London, England, United Kingdom
Passionate about growth and expansion. Driving projects around M&A, new market entry, licence applications, partnerships and new verticals in the payments and fintech industry.
My team manages the execution of Banking Circle's ambitious expansion agenda, including new market entries, licence applications, M&A, and other expansion related projects. We also support the commercial team on internal processes and strategic projects.
My team manages the execution of Banking Circle's ambitious expansion agenda, including new market entries, licence applications, M&A, and other expansion related projects. We also support the commercial team on internal processes and strategic projects.
I established and led a team within the Growth department with responsibility for our M&A and expansion projects. Key achievements include - Managed the acquisition of B4B Payments, SEPAexpress, and our Australian entity from target identification and creating the internal business case to managing the due diligence process and post-acquisition integration. - Managed the integration and growth journey of our largest acquisition - B4B Payments. Together with management we doubled revenue year-on-year and successfully launched two new business verticals, Banking as a Service and corporate payments - Supported several new market entries with regulatory and market assessments, expansion plans, M&A projects and licence applications - Established the 2023 strategy for the Group together with management
As a strategy consultant in Group Strategy, I took part in developing the Group’s overall strategic agenda and solving the Bank’s most complex strategic and transformational challenges. Among others, I have led the development of the Group's exit plans for the Baltics and Russia, was responsible for several major workstreams on the Group-wide Nordic Integrator Transformation, and had a leading role in setting the Group's strategic direction for Payments. Key responsibilities include strategy development, problem solving, stakeholder management, project management, report writing and presenting, analyses and research.
Author of the chapter "Banks and Digitalization" in the book "The Rise and Development of Fintech: Accounts of Disruption Sweden and Beyond" (2018, Routledge). First author of "The Substitution of Labour: from technological feasibility to other factors influencing job automation" (2018, Stockholm School of Economics).
Consolidation, analysis and reporting for the supply chain of Decorative Paints Europe & Africa. I assisted with the month-end closing and developed several new financial analysis and reporting tools. Besides my regular responsibilities, I developed and implemented an interactive KPI Dashboard for all manufacturing plants and financial regions in Europe and Africa, comprising over 50 KPIs. The dashboard is now in use by 26 countries and EMEA management.
Financial consultancy in the form of financial due diligence services and M&A advise. Responsibilities included research, data preparation and analyses, and report writing. As a full team member, I worked on the following projects: - Buy-side financial due diligence in the oil terminal industry - Buy-side financial due diligence in the food industry - Buy-side financial due diligence in the container terminal industry - Vendor due diligence (Sell-side) in the food processing industry