Management Profiles
Rod Butcher
Rod has nearly 25 years experience of insolvency having started work at the Official Receivers office.
He moved to Coopers & Lybrand in 1988 where he qualified as an Insolvency Practitioner in 1996.
He subsequently became one of the founding partners of Moore Stephens Corporate Recovery in Birmingham in 1997 and in 2005 established Butcher Woods with his fellow Moore Stephens partner Adrian Woods.
Rod is a Fellow of both the Insolvency Practitioners Association and the Association of Business Recovery Processionals and whilst specialising in all forms of corporate recovery and restructuring also has significant experience in all other forms of insolvency.
Over the years Rod has dealt with many varied types of assignments including football clubs, an arms collection which included a number of scud missiles and in recent years a number of companies regulated by the Financial Services industry.
rod.butcher@butcher-woods.co.uk
07887 626258
Richard Goodwin
Richard graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in Business Studies & Japanese, which included a year living and working in Japan. Despite enjoying his time in the Far East he returned to Birmingham to begin his career with KPMG.
Richard later joined Moore Stephens Corporate Recovery and worked on a number of diverse assignments, including independent business reviews as well as formal insolvency appointments.
After having worked closely with Rod and Adrian previously, Richard helped establish the practice at the beginning of 2005.
Richard has almost 10 years experience covering a range of industries from traditional engineering and manufacturing companies to modern day ‘ring tone’ providers and online gaming developers.
richard.goodwin@butcher-woods.co.uk
Adrian Woods
Adrian Woods began his career in Corporate Recovery with Deloitte Haskins & Sells after graduating from Manchester University and rose to senior management prior to the firm merging with Coopers & Lybrand in 1990. He left the merged practice in 1997 with Rod Butcher to establish the Birmingham practice of corporate recovery specialist Moore Stephens and in 2005 Adrian and Rod made the decision to form Butcher Woods. Over the years he has been involved in a wide spectrum of industries from inflatable boat builders through to traditional engineering businesses in the Midlands and even a business that built daleks!
adrian.woods@butcher-woods.co.uk
Justin Brown
Justin graduated for Birmingham University in 2001 after successfully achieving a BA Honours Degree in Business and Finance.
In October 2001 Justin joined the Langard Lifford Hall Group as a trainee accountant, becoming responsible for the preparation of accounts for Sole Traders and Limited Companies.
In March 2002 he joined Moore Stephens Corporate Recovery as a case administrator. During his time at the firm he managed his own portfolio of cases, which included Creditors Voluntary Liquidations, Compulsory Liquidations, Administrations and Administrative Receiverships.
Since joining Butcher Woods Corporate Recovery in February 2005, Justin has developed a broader understanding of all insolvency procedures which have included Company Voluntary Arrangements, Members Voluntary Liquidations, together with personal insolvency matters.
Justin successfully passed his Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency in June 2006.
justin.brown@butcher-woods.co.uk
