--- title: SME business guides | MD business tools | leadership advice | Malcolm Smith description: Malcolm Smith has a modern and cutting-edge knowledge of manufacturing industries, working at divisional and board level for Dow Chemical, Ascot, Low & Bonar, Britton, Courtaulds, Rexam and Inmos. He has a proven and demonstrable track record in profit turnaround in medium to large PLCs. His European experience is extensive, having made acquisitions in Denmark, Germany, France, Holland, Spain and Italy and managed large and complex multi-national Groups. --- ** # Vistage UK Blog ** Category: All categories Uncategorized Business Leading, Not Managing Getting Ahead Strategy Work/Life Balance Issues Employee Motivation Life At The Top Sales Vistage Members Speakers HR Economy Marketing Recruitment Vistage Change Management Being a new CEO Vistage Chair Exit Planning/Strategies Family Business Technology Vistage Staff Time Management Vistage Open Days Mental Health Brexit Negotiation Scaleup Business Cybersecurity Raising finance 2 Results ## Malcolm Smith ![Malcolm Smith](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1376454629-jpg/Blog_Images/Speaker_Headshot_-_VSB_-_Malcolm_Smith.jpg) Malcolm Smith has a modern and cutting-edge knowledge of manufacturing industries, working at divisional and board level for Dow Chemical, Ascot, Low & Bonar, Britton, Courtaulds, Rexam and Inmos. He has a proven and demonstrable track record in profit turnaround in medium to large PLCs. His European experience is extensive, having made acquisitions in Denmark, Germany, France, Holland, Spain and Italy and managed large and complex multi-national Groups. Find me on: ### Recent Posts [Leading, Not Managing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/leading-not-managing) August 5, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1377588288-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/leadership_from_the_top.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/to-be-a-great-leader-you-need-to-take-a-heli-view) ### [To be a Great Leader You Need to Take a Heli-View](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/to-be-a-great-leader-you-need-to-take-a-heli-view) Picasso once said we are all born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up. And he’s right. In this risk-averse first world in which we now.. [Exit Planning/Strategies](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/exit-planning-strategies) September 24, 2013 [![](http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/article_images/articledir_528/264491/1_largearticleimage300x210.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/10-key-tips-for-preparing-your-business-for-sale) ### [10 Key Tips for Preparing Your Business for Sale](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/10-key-tips-for-preparing-your-business-for-sale) Now the recession is over you may at last be wanting to exit your business and realising the Enterprise Value you have painstakingly built up over the years... [1](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/author/malcolm-smith/page/1) ### Subscribe to Vistage Insights X ? ![](https://www.bizographics.com/collect/?pid=8256&fmt=gif) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=3037762&fmt=gif)