Ben Coleridge Cole

Group CFO @ Chelsea Group | Driving Financial Growth

Limassol, Cyprus

About

Constantly learning in the Group CFO role at Chelsea, covering 11 different businesses across 69 countries and over 18,000 employees. Results driven qualified accountant with 11+ years developing and leading teams within the Banking & Capital Markets sector, working with SMEs as well as large investment banks to solve complex problems with innovative solutions. 10 years at PwC before being headhunted to Deloitte to help grow their capital markets practice.

Experience

  • Group Chief Financial Officer at Chelsea Group
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Head Of Finance at BMF Human Performance
    Apr 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Driving the Finance side of this exciting new direction that BMF is heading in. THE LEADING PROVIDER OF DIGITISED HUMAN PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS TO MILITARY, GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATIONS BMF is a human performance business owned and funded by NM Capital, who are poised to further invest into developing a world-leading digital platform. The current BMF team combines knowledge and expertise from the military; professional sport; sports science; commercial health and wellness and medical and rehabilitation backgrounds. Our services and systems are designed to shift the dial in physical and mental performance to achieve the specific goals set by our clients. We use a combination of physical preparation programme, end-user engagement, testing, tracking and rewards to build online communities and deliver the end result.

  • Senior Manager at Deloitte UK
    Jun 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Joined in pandemic and built network and team of 10 around me to scale my engagements, and help on leading successful proposals. Responsible for all banking digital asset assurance work and commercial decision making for the team, as well as winning new audits with innovative approaches. Lead and coach various teams as well as 40% of time being spent on hands-on technical consultations and client problem solving, with skey areas of expertise include valuation and provision work, as well as being an excellent project manager.

  • PwC (10 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Manager
      Apr 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Led teams of 30 in London on one of the largest investment banking inbound clients, focusing on valuation and IFRS 9 testing, with extensive project and team management. Selected to spend 3 years living in New York, working on another large IB client in their global markets business and Basel III capital reporting requirements. Historically worked on largest UK retail banks as well as several SMEs and FX/crypto exchanges. Worked on client proposals to gain new business, developing budgets and adding value to the services provided. Award winner for bringing fresh insight into existing projects.

    • Manager
      Oct 2015 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Manager
      Jul 2015 - Oct 2015 · 4 mos

  • Intern at Livingstone Partners
    Jul 2009 - Oct 2009 · 4 mos