United Kingdom
CAREER GOAL Add value to businesses and their employees. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Finance professional and leader with over 20 years of international experience as European CFO / European Finance Director in private equity owned, US headquartered organisations, who has lived in UK, USA, Sweden, Netherlands & Switzerland, and has experience of working in India, China, Malaysia, Australia & Japan. Recent experience in a public sector organisation undergoing significant business change in a period of financial constraint. STRENGTHS •Astute strategic planner, who can act decisively in complex and changing environments. •Comprehensive understanding of the role and requirements of Finance and support and partnership relationship with other functions. •Able to work with other functions to anticipate, identify future business needs and recommend and implement solutions. •Achieves deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy and quality of work. •An intellectually led and action oriented leader who motivates and manages teams at all levels of the organisation. •Culturally adept, having worked in different continents, industries and both private and public sector. •Demonstrated ability to integrate & restructure commercial, operations and administrative activities across Europe, whilst mitigating tax and other legal risks.
Responsible for all Finance, Purchasing and Warehouse activities