Jörg Meier

Interim & Fractional CFO Services with focus on restructuring and M&A services;. Part time docent for finance & management accounting at bachelor level (MBO, HBO).

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

About

I am a Swiss CPA (RA) with operational finance experience in Switzerland, France, USA and The Netherlands. Outsourcing RTR to IBM and managing it, setting up Shared Services for OTC processes, Cash flow improvement (Cost, Capex, DSO, DPO), M&A integration and divestiture (share and asset deals), Cross-border reorganization and Crisis Management are part of my international manufacturing CFO experience. My track record includes HR, IS, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Asset backed financing, horizontal tax supervision, Sales & Operations Planning. Success factors; Change Management - No Surprises and Compliance first. As interim and fractional finance executive CFO of small and medium sized companies i stay in touch with the economy and real business life. I also obtained in June 2022 my Dutch teaching and BKE (hoogeschool) diplomas. Since then i lecture successfully parttime at different business schools at HBO, MBO and VMBO level. I like the combination of business, economy, finance and the development of future managers. My weekends are dedicated to support a rugby team as a photographer. I keep fit by biking and running. Being Swiss, I love going back to my roots and enjoy my vacation South of the Alps.

Experience

  • Jörg Meier at Interim & Fractional CFO Management Services
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    • Parttime CFO • Specialized in restructuring / change management • Reduced landed cost • Liquidated legal entities • Planned and executed M&A asset deals

  • The Linde Group (Schiedam, The Netherlands)
    • Country & Regional CFO Europe South West & Northern Africa (RES)
      Jan 2013 - Jun 2020 · 7 yrs 6 mos

      Setting up a captive shared service center for Order to Cash Integration of healthcare entities in the region divestiture of legal entities and asset deals setting up a regional Finance organization Launch and complete merger reorganization Covid19 Crisis management

    • Country CFO Benelux and France
      Mar 2008 - Dec 2012 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      outsource Financial transaction activities to IBM shared service center in Krakow/Bangalore Aquisition and Divestiture activities (e.g. Linde Nitrogen Services, Air Products Homecare) Setting up new captive shared service center in Portugal (OTC) Centralization of the finance teams in NL and FR Reorganization of the supervisory board (insourcing board members) Financial Crisis management, Reorganization in NL and FR (presenting to the worker councils)

  • CFO at DKSH Premium Pet Products
    Dec 2003 - Feb 2008 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    CFO Premium Pet Products division of DKSH group Dordrecht, The Netherlands Responsible for the finance departments (19 specialists) HR, Legal and IT. Member of the MT Restructuring, Cash FLow Planning, Asset backed financing, Improvement of logistic KPIs, Crisis management

  • Zimmer (Centerpulse / Sulzer / Carbomedics) (5 yrs 11 mos)
    • Director Controlling
      Feb 2002 - Nov 2003 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Sulzer Medica USA Inc Austin TX, USA Responsible as VP Finance for the Cardiac Care (Carbomedics) finance department (24 people)

    • Director Finance Sulzer Medica USA Inc
      Jun 2000 - Jan 2002 · 1 yr 8 mos

      In charge of the Houston finance department (seven people) Treasury, chapter 11 filings, restructuring

    • Deputy CFO, head controlling, external reporting Sulzer Medica AG
      Jan 1998 - May 2000 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      external financial reporting of this publicly traded company, listed in Zurich and in New York

  • Auditor at Deloitte
    Sep 1994 - Dec 1997 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    audits of Production, Trade and Distribution companies. Swiss GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP Management of audit teams