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Elaine Ford
Managing Director
Phone:
+64 9 442 1813
Mobile:
+64 274 459 852
Fax:
+64 9 443 1716
EMail:
elainef@linkbusiness.co.nz
Branch:
LINK New Zealand
For more than 25 years Elaine Ford has held Senior Executive positions within the Information Technology and Business Consulting industries both in Europe and New Zealand.
Prior to joining LINK Mergers & Acquisitions, Elaine was the CEO for a large privately owned technology company with more than 500 people operating nationally through branch and franchised offices. Turnover was in excess of $120 M.
Elaine has significant experience of corporate merger and acquisitions from the “coal face” her expertise being in business turnaround and change management. Elaine lead the formation of Onesource from the combined operations of U-Bix Document Solutions and Cogent Communications over a period of 2 years whilst maintaining targeted growth. The creation of a new brand and culture played a big part in this. (New Zealand Business October 2003 ).
Business turnaround and rapid growth has often resulted in the targeting, negotiating and subsequent merging of acquired businesses.
Elaine has a passion for “Values” in business and in the work done at Onesource is used as a reference in Values at Work by Michael Henderson, published by Harper Collins.
Elaine’s career path through the IT industry has included Senior Executive positions at IBM, Unisys, Oracle and Gen-I and as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Following her departure from Onesource Elaine spent a year working with partners to build businesses from the ground up. Licensing or franchising is an area where Elaine has a high interest level and experience.
In contrast to her background as an Electrical Engineer and a corporate business career Elaine has now become something of an expert in the SME sector and is a business owner in her own right. Elaine’s experience and proven ability in business both large and small means that she can provide valuable advice on exit strategies and positioning your business for sale. She also brings an impressive network of potential investors both here and overseas.
Most importantly, she has a passion for business and deal making.
NOTE: The Broker Listings tab below is for business I have listed for sale in Australia only - for my New Zealand listings, please refer to www.linkbusiness.co.nz
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