Avril Millar
Director of Compliance and Corporate Governance @Arkaim Advisors Ltd
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WORK HISTORY
Director of Compliance and Corporate Governance @Arkaim Advisors Ltd
London, GB
Arkaim Advisors Ltd provides investment and research expertise within emerging markets corporate credit universe. We help clients access absolute return opportunities in high yield corporate credit and distressed debt where deep due diligence and rigorous scrutiny can yield significant alpha. Arkaim takes pride in taking a very conservative approach to risky asset classes, characterised by meticulous bottom-up credit analysis delivered by an investment team focused solely on assessing corporate credit and recovery risk.
EDUCATION
Aberdeen College of Education
PGCE, Maths, Physics
University of Glasgow
B.Sc Eng, Civil Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT AVRIL MILLAR
I am a highly experienced Non-Executive Director with a >10 year portfolio career of driving business growth and profitability for both established leaders and high-growth SMEs across sectors, in addition to 20 years’ experience as founding partner of a wealth management business with £500M AuA. My sector expertise spans financial services, technology, healthcare, consultancy, leisure, oil and professional services. BUSINESS STRATEGY - SHAREHOLDER VALUEI deliver shareholder value, guiding the development of Board-level strategy across sectors, markets and geographies, and engaging executive teams and investors in ambitious visions. With extensive experience working with both new and established leadership teams, I provide tangible results through keen insight, challenge and assurance across the business, and have wide connections across a range of industries. BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONI drive business transformation that enhances efficiency, cost control, scalability, regulatory compliance and customer experience. Drawing on a wealth of expertise in sales and business development, financial control, governance, risk and compliance, fundraising and business operations, I have supported large-scale change to systems, process and people. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & BOARD EFFECTIVENESSI optimise Board governance and effectiveness, underpinned by a strong risk and compliance background, and am well versed at navigating the complex dynamics of diverse teams to build consensus and ensure sound decision-making on major business Key Expertise: Board-level Leadership, Business Strategy, Transformational Change, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Financial Control, Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Regulatory Compliance, Technology / Digital Implementation, Fundraising, Venture Capital Investors, Change Management, Start-ups, SMEs.
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