Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
International finance executive who enjoys building businesses and teams. Extensive leadership experience in global FMCG organisations and multinational environments. Proven track record of driving business performance, strategic transformation, and financial excellence while partnering closely with senior leadership. Lived and worked across 10 cultures in Europe, Middle East & Africa, North America and Asia, leading diverse finance teams and supporting complex international operations. Career Highlights • International finance leadership across multiple global markets • Led finance transformation initiatives, including SAP implementation, zero-based budgeting and shared service center transitions • Strong expertise in commercial finance, FP&A, supply chain finance and strategic business partnering • Delivered improvements in cash flow, strategic clarity, operational performance and financial transparency Core Skills CFO Leadership | Strategic Finance | FP&A | Commercial Finance | Financial Transformation | Business Partnering | International Finance | SAP Implementation | Cash Flow Optimization | Team Leadership
- Systematically managed pricing across Europe, using a system I developed with my team, Sales and IT - Supported negotiations strategy and execution for multinational key accounts and buying groups ($2.4B revenue) - Managed Advertising budget focusing on ROI and strategic relevance
End-to-End CFO role for 11 countries in Eastern Europe. - Drove revenue and profit growth by applying strategic financial analysis to category development - Managed P&L, cash and tax dynamically through multiple crises and a war - Received the Award for the Best Mid-Sized Business Unit of the Year 2 times in a row
Helped companies in the Consumer Goods, Retail and Healthcare industry transform their processes to best-in-class operations, by streamlining and automating (RPA) processes, introducing chatbots and renegotiating key service supplier contracts.
Covers Finance for Procurement, Customer Service & Logistics (ca. 70 warehouses, Direct Store Distribution), and Internal (18 plants) and External Manufacturing (25+ co-mans) for the $7.5BN business of Mondelez in North America. - Rebuilt team and processes, established transparency and forecasting capability - Supported successful launch of Milka Oreo, the first chocolate of Mondelez in the USA ever - Drive Health & Wellness initiatives and e-commerce in a smart, financially sustainable way
Defined and executed the strategy for outsourcing a significant part (close to 1,000 roles) of financial controlling/accounting/Record-to-Report (RTR) and supply chain controlling (ISC) activities of Mondelez across the globe to Mondelez Business Services (BPO), and driving process improvement for further productivity.
- Responsible for financial matters related to several billion dollars of Procurement, Logistics and Manufacturing costs, and related capital investments, in 30+ countries of Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). - Drove Supply Chain Reinvention (factory closures, concentration in scale plants), achieved record productivity, and built a reliable, efficient category-oriented Finance organization. - Responsible for thought leadership and successful implementation of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB).
- Streamlined Finance processes and organization in the Central Europe Middle East and Africa Region. - Co-designed new global financial reporting and planning software
- Cash is King project: Drove Working Capital revolution, improving cash conversion by 30 days over two years. - Saved tens of millions in taxes and other costs by recapitalizing and legally reorganizing 5 companies, teaming up with 25 people in 8 different country and shared service locations.
Coordinated the global financial planning process of Kraft Foods and provided information and analysis to the CFO, CEO and SEC reporting. Drove process improvements. Contributed to major share buyback and tax optimization projects.