# Terry Irwin: Performance improvement for companies and senior executives

> NED supporting and advising boards\. Mentor to senior executives and companies\. Partner in career planning and development\. Provider of hard\-to\-find business intelligence\. Inspirational speaker and trainer\.

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## Pages
- [M\&A \& Market Intelligence](https://terryirwin.com/m-and-a-market-intelligence/): Are your expansion or investment plans being held back for lack of mission\-critical information? Before you can safely take any action, you’ll need certain critical insights about your potential acquisition or investment target, or a likely partner for a strategic alliance or joint venture\. 

You may have trouble unearthing such data, as much of it is not in the public domain\. Through my extensive network of contacts, I can find you the crucial information you need\.

- [Board Advisory \& Non‑Executive Director Roles](https://terryirwin.com/ned-board-advisory/): Is your business suffering due to lack of profitable growth, unclear or unfocused strategy, inadequate systems and processes, poor decision\-making, or an obsolete business model? Is trust in your company’s brand declining? Are you having trouble raising finance?

You can solve these and many other problems – and put your company on the road to profitable, sustainable growth – by seeking advice from the right quarter\.
- [Trusted counsel](https://terryirwin.com/trusted-counsel/): Do you feel you haven’t reached your full professional potential as a board member, senior executive or business owner? Or that improving your performance could help grow your company’s revenue? 

Find out how you can deal with the roadblocks you face in pursuit of your goals, manage change better, feel more in control, and enjoy greater job satisfaction\.
- [Home](https://terryirwin.com/): NED supporting and advising boards\.
Mentor to senior executives and companies\.
Partner in career planning and development\.
Provider of hard\-to\-find business intelligence\.
Inspirational speaker and trainer\.
- [About Terry](https://terryirwin.com/about-me/): I am an independent consultant who is privileged to help both businesses and people achieve their goals – whether through non\-executive directorships, strategic advice, business mentoring, career transition guidance, executive learning programmes or keynote presentations\.
What enables me to offer all these services to such a high level? It’s the blend of my deep and broad experience of the corporate world, both in the UK and internationally, and my extensive network of contacts in all industry sectors\.

## Testimonials
- [Mike Grant, Executive Coach, Grant Coaching \& Consulting Ltd](https://terryirwin.com/testimonial/mike-grant-executive-coach-grant-coaching-consulting-ltd/)
- [Bernt Ringhofer, Managing Partner, Layjet \(formerly colleague at Henkel Russia\)](https://terryirwin.com/testimonial/bernt-ringhofer-managing-partner-layjet-formerly-colleague-at-henkel-russia/)
- [Luca Cella, Commercial Director, ELC\-Electroconsult S\.p\.A\. \(then at Mapei, a direct Henkel competitor\)](https://terryirwin.com/testimonial/luca-cella-commercial-director-elc-electroconsult-s-p-a-then-at-mapei-a-direct-henkel-competitor/)
- [Will Mathieson, Non Executive Director](https://terryirwin.com/testimonial/will-mathieson-non-executive-director/)
- [Naresh Mohindra, Non Executive Director; Business Transformation Specialist; Programme Director](https://terryirwin.com/testimonial/naresh-mohindra-non-executive-director-business-transformation-specialist-programme-director/)

## Case Studies
- [Selling up and maximising your return](https://terryirwin.com/casestudy/selling-up-and-maximising-your-return/)
- [How restructuring prepared an early\-stage business for listing on AIM](https://terryirwin.com/casestudy/how-restructuring-prepared-an-early-stage-business-for-listing-on-aim/): Revenues were modest, the monthly cash burn was imposing, and cash was rapidly running out\. The company had tried – but failed – to raise additional finance
- [How a fresh approach helped a top 30 UK law firm increase PEP by 30%](https://terryirwin.com/casestudy/how-a-fresh-approach-helped-a-top-30-uk-law-firm-increase-pep-by-30/): Following a change at the top, net profits were starting to become reasonable, but profit per equity partner, though improving, was still significantly lower than its pre\-downturn peak
- [Overseeing a valuable acquisition on the global stage](https://terryirwin.com/casestudy/overseeing-a-valuable-acquisition-on-the-global-stage/): A €12 billion revenue consumer packaged goods \(CPG\) company based in Germany asked me to oversee and direct its acquisition of a large US\-based CPG business with an international footprint\. 
- [Founder\-led scale\-up under investor scrutiny](https://terryirwin.com/casestudy/founder-led-scale-up-under-investor-scrutiny/): A £15m ARR Series B\-funded business needed to evolve from “founder \+ friends” to professional governance\. Independent NED challenge improved unit economics, supported founder transition, and unlocked Series C at a higher valuation\.

## Articles
- [What scaling five markets taught me about boards](https://terryirwin.com/article/what-scaling-five-markets-taught-me-about-boards/)
- [What PE investors expect boards to answer](https://terryirwin.com/article/what-pe-investors-expect-boards-to-answer/)
- [AI decisions boards are getting wrong](https://terryirwin.com/article/ai-decisions-boards-are-getting-wrong/)
- [Human and cultural due diligence in M\&A planning](https://terryirwin.com/article/human-and-cultural-due-diligence-in-ma-planning/): A merger or acquisition is a major disruption for any organisation, and all too often the results fall short of original expectations\. The cause of such disappointments is invariably the presence of people somewhere in the mix\. For people can be, at best, unpredictable and, at worst, downright disruptive\.
- [How to create an acquisition integration checklist](https://terryirwin.com/article/how-to-create-an-acquisition-integration-checklist/): A checklist can vary widely, depending on whether your acquisition will remain as a standalone or be rolled in, or some combination of both\. Here are six key points to address\.

## Video and audio
- [72\-EXLK\-40 \- Human due diligence issues in hostile takeovers](https://terryirwin.com/audio-video/human-due-diligence-issues-in-hostile-takeovers/)
- [71\-EXLK\-39 \- Human and cultural due diligence in M\&A planning](https://terryirwin.com/audio-video/human-and-cultural-due-diligence-in-ma-planning/)
- [70\-EXLK\-38 \- Reshoot \- Six common threads on an acquisition integration checklist \- version 2](https://terryirwin.com/audio-video/six-common-threads-on-an-acquisition-integration-checklist/)
- [69\-EXLK\-37 \- How to create an acquisition integration checklist – Project](https://terryirwin.com/audio-video/how-to-create-an-acquisition-integration-checklist/)
- [57\-EXLK\-25 – Leading vs managing](https://terryirwin.com/audio-video/leading-vs-managing/)

## Testimonials Categories
- [Board \& NED practice](https://terryirwin.com/testimonialscategory/board-and-ned-practice/)
- [Commercial leadership \& strategy](https://terryirwin.com/testimonialscategory/commercial-leadership-strategy/)
- [Mentoring \& senior career counsel](https://terryirwin.com/testimonialscategory/mentoring-senior-career-counsel/)

## Case Study Categories
- [Board advisory \& NED Roles](https://terryirwin.com/casestudycategory/ned-and-board-advisory/)
- [M\&A \& Market Intelligence](https://terryirwin.com/casestudycategory/ma-and-market-intelligence/)
- [Trusted Counsel](https://terryirwin.com/casestudycategory/trusted-counsel/)
- [AI at Board Level](https://terryirwin.com/casestudycategory/ai-at-board-level/)
- [PE \& Value Creation](https://terryirwin.com/casestudycategory/pe-value-creation/)

## Article Categories
- [NED and board advisory](https://terryirwin.com/articlecategory/ned-and-board-advisory/)
- [AI at Board Level](https://terryirwin.com/articlecategory/ai-at-board-level/)
- [PE \& Value Creation](https://terryirwin.com/articlecategory/pe-and-value-creation/)
- [International Growth](https://terryirwin.com/articlecategory/international-growth/)

## Video and audio Categories
- [NED and board advisory](https://terryirwin.com/video-audio-category/ned-and-board-advisory/)
- [Career enhancement](https://terryirwin.com/video-audio-category/career-enhancement/)
- [Company and market intelligence](https://terryirwin.com/video-audio-category/company-and-market-intelligence/)
- [Individual mentoring](https://terryirwin.com/video-audio-category/individual-mentoring/)
- [Strategy](https://terryirwin.com/video-audio-category/strategy/)

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