Apart from being a qualified accountant Barry has spent most of his working life as a Finance Director with good overseas experience. Barry has a very rounded picture of most of the difficulties business life can throw at a SME. In more recent years Barry has been giving business advice to SMEs and has assisted more than one in overcoming financial obstacles and, in doing this, mentored and trained the management in financial measurement and awareness.
The IIB is a not-for-profit research and accreditation organisation established in 1984 to give independent businesses direct access to some of the country's top business people so bringing practical advice & timely ideas to the business.
The IIB is the largest organisation of its type in Europe With over 3,000 Executive Associates having now been through our accreditation process, working with businesses mostly within the 'small to medium sized' (SME) sector, in placing at their disposal mature senior executives to use as 'sounding boards' and support and mentoring whenever and wherever is required, drawing on one of the most comprehensive support infrastructures in the world, during which time issues arising within any aspect of the business can be addressed.