Finance Director

Hunter Kane Limited
March ‘05 to date
Joined HK as finance director in order to assist the management team with the re-birth of the company following the setbacks caused by a previous director. PPK had been involved as an adviser to Hunter Kane since April 2001. He is also involved with HK Resource Management LLP as part of a team promoting the outsourcing of IT, Accountancy and HR.

PPK
April ‘01 to March '05
Joined PPK Professional Services as managing partner in 2001. He was responsible for the smooth running of the firm and for ensuring that everyone at PPK worked to the highest standards in providing a first class client service.
In his thirty years of international experience in public practice and in commerce and industry, Steve acquired a formidable range of expertise and experience. His client portfolio included a number of highly successful individuals and organisations that he advised on a wide range of commercial, tax and personal financial planning issues.

Guildhall Limited
October ‘94 to March ‘01

Director of operations of this firm of risk management advisors to corporate treasury and the financial services industries. The company, which was SFA registered, was owned by Union Discount Company PLC and he was part of a buy-out team that took the company private. Concerned with the management and control of financial risk he acquired considerable experience of the operational risks found in all of the world’s largest organisations.

BZW (subsidiary Barclays PLC)
October ‘92 October ‘94

Head of European Operations for the debt derivatives group based in London. This role encompassed responsibility for infrastructure and reporting, including risk reporting, for front, middle and back offices.

Bankers Trust International
(UK subsidiary Banker Trust New York Corp.)
September ‘89 – October ‘92

VP and Head of the Traditional Derivatives Operations, London. Responsibility for infrastructure and reporting including risk reporting for back and middle offices.

Ernst & Young (London & New York)
September ‘85 to September ‘89

Senior Manager within the financial services industries group with responsibility for audit and consulting assignments on some of the world’s largest corporate and financial institutions.

Chase Manhattan Bank of Canada
‘83 to ‘85
Financial Controller of Canadian operations based in Toronto.

KPMG (Bristol & Toronto)
‘76 to ‘83

Experience of all areas of general practice work and latterly as a Senior Manager specialising in banking and finance while in the Toronto office.