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A Private Limited Company registered in England and Wales

Registered Number : 5351393

Business Turnaround
Ajilon Consulting
In June 2001 Martlet Consulting’s interim manager was appointed General Manager (Managing Director) of Ajilon Consulting (UK) Limited.  His task was to take an ailing, loss-making organisation and transform it into a profit centre thereby returning share-holder value.

Ajilon is the global leader in managed services, IT consulting and specialty staffing, with450 offices operating in 17 countries, in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. It forms part of the Adecco Group of Companies.

The company started to make a loss as it passed from US to UK control.  It’s principal business was the provision of IT specialist support to blue chip companies.  The company lacked direction, control and sales activity; the consequential loss was £1m in the 6 months prior to his arrival, during his tenure he:

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Reduced operating costs by over 75% and instigated a wide-ranging redundancy programme which showed a £2m annual saving.
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Turned the company to making a profit within 5 months.  Operating at a Gross Margin in excess of 30%.
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Instigated wide-ranging personnel and operational changes that led to a 20% increase in Turnover.
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Reported a profit of £380k in 2003 on £7.9m turnover.
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Exceeded 2004 budget reporting a profit of £560k on £5.5m turnover.
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Increased revenue generating headcount from 56 to 200+.
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Represented the company winning bids (HP, IBM, Glaxo) totalling in excess of £15m.