Overview

Red Leopard PLC, the AIM listed property and hospitality company, focuses on these sections where asset values give opportunities for significant returns. The directors have extensive experience of operating in these areas.

Board

As the company currently has only two directors, there are no sub-committees and everything is discussed at Board level.

John May
Executive Director

John May, 62, is a Chartered Accountant who focuses on advising companies on finance raising, mergers and acquisitions, business strategies and entry onto Plus Markets and AIM. He is currently non-executive Chairman of Specialist Energy Group Plc and a non executive Director of Petrolina Energy Plc both listed on AIM. He was previously a Senior Partner at Crowe Clark Whitehill, a UK Accountancy firm, for 17 years, including 8 years on the Managing Board. Mr May is the Policy Director and Chairman of the Small Business Bureau Limited and policy Director of the Genesis Initiative, which are lobbying groups to Government on behalf of small businesses. He is also a Conservative Borough Councillor.

Mr May qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974 having previously gained his DIA at the University of Bath Management School in 1970 and his BA from the University of London in 1969.

Simon Michaels
Non-Executive Director

Simon Michaels, 43, is a Finance Director with strategic and commercial skills, operating at Group Board Level. He has a proven track record in the review of acquisition targets, due diligence and business integration and the ability to provide a hands-on approach whilst assessing the broader strategic issues in both private and public companies. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996

Simon was interim finance director of CVUK Limited, a privately owned recruitment consultancy for one year. Prior to that, he was group finance director and company secretary to AIM-listed Mercury Group Plc. Simon also previously finance director of Harvey Nash Group Plc's UK and US operations from August 2000 to December 2005.

Prior to Harvey Nash Group Plc, Simon worked for RP Corporate Strategy, the privately owned Strategy Consultancy. At RP Corporate Strategy, he provided business strategy advice on property-related ventures. Between 1990 and 1998, he held financial positions with Coopers & Lybrand, London and Gibson Appleby Chartered Accountants, Brighton.