Principal : Alan Gaynor

Alan Gaynor has a long and successful career as a Chief Executive in Management Buy-In, Corporate Recovery and Venture Capital circles. Having spent his formative career in blue chip plc's (Asda, Sainsbury, WH Smith) he has specialised since 1990 in Turnarounds and Interim Opportunities.

A Fellow of the Institute of Directors since 1987 and INSEAD Alumnus 1985, Alan works closely with a number of Venture Capital organisations, Hedge Funds, Investment Banks and is a member of the Grant Thornton and PricewaterhouseCoopers Interim Executive Turnaround Panels.

Alan Gaynor founded APG Associates in the early 90's with the objective of having a Director level group of dedicated business practitioners covering the spectrum of generalist and specialist management skills required to undertake hands-on recovery and advisory work, often at a moments notice, covering a diverse range of sectors, prepared for any UK location and with Alan personally taking the lead Directorship role for the duration of the project.

One of his key strengths is the ability to successfully recruit and develop management teams, in particular for MBI and MBO teams, with strong emphasis on research, strategy and operations.

The APG team operates collectively or independently on projects, allied to their individual strengths and resources and applicable to the needs of the assignment.