Carl is a qualified Barrister and Chartered Accountant who practised in both professions before moving into the financial sector.  He worked in private equity and investment banking for 11 years and then moved into industry as CFO of a Yorkshire business he helped start up. He has led over 40 acquisitions and oversaw the flotation of the business. Since leaving that business he has been in non-executive roles in both the private and public sectors, including at Leeds Teaching Hospitals where he chaired both the Audit and Finance & Performance Committees, and at the University of Bradford where he was a Council member and sat on the Finance and Investment Committees.