Alan Proto had a long history of setting up and running businesses in the early years sector, including a sale and leaseback fund, and most recently a nursery comparison website.
For several years until 2012 he was executive chairman at Treetops Nurseries and was leading the group’s expansion.
In 2007 he became managing director and subsequently chairman of Treetops, which grew from a small regional chain to the ninth largest nursery group in the country, with more than 30 nurseries.
An investigation by the Insolvency Service found that Mr Proto created and backdated fictitious documents to try and legitimise asset transfers totaling more than a £1m, as a director of GML Construction.
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