Stephen is responsible for the financial and commercial management of the group.

He takes the lead on structuring landlord deals, legal negotiations as well as ownership of procurement, HR and IT.

He helped lead the Ocean Group through an MBO backed by LDC, the acquisition of Signature Outdoor, MediaCo and LDC’s equity sale in 2014 to Searchlight Capital.

He is a chartered accountant and winner of a BDO ‘HOT20 FD’ and a regular speaker at the ICAEW’s ‘The Entrepreneurial FD’ conference.