Gareth E.

CFO - Knight Frank MENA

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Experience

  • Chief Financial Officer at Knight Frank MENA
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Regional CFO - Middle East & Africa at Kearney
    Sep 2024 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Director of Finance - MEO Region at McKinsey & Company
    Feb 2020 - Aug 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    Director of Finance for the GCC region + Pakistan + Egypt leading department of 19 talented colleagues.

  • Ramboll (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Finance Director - Buildings & Transport markets
      Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Finance Director for Buildings and Transport markets globally with dual reporting lines to market Managing Directors and Group CFO. Responsibilities include all aspects of financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, forecasting and strategy implementation reporting to the Global Executive Board as well as valuations, due dilligence and integration of acquisitions.

    • Director of Group Controlling
      Aug 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Group finance director reporting to the Group CFO tasked with a range of responsibilities including designing and implementing the group internal audit charter, providing finance director skills gap cover in task force capacity, board of director responsibilities, risk containment on topics often associated with our higher risk markets, investment appraisal/divestment, global shared support offshoring, management evaluation, finance department design/overhaul and change planning, large/complex project delivery risk planning, balance sheet de-risking, transaction structuring and global tax landscape modelling.

    • Regional Finance Director
      May 2014 - Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Regional finance director and executive board member responsible for the development of regional finance functions, tax planning, new market entry evaluation, statutory compliance, internal controls/governance and the achievement of strategical objectives for all entities under the Ramboll Middle East, Ramboll India and Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl business units which have geographical operations in the Middle-East, Germany and Asia. With director level direct reports, co-piloting the regional managing director and reporting to group board of directors our key focus areas are commercial development, complex project risk evaluation, functional stabilisation, skills development and gains in working capital planning. Implementation of ERP, process redesign with a view to driving a global shared support and acquisition integration also form an integral part of the role.

  • BearingPoint (Copenhagen Metropolitan Area)
    • Head of Finance - Nordics, US, UAE & China
      Mar 2011 - Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Regional CFO and COO with complete responsibility for financial control, reporting, compliance and submissions with respect to all financial transactions within BearingPoint entities in the following countries: Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, China, United Arab Emirates and United States. Reporting in dual capacity to Group CFO and Group COO, a member of the Nordic Management Committee and heading a finance department, together with my team I am responsible for monthly and quarterly financial management, planning, reporting, close activities, accounting correctness, tax planning, forecasting and annual budget compilation, statutory audit management, control testing and internal audit linked process review/improvement, Risk-Quality-Management based corporate governance adherence, treasury activities and all statutory submissions. Experienced accountant in revenue and contract accounting, WIP management, transfer pricing state tax audits, internal audit control testing, external audit process evaluation, substantive testing, tax planning, accounting (Local GAAP + IFRS) and auditing standards for all financial processes. With deep cross border flexibility and experience, I work frequently with statutory auditors, state accountants and tax inspectors, lawyers, tax advisors and heads of infrastructure and industry divisions. I am responsible for the coaching and development of staff, have managed financial process improvement projects, manager training, SAP mapping projects and state tax audits (Transfer Pricing, Wage Tax, 3rd Party)

    • Senior Corporate Accountant
      Jan 2009 - Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Senior accountant and manager of all statutory submissions and obligations and reviewer of financial transactions for the Nordics area. Responsible for statutory audits for 5 countries including wage tax and 3rd party audits, financial statement creation and audit facilitation, profitability forecasting, budget compilation and financial process management and review. Creator of reporting packs submitted to the authorities and leadership and facilitator of process improvement projects and lead accountant for Nordics area supported by department of 5. Facilitator of monthly, quarterly and yearly close operations, management accounts reporting and training. Liaison with external accounting services, legal teams, corporate internal audit and external auditors.