Gavin Leverett is a freelance interim finance and turnaround director. Gavin trained with Grant Thornton and left them in 1996 to pursue an industrial career. He joined a listed international manufacturing group, which was taken private by Alchemy Partners and progressed rapidly through the business, ultimately becoming Group Finance Director of the £125m turnover company. He left after eight years and joined a PVC windows and doors manufacturer – his first turnaround role. Gavin returned to manufacturing in 2009, and was responsible for the Roger Bullivant turnaround. Gavin was also pivotal to the ultimate sale of the business to a large multi-national construction group.