HCEO
A partner or a director gone
Fallen out, fallen ill, or died, and the business still has to trade. I carry it through the weeks that matter on the directors' instructions.
Fallen out, fallen ill, or died. The bank account may be frozen, the staff are watching, customers are asking questions. I carry the operating load on the directors' instructions for the weeks that matter, get the paperwork moving with the solicitor, and help the directors keep the business trading while the owners work out what comes next.
Where a director has gone and taken money, customers or stock with them, I establish what went, when, and where it is now, so the solicitor acts on facts rather than suspicion.
Investigations
- Theft or fraud inside a business
Stock, cash, a supplier nobody has met, a bookkeeper who never takes a holiday. I find out what has gone and who knew before anyone is tipped off.
- Checking who you are dealing with
A partner, a buyer, a supplier or a senior hire. The public record checked against the story, and a short note on what I would ask.
- The police have said it is a civil matter
You reported it and got a crime number, or nothing at all. I write the file the police did not, so that it can go back to them or on to a solicitor.
- Police liaison
A written request to the police, on HCEO LTD letterhead, in the form an investigator recognises, addressed to the right desk.