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

Monty Nash

Junior Administrator

Bristol

Restructuring and Insolvency

Alex Stephens

Lender Relationship Specialist

Manchester

Funding

Commercial finance

Alex Cadwallader

Director - Head of South and Offshore

London

Exec Team, Restructuring and Insolvency

Neil Bennett

Director

London

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sam Kaye

Junior Administrator

Birmingham

Restructuring and Insolvency

Helen Hales

Senior Administrator

Manchester

Restructuring and Insolvency

Jon Miles

Administrator

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David Smithson

Director

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Specialist Business Development Manager

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Business Development Manager

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Business Advisory Analyst

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Jermaine Corbin

Business Development Representative

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Sarah Gray

Business Development Manager

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Heather Deson

Team Support Administrator

Birmingham

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Shamana Rani

Business Advisory Analyst

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Iain Nairn

Director

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Jane Matthewman

Assistant Manager

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Charlie Bunting

Trainee Solicitor

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Carl Faulds

Group Head of Restructuring and Insolvency Operations

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Sally Adjemian

Payroll Manager

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Oliver Cherry

Senior Manager - Advisory

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Matthew Wright

Director

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Richard Bruton

Business Development Manager

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Maciej Gomola

Junior Administrator Apprentice

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Dan Booth

CEO

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Head of Commercial Real Estate

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Ben Ainsworth

Junior Insolvency Administrator

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Daniel Whitaker

Junior Administrator

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Anthony Milnes

Director

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Nicola Carlton

Senior Administrator

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Junior Administrator

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Conor Jones

Advisory Analyst

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Vicky Pitts

Director

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Joshua Young

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Amber Walker

Manager

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Janine Holloway

Management Accountant

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Amber Holt

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Chris Rodger

Group Financial Controller

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Gavin Snell

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Matthew Naylor

Administrator

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Kay Gee

Senior Consultant

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Joph Young

Director

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Nicola Layland

Director

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Chris Beevers

Head of Search

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Yasin Hussain

Administrator

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Andrew Pitts

Director

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Stephen Hartshorne

Senior Manager

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Jake Lee

Senior Administrator

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Anbrin Sadaf

Office Support

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James Nixon

Business Development Executive

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Rebecca Lawton

Office Administrator

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Gus Fiennes

Administrator

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Robyn Snape

Senior Relationship Manager

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Tracy Gardner

Associate Director of Advisory Services – Property and Construction

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Manager

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Senior Manager

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Amanda Harrison

HR Business Partner

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Logan Mantle

Head of Corporate Development

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Toby Gibbons

Assistant Manager

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Una Spencer

Cashier

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Aaminah Dadabhoy

Senior Administrator

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Ben Bardsley

Supervisor

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Nick Myers

Director

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Megan Singleton

Director

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Sean Ward

Associate Director

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Andrew Knowles

Director

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Mike Critchley

Non-Executive Director

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Senior Administrator

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Associate Director

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Tom Young

Administrator

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Junior Administrator

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Eve Johnson

Junior Administrator

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Junior Administrator

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Manager

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Zaynah Anjam

Business Development Insights Manager

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Christian Waller

IT Director

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Joe Thompson

Assistant Manager

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Allison Whyborn

Compliance Senior

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Ed Brown

Business Development Manager

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Site Support Engineer

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Junior Administrator

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Director

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Director

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