‘Insolvency practitioners need a good bedside manner’

is a consultant at Kingsland Business Recovery. With 35 years in the insolvency sector, he ran his own insolvency practice which he later sold to a national corporate rescue and recovery organisation. A former president of insolvency trade body R3, he is also a member of wold-leading insolvency association Insol, a board member of the Debt Advice Foundation, a regular conference speaker and a foodbank volunteer at the Welcome Centre in Huddersfield In life always do your best, as your best is always good enough. When dealing with a business in crisis, it is “shoot the wolf nearest the sledge” – in other words, deal with the most pressing problem first! I always carry in my bag my Swiss Army pen knife unless I get I it taken off me, as once happened going through security at Leeds County Court. Very embarrassing as I had forgotten it was in my bag! trade association which represents insolvency practitioners in the UK. It was a great experience, I met many interesting people on my travels, picked up lots of great ideas and realised that those in business around the world often have very similar problems to each other. When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut, but I think now I would have enjoyed being an archaeologist digging around in the dirt! Iyengar yoga, walking Marley, and spending time in my garden growing fruit and veg for which I have an outlet at Green Valley Grocers in Slawit.