Keith Lidgate BSc, ACA, Associate Director -

After qualification at Arthur Young, Keith spent six years with a metal stockholding and manufacturing group, culminating in the position of Group Financial Controller during which time the company was bought from BP by its management. He then worked as a Management Consultant at Touche Ross.

His subsequent career has been as Financial Controller or Director of a variety of businesses in advertising & PR, professional services, telecoms and software. He also has general management experience after being promoted from FD to Managing Director of an imaging products group, charged with managing the transfer of a large proportion of the business to a JV, and stabilising and consolidating the remaining operations.

Since joining FD Solutions, Keith has carried out various projects grooming companies for sale, with particular emphasis on the strengthening of reporting procedures and the preparation of business plans and information for due diligence.