Ian Howat
Ian, a highly experienced Chief
Executive and Business Coach/Mentor, is a Vistage Chairman in
Yorkshire and currently works with 20 CEOs and MDs from across the
Yorkshire region. Most of his career has been in the IT sector
where he held board positions in the UK, USA and Europe. As a CEO,
he has run companies with turnovers ranging in size from £1m to
£40m. Following the dotcom crash in 2000 he applied his skills to
turning around companies in distress and completed three very
successful business transformations.
His personal strengths lie in the areas of leadership development, finance, IT and sales and marketing. Ian's current business aim is to help companies develop better strategies and effective implementation plans, to ensure they thrive. He works with leaders to both improve the performance of their business and to ensure they achieve the work life balance they seek.
Chamber Mentors
- Brian Allmey
An experienced Director and Non Exec with a speciality in Franchising & Licensing.
- Alice Amsden
Marketing and Brand Strategy Specialist.
- Arifa Chakera
Helping To Grow Your Business Through Your People.
- Geoff Clark
Expertise in commercial operations including product management, marketing and supply chain.
- Colin Glass
Expert in Accountancy, Budgeting & Forecasting, Taxation, Auditing & Raising Finance. Also an experienced Non-Executive Director.
- Ian Hargreaves
Sales & Marketing specialist with a genuinely broad commercial experience.
- Ian Howat
Expert in Leadership Development, Finance and Sales & Marketing.
- Denis Kaye
Specialist in Financial and Business Development Issues across a variety of sectors.
- David McCartney
Expertise in Strategic Planning, Change Management, Process & Systems and Profit Improvement.
- Peter Slevin
Expert in Facilitating Clarity, Developing Effective Business Strategies & Identifying Tactical Implementation Opportunities for Growth.
- Peter Watson
With a Marketing background, Peter's expertise is in evaluating where a company is in its marketplace & developing the right Strategic Plan.