Curriculum Vitae
Name: Grant Pegg
Address: *** ****** ****, ***********, ******** BN2 6LH
Contact details: Tel: 012**-******
Email: acw7fl@r.postjobfree.com
Linked In Profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/grant-pegg-7589a258
Location sought: London to South Coast
Professional JIEB Qualified – 2006
Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
Qualified Solicitor
Education: 1988 - 1989
The College of Law, Guildford – Passed the Law Society Final
1985 – 1988
Staffordshire University
LLB (Hons) 2:2
1977 – 1984
Princethorpe College, Rugby
3 A’ Levels in English Literature (B), French (B), Biology (D)
1 A/O’ Level English
9 O’ Levels
Current Position: Solicitor, Business Restructuring Specialist and Work Generator
Current Employer: SBP Law, City of London
Candidate profile: 23 years Corporate and Personal Insolvency experience
Decision maker in case progression and strategy
Strong commercial acumen
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent technical knowledge
Strong operational and staff management experience
Work Winning Activity
Maintains a network of work introducers which has greater delivery potential
Assists the practice in general marketing and practice development
Operational Experience
Directly manages more complex and challenging insolvency cases
Responsible for staff who manage cases from inception to completion
Reviews budgets, cash-flows, P&Ls and Balance Sheets
Undertakes insolvency investigation work
Responsible for maintaining case budgets, revenue and billing targets
Involved in marketing, presentations and all aspects of corporate insolvency and viability reviews
Interpretation and construction of management accounts, cash flow forecasts, estimated outcome statements, statements of affairs and declarations of solvency
Utilises detailed knowledge of insolvency law, employment law, environmental and health and safety law
Substantially involved in marketing, both in organising and attending functions and events
Conducts meetings at all levels with banks, boards members, management and the workforce in order to impart information and obtain best value at stake outcomes
July 2016 to date SBP LAW, City of London
Solicitor, Business Restructuring Specialist and Work Generator
Reason for leaving: Working as a Consultant and successfully generating leads and work amongst the Insolvency Practitioners, Company Directors and Business Community on an initial 3 months contract which is renewable. Managing both contentious and non-contentious matters and investigations. Maximising asset recovery for the benefit of the Insolvency Practitioners and creditors and advising directors on statutory duties and best practice under the Companies Acts and Insolvency Act.
September 2012 – June 2016 – Benedict Mackenzie Recovery Limited
Appointment Taking Insolvency Practitioner and Work Generator
Reason for leaving: The progressing of cases and winning work has become increasingly successful, generating circa £600,000 in fees per annum but although the work winning and team interaction are the strongpoints, there is more and more time spent in bureaucracy for the group companies to the detriment of the face to face interaction and lead generation which the candidate thrives on and is successful in.
Operational Experience
Management of firm’s compliance and best practice standards
Manages an insolvency caseload comprising of:
oCVLs
oCVAs
oCompulsory Liquidations
oAdministrations incorporating conventional, pre-pack and trading jobs (trading jobs in companies with up to 5m annual turnover)
oLPA Receiverships
oBankruptcies
oIVAs
Management of up to 8 staff directly and 52 indirectly incorporating delegation, review, resource deployment and planning, coaching and training.
Chairing creditors meetings
Devised precedent documentation, work packs for both corporate and personal insolvency departments, introduced new systems and procedures to facilitate the robust yet user friendly procedures
Case examples:
Undertook trading administrations, predominantly manufacturing companies, residential care homes and children’s nurseries, comprise the majority of the workload. Liaising with the Health and Safety Executive, Care Quality Commission and Ofsted forms part of the unique challenges afforded by this sector in day to day management.
Completed an LPA Receivership of a property in Knightsbridge for a Swedish bank for £5m, which involved liaising with the Serious Fraud Office, Metropolitan Police and CPS to agree to the sale in the light of a confiscation order issued against the proprietor.
Worked closely with the Serious Fraud Office in respect of a liquidation with a £1.4m fraud of a Lettings Agency.
Pre-packs incorporating the sale of an established and innovative manufacturer of carbon fibre body shells for satellites and F1 racing cars, with critical time pressures in respect of dealing with the international racing teams.
August 2010 – September 2012 - Carter Clark Financial Recovery
Appointment Taking Insolvency Practitioner and Work Generator
Reason for leaving: Activated license and is winning work but there is no available career progression.
December 2009 – July 2010 - Vantis Plc
Senior Manager
Reason for leaving: Company went in to Administration
October 2008 – October 2009 - Smith & Williamson Limited
Senior Manager
Reason for leaving: Directors left the business to set up Bridge Business Recovery rendering the remaining situation
untenable.
July 2007 – October 2008 - SFP
Senior Manager and Head of Compliance
Reason for leaving: Mistake, unable to integrate in to the firm’s culture.
October 2006 - June 2007 - Grant Thornton UK LLP
Manager – Recovery & Reorganisation
Reason for leaving: Undertaking Trading Administrations in long distance locations, needed to trade the opportunity
for something less intensive given the start of new family.
2004 - July 2006 - Tenon Recovery (Brighton)
Senior Manager - Business Recovery Department
Reason for leaving: Unable to progress career in regional office. Head hunted by personal contact at Grant Thornton.
1998 – 2004 - Baker Tilly (Brighton, formally BDO Stoy Hayward)
Manager - Business Recovery Services
Reason for leaving: Employed there for 6 years, moved on for career progression, Partner reported to left to go to Tenon and head hunted me to follow him with the promise of career progression and JIEB support.
1993 – 1998 - Morley & Scott
Insolvency Administer to Assistant Manager
Reason for leaving: Employed there for 5 years, moved on for career progression.