Profile: Karen Dukes
Karen Dukes
Office: Gatwick
Karen has extensive experience of both financial and strategic reviews ofunder-performing business and executory appointments principally in the middlemarket. She has significant experience in the food and construction sectorswhere she has developed a number of innovative solutions for stakeholders.
Karen leads the team in Gatwick, servicing principally Kent, Surrey andSussex.
Highlights of Karen's recent experience include:
- The administration of the Benson Group of companies, a construction groupwith divisions focusing on interior fit-out, maintenance as well as a number ofentities based in project construction in 5 locations in the South East. Karenensured that over 60% of the Group business survived formal insolvency.
- The receivership of a UK fire-arms manufacturer, linking with PwC defencespecialists to optimise realisations.
- A strategic business review of an agribusiness focusing on supply chainefficiencies and collateral security arrangements, leading to successionplanning and a promising outcome for the owner, manager team.
- A strategic business review of guarantee covenants for a property developerconsidering a number of options in connection with projects in the SouthEast.
Principal recent industry sector experience:
- Food industry
- Construction
- Business Services
