CORE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Archie Coulson - Chairman

Co-founder of Postern in 1991 after many years of experience in reconstructions across a wide variety of industries. Archie has managed some 29 assignments, being chairman or deputy chairman of 15 of these. His assignments have included the chairmanship of Prestwick Holdings plc, the chairmanship of a £200 million turnover private agricultural and processing group, deputy chairman ERA Group plc and chairman of a multi-national logistics group.

Michael Scordino - CEO

A consummate leader and CEO for >20 years that can successfully bring many different parties together to ensure satisfactory outcomes for all. A deep thinker with strong analytical skills and numerous years of leadership, turnaround and re-structuring experience internationally in various industry sectors across Europe, North America, Middle East and China, and in such sectors as media, entertainment, event management, hospitality, real estate, IP, IT, advertising, insurance, automotive and technology.

Michèle Maddocks - Director

Michèle heads the Interim Management business of Postern, joining after a career in Financial Public Relations with Broad Street Associates and Warwick Corporate, where she worked on several hostile takeover bids and handled analyst, media and investor relations. Since joining Postern she has successfully secured multi-discipline assignments within the retail, fmcg, manufacturing, engineering and public sectors.

Trevor Swete

One of the original founders of Postern, Trevor set up Postern Fund Management, formed to manage a SFA regulated turnaround fund invested in by a number of leading private equity funds. Prior to joining Postern he was Managing Director of Hill Samuel and transactions included the privatisations of Jaguar and British Airways, Dunlop and Godfrey Davis reconstructions. He later joined Drexel Burnham Lambert as Managing Director, corporate finance, to establish the department and a £200 million mezzanine fund. During his former time at Postern he successfully managed several corporate turnarounds.

Tony Evans

An interim CEO since 1994; operating internationally in quoted, PE funded and VC supported capital and/or labour intensive companies. A deliverer of world class added value, often through complex transformational change, he has successfully turned round groups of companies with >£0.5bn fixed assets and over 6000 employees; established and run multi-national teams; and contributed in excess of £100 million in client value on a number of assignments.

John Cowley

John Cowley has 20 years in international CEO turnaround roles with corporates such as BTR, and 10 years working for investors and lenders as an interim executive. He has saved and grown start-ups, SMEs, and global multi-site operations >£100M, and has worked across many markets and technologies. He has graduated from the Harvard Advanced Management Program, and from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences, and focuses on manufacturing and logistics.

Adrian Binney FCA

An Interim Chartered Accountant with significant restructuring, crisis cash management and turnaround experience across many industries, particularly manufacturing, distribution, food services, retail and construction/civil engineering. Prior to becoming an Interim, he has been FD of Publicly Quoted and Private Equity owned groups, which operated across Eastern/Western Europe and into USA.

Peter Crossley FCA