Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Business Leader and professionally qualified accountant (FCMA, FCMA UK, CGMA, FPA, CIA). Performed CFO/Group CFO/CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) and Acting GM/CEO roles in large, public listed & multinational FMCG / Manufacturing / Healthcare companies, with region-wide responsibility, based within the GCC (UAE, Saudi Arabia & Bahrain) & Asia, for the wider Middle East & Africa regions. Drove high impact strategic/operational/change management projects on country & region wide basis e.g. business expansions - M&A & organic, route to market models, market entries, VAT/Excise/IFRS transitions, ERP systems implementation, debt restructuring, cash management, policy design etc. Set up back-offices / shared services and front line commercial processes (S&OP, investment, innovation etc) to drive efficiencies. Passionate about developing talent; have led large, culturally diverse & multi-country, functional / cross-functional teams to enable business transformation. Roles performed over the course of career have covered all of the major finance specialism's. These include strategic planning, financial planning & analysis, internal audit & controls, manufacturing & supply chain finance, financial reporting (statutory, regional and group under IFRS and GAAP), business partnering, sales and brand finance (worked with top global brands), shared services, treasury & working capital management and investor relations. In addition, have also performed commercial roles such as Strategy (Regional / Local level) and GM/CEO.
► Internal move, on behalf of the primary shareholder, to the largest holding of the Saudi Medical Care Group (SMG) i.e. CARE, which is a listed company on the Saudi stock exchange, to drive the long term strategic plans incl. M&A /expansion pipeline; working with the Board and senior management. Member of Corporate Leadership Team, working closely with the Board of Directors, overseeing Strategy Formulation, PMO Office, Mergers & Acquisitions and supporting robust commercial decisions.
Saudi Medical Care Group (SMG) is a private hospital/healthcare group which has 10 facilities across the Kingdom, providing services over acute, multi-specialty and LTC, with 1200+ beds and 4,500+ employees. Member of Group Leadership Team, support to the Board of Directors, managing Supply Chain and Revenue Cycle Management functions, M&A, people leadership & team development, business strategy & delivery of results and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Member of Food & Group Leadership Team, business strategy & delivery of results, people leadership & team development, business partnering with all functions including factory & dairy farms, support to the Board of Directors, mergers & acquisitions support incl. due diligence, fulfilling listed company requirements on Saudi stock exchange under IFRS, regulatory compliance on VAT & Excise, multi-country financial operations, streamlining working capital and cash flow, margin improvement and building strong governance & control framework.
► Acting General Manager / CEO for the business for a year during time of leadership transitions Member of GCC Leadership Team, Support to Regional K-C HO, Olayan Group and Board of Directors, business strategy & delivery of results, people leadership & team development, business partnering with Sales / Marketing / Supply / Operations (2 factories), Legal Entity and Joint Venture management/restructuring, VAT compliance, multi-country financial operations, working capital and cash flow management, margin improvement and building strong governance & control framework.
Member of Regional Supply Leadership Team, supporting manufacturing sites in Dubai, Jeddah & Cairo as well as regional supply chain & commercial functions, supply strategy, cost management and optimization and delivery of results, working capital and cash flow management, people leadership and improving governance & controls.
Member of Saudi Arabia Management Team, delivery of results, managing relationships with distributors, business strategy, financial operations, working capital and cash flow management, sales finance, legal entity management, people leadership & team development, compliance with regulatory requirements and improving governance & controls.
Financial planning & analysis, strategic planning, PMO, brand and sales finance, corporate reporting, managing teams and key regional projects for the Middle East (GCC and North Africa / Levant), Turkey & Africa region.