Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Leonard Curtis has appointed Gavin Snell as its first Non-Executive Chairman. Snell is an experienced leader with a proven record in growing and transforming professional services, SaaS and information services organisations. He has recently led two successful PE exits having overseen significant organic growth and effective delivery of multiple acquisitions.
He will join an experienced executive team in CEO Dan Booth, COO David Brown and CFO Paul Birks to deliver ambitious growth targets, working with Pollen Street Capital, which acquired a majority stake in the firm this year.
Jonathan Guest, Investment Director at Pollen Street, said “Gavin blends experience of working in entrepreneurial high growth environments with a larger multi-national corporate track record, which is well aligned to the needs of Leonard Curtis as it accelerates national growth and operational scale.”
CEO Dan Booth said“We liked Gavin from the start. He is naturally engaging and tells us he is not afraid to roll his sleeves up – proven by his outstanding track record in delivering profitable growth in previous roles. He will bring vision, energy and ambition to our mission and as well as sector, people management, M & A and tech experience which will be invaluable. We look forward to welcoming him to the Board.”
