and Insolvency

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Specialist Funding Relationship Manager

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Mark Robinson

Funding Relationship Manager

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David Tovey

Manager

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Gary Cain

Head of Business Services

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Rachael Johns

Manager

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Adam Dilworth

Trainee Data Analyst

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Cameron Ford

Senior Administrator

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Azimunnisa Raj

Senior Administrator

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Yamin Vahaluwala

Senior Data Analyst

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John Crolla

Senior Manager

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Rob Venables

PR Coordinator

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Director

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Director

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Manager

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Business Development Executive

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Senior Administrator

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Manager

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Director - Funding Partnerships

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Senior Administrator

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Vicky Pitts

Director | Head of Compliance - Restructuring and Insolvency

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Amy Mehers

Director - Head of Personal Insolvency

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Sandie Williams

Client Director

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Oliver Cherry

Senior Manager - Advisory

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Restructuring Advisory

Sean Williams

Director - Head of Yorkshire and North East

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Business Advisory Analyst

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Mala Patel

Manager

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Ben Powell

Business Advisory Analyst

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Calvino Elliott

Head of Sales

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Virtualnonexecs

Stephen Jones

Business Development Manager

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Jenny Fell

Senior Solicitor

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Corporate

Chris Duffill

Director of Advisory Services

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Dane O'Hara

Director - Head of Restructuring Advisory

Thames Valley, London

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Matthew Wright

Director

Guernsey

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Martin Maloney

Director

Bury

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Tracy Gardner

Associate Director of Advisory Services – Property and Construction

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Senior Marketing Executive

London

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Lauren Maloney

Funding Relationship Manager

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Harry Gallivan

Administrator

Manchester

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