Kevin Howell - Managing Director

Kevin completed his undergraduate studies at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica majoring in Accounting and Economics in 2000.  In 2002, he completed the UK based Certified Public Accountants examination and was subsequently awarded a MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Simon School of Business, University of Rochester in 2005.  In 2000, his first professional role was with Pricewaterhousecoopers and he was promoted to a Senior Accountant within three years.  He joined the Mergers and Acquisition Advisory team at Ernst and Young in 2005, after completing his MBA.  Kevin was  promoted to a manager at Ernst & Young within two years. His role at Ernst and Young afforded him the opportunity to work with Fortune 500 companies, and expanded his knowledge of the Health-Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Consumer Products Industries. 

His last employment was with Broadridge Financial Solutions, a $2.0 billion publicly traded firm, where he worked as a Senior Director of Business Development.  In this role, he developed various types of  financial models and analyses to support the assessment of acquisition and alliance opportunities.

Kevin possesses strong international business, financial management, business strategy development and analytical expertise and leadership and public speaking abilities.  He has combined these skills with his passion to help businesses grow to form Anchor Business Consultancy.  Anchor’s mandate  is to help businesses develop and navigate the nuances of a changing and competitive market place.

Andre Taylor Morris – VP Business Development

Andre Taylor-Morris is a Graduate of the University of London and one of UK's top Law School, BPP Law School where he majored in Commercial and Corporate Law. Andre joins us with a unique combination of Advisory, Litigation and Transaction experience, which when merged form a unique set of talent that aids our clients at all stages of their business lifecycle.

Andre is a qualified UK and Jamaican Attorney-at-Law having been admitted to the Bar of England and Wales and Jamaica. Andre has worked in the UK and the Caribbean where he developed multi-jurisdictional and interdisciplinary experience in Consulting, Corporate Governance, Strategy and Transactional work. He has a wealth of legal and consulting/advisory experience and solid transferable skills. He is quite innovative and possesses superior analytical and problem solving skills with the keen ability to think outside the box.

Andre has worked and consulted with a wide range of companies, across multiple industries in both the public and private sectors in the UK, the Caribbean and United States. He has provided guidance and recommendations to companies as they attempted to streamline their business processes, drive the increases in profitability, efficiency and reduce risks and liabilities. He will be sitting the NY State Bar Exams in February 2011

Richard Verley – VP Business Administration

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OUR CORE PARTNERS

Leigh Williams - Consultant

Founding member and Principal, Ms. A. Leigh Williams, Esq. serves as a strategic advisor to clients by focusing on cross-functional approaches to meet their challenges.  Ms. Williams is widely respected for her savvy to quickly size up an issue and her drive to zealously advocate with integrity by focusing on legal, business and policy solutions. 

Some clients she has represented include Kaiser Permanente, Pfizer, Baltimore Ravens, District of Columbia Public Service Commission, M4 Environmental, Association of Maryland Pilots, K. Hovnanian Homes, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Six Flags America and the Town of Upper Marlboro, Maryland.  Ms. Williams is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.  She is a graduate of the prestigious School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University with a degree in Public Affairs/Management and Juris Doctorate from Indiana University School of Law.

Lamar Eric Rivers – Grant Specialist

Eric Lamar Rivers, Vice President of Fundraising and Communications at Syncoplan Corp, has over eight years of experience working with not for profits and helping them raise funds and market themselves to their donors, clients, and communities.  Prior to working with Syncoplan, Eric served as Director of Knowledge Management for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. in Washington, DC, Director of Annual Giving at Xavier High School in New York City, and Director of Development and Marketing at Greenhope Services for Women, Inc. also based in New York City.

He has worked with not-for-profits and other organizations in a fundraising and marketing capacity since his days as a student at Georgetown University. Collectively he has been responsible for raising over $30 million for various not for profits.  Syncoplan was created in 2007 to help not for profits raise funds using various mediums that have become possible because of technology. Syncoplan’s specialty is showing you how fundraising, communications, and external affairs must work together as a team in reaching more of your constituents, donors, and potential clients. Syncoplan can help you build your fundraising studio.

RJ Lennon - Business Coach

RJ Lennon is a successful coach and partner to business owners and sales professionals. management and team management at the Fortune 500 level are the assets which he has leveraged and combined with his life coach training to create MasterMind Coaching and Consulting. As a Business Development and Sales Coach, located in NYC, RJ helps sales professionals and business owners get better results in their chosen field by helping them reconnect their passion to their vocation.

RJ began his career in banking as a Sales Representative. Since that time, he has successfully coached numerous individuals to improved results; Created and facilitated several MasterMind Groups; Founded and presided over a several networking groups -- BNI Prosperity Chapter, South Orange, NJ (Founder of Chapter and past Chapter President) and Manhattan B2B Network in midtown Manhattan; Awarded the Board of Realtors – NCJAR, Circle of Excellence for 2006 through 2008, in a declining real estate market; Achieved top 2% out of 11,000+ Weichert Realtors Sales Associates for 2006 in real estate sales.

RJ has 20 plus years of experience in marketing and consultative sales, to individuals and organizations during his career in financial services, technology and business for such companies as JP Morgan Chase, Sun Microsystems, Fleet Bank and Weichert Realtors. Management from Long Island University and has completed various educational programs in business development, marketing planning, selling techniques and financial markets. His track record of success and achievement in client.  He holds a Master’s Degree in Business

Kyle Griffiths - Business Broker and Social Media Expert

Kyle Griffith is a Senior Business Intermediary with New York Business Brokerage, Inc. A premium service business brokerage firm specializing in the confidential sale, acquisition and valuation of small to mid-sized privately held businesses. Kyle is an enthusiastic, highly motivated professional with over 10 years of diverse experience in various business operations. His background includes providing technical education & training programs to entrepreneurs, operation of several retail businesses, as well as managing operations for a family owned printing and shipping franchise.

He has a solid background in sales and marketing and is highly skilled at designing and implementing successful social media marketing strategies for business owners to effectively brand and market their businesses online. Kyle is recognized as a “master connector” as demonstrated by his ability to quickly develop professional relationships with business owners and professionals of small to mid-sized privately held companies.