Experience

The Aaronite years

Mike Grant and Iain Lynam formed Aaronite Partners Limited in June 2006 to provide leadership in managing turnarounds by providing “chief restructuring officer” services. The firm expanded becoming the Aaronite Partnership LLP in June 2009. There are now 6 partners.

Current Aaronite assignments in the public domain include: -

2 entertain Limited – Chairman and non-executive director

Care Principles Group – Chief Executive Officer and non-executive director

Hospedia Limited (formerly Patientline) - Non-Executive Director

Libra NHP Limited – Chairman and non-executive director

McCarthy & Stone PLC – non-executive director

Recent completed Aaronite assignments include: -

Chairman, Bison Limited – manufacturer of concrete flooring based in the UK Midlands, which was restructured and then sold through a pre-pack process

Advisor, Deutsche Woolworths – major German retailer that went through a major cost reduction exercise

Non-executive directors – part of the contingency plan in a major restructuring of a UK insurance business

Strategic advisor, Parliamentary Estates Office – to assist with a cost reduction exercise

Advisor, North West NHS Strategic Health Authority - to help address financial underperformance in a number of its trusts

Advisor – assisted a major UK institution conduct a stalking horse bid to facilitate the successful sale of a UK/US media rights business

CRO & non-executive director, Torex Retail PLC – sale of a troubled software business through a pre-pack process

... the years before

Prior to joining Aaronite the individual partners have considerable senior level experience including: