Graeme Morrison, 43, director of GCSS Group shares an insight into his career to date.
What did you want to be when you were young?
A professional golfer, but when I realised that I didn’t have the talent to make a living playing golf, and after watching the Lee Harvey Jones Troubleshooter series, I knew I wanted to be involved in managing businesses.
What are the main career stepping stones you have taken?
I qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in Glasgow before moving to Sydney, Australia for two years before returning to EY in Aberdeen. During those years I was exposed to a range of businesses and projects within audit and corporate finance.
I left EY to join a start-up company that was in the process of raising $100million to build a well intervention vessel. This gave me huge exposure to the commercial aspects of the business, including negotiation, ship-building contracts, financial structuring and managing a business while running with minimal cash. This resulted in me moving into various businesses to support management in turnarounds.
