Biographies

Brian Williamson is an entrepreneur who possesses the knowledge and experience of both a fast-advancing managerial career in industry and of personal high growth business start up. His focus is on maximising talent to achieve extraordinary success.

Brian (Dip Eng) was educated at Glasgow Caledonian University and embarked upon a successful management career with Weir Pumps. Over the next fifteen years he ran companies at board level within several different industry sectors including Electronics, Heavy Engineering, Construction, Petrochemical, and Oil and Gas. In each of these positions he had full P&L responsibility.

He launched his first company in 1995 in the automotive sector and within three years had reached a £5m turnover. Soon after he sold his interest to his fellow shareholders and started his own Oil and Gas company. This award-winning business was acknowledged for its rapid growth and for its exceptional export achievements. In 2004 Brian sold the enterprise to the management team and during this period he became an active investor spending in the region of £150k in a number of start up ventures.

Brian took over as CEO of The Learning Organisation in late 1999 taking the organisation from one with a mediocre performance to one heralded within its industry as a top performer. This was a group specialising in training and business start up. The Group helped train in excess of 25,000 people annually and assisted over 80,000 people start up in business. In 2000 Brian and led an MBO and after seven years led the initiative to sell the group companies to allow him to focus on helping businesses primarily based in Scotland build and grow to businesses of scale. Brian exited from The Learning Organisation Ltd in 2007. 

Brian was key in the Management Buy Out and formation of Brightwork Limited, a Scottish-based recruitment company specialising in both temporary and permanent placements. Brightwork, with sales of £9m in its first year of trading, expanded turnover to £15m by the end of year two and now employs 30 full time staff and over 1000 temporary staff. Brian is the Executive Chairman of the company. http://www.brightworkltd.com/

Tiger Eye, Brian's own consultancy works with companies and individuals helping them transform their business and maximise shareholder value. http://www.tiger-eye.org/ .Through Tiger Eye Brian is also a Non Executive Director of a number of companies assisting them to face their challenges and grasp their opportunities.

In the current economic climate Brian has been heavily involved in business recovery acting not only as the company Doctor but the Surgeon, delivering an effective and speedy business transformation. His motto is "There is always a solution".