Ian Munro is the Founder and Director of LMG and also the Business Turnaround Practice Area leader. He handles all new membership enquiries and resources candidates for Interim assignments. Ian has a wealth of business experience and is a director of several companies. He focuses on company turnarounds and new ventures and is effective at motivating and directing senior teams through a pragmatic and hands on approach.
Ian believes that effective Performance Management has to be at the core of all organisations - large and small - if they are to make progress in today's tough market place. He is a director of Link Performance Management Limited
Practice Areas
Primary Capabilities
Pragmatic and hands-on, operating as an Interim Director or Senior Manager in developing and turnaround companies. Track record of achieving results in tough challenging environments. Runs a coaching/mentoring practice for senior Executives. Operates on a portfolio and full time contract basis.
Preferred Activities
Business development and/or company turnarounds on either a consultancy or interim management basis. Normally role involves intensive coaching/mentoring of top teams.
Core Offer
A successful Director working at General Management level with the following characteristics:
- High integrity
- Pragmatic problem solver
- Adapting to different business sectors
- Broad sector experience
- Energetic people motivator
- Excellent mentor and coach
- Strong communicator and presenter
- Innovative commercial approach
Other disciplines offered:
- Business Development
- Performance Management
- Executive mentoring
- Executive coaching
- Training and development
Primary Sector Experience
The majority of time in the last twenty five years has been spent in the business to business arena in a number of different sectors including:
- Transport/distribution/warehousing
- Consultance
- Insurance
- Interior construction contracting
- Energy
- Business services
- Light Engineering
- Public sector
- Outsourced services
Areas of Distinctive Performance and Value-Addition
A successful track record utilising his people and general business skills in the following:
- Corporate recovery programmes
- Improving senior executive performance
- Performance Management programmes
- Profit improvement initiatives
- New business start ups
- Facilitating progress in M & A projects
- Focusing boards to deliver results
- Instigating/managing change programmes
- Business reviews and restructures
Notable Case Studies
Creative Interior Contracts LtdAir Cargo and Warehousing Business
Qualifications and professional memberships
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Institute of Directors
Employment Summary
| Consultant, NextStepsGroup Ltd | 1989-pres |
| Group Board Director, Reliance Security Group PLC | 1985-1989 |
| Regional Director, Reliance Security Group PLC | 1979-1985 |
| Senior Sales and Marketing positions with "blue chip" fmcg companies | 1966-1979 |
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