Spain
As the CEO of Kaelis, I lead strategic management initiatives to achieve long-term growth and operational excellence, leveraging my extensive background in corporate finance, HR management, and internal controls. Working closely with the board, I ensure that governance is aligned with business objectives, while overseeing the C-suite team to streamline financial and operational functions effectively. With over 25 years of experience across diverse sectors such as logistics, consulting, and services, I bring a proven track record of enhancing management, implementing financial best practices, improving banking structures, and optimizing internal controls. Dedicated to fostering organizational success, I aim to drive growth, enhance efficiency, and uphold high standards of compliance and integrity for Kaelis and its stakeholders.
- Spearheads strategic management initiatives to drive long-term growth and sustainability at Kaelis. - Collaborates with the board to align corporate governance with business objectives, enhancing decision-making processes. - Oversees C-suite team, integrating COO and CFO responsibilities to streamline financial and operational management. - Partnerships/JV management
- CFO responsible for all Brazilian operations - Reported all finance information to the corporate team and Latam management including financial position, FP&A, cash flow controls and projections, debt management controls and CAPEX figures - Prepared financial statements according to IFRS and adjustments to USGAAP for a total of eight companies - Controlled the management for Human Resources - Supervision of operations costs controls - Produced and implemented cash flow/financing strategies including domestic and international funding operations - Implemented and managed SOX controls - M&A liaison and integration - Liaised with auditors for external auditing purposes
- Supply Chain Management - Quality Assurance Management - HR Management - and CFO responsibilities
- Prepared and managed annual budget, long term planning and financial reporting - Coordinated financial statements according to IFRS and Spanish GAAP - implemented cash flow/financing strategies including domestic and international funding operations - Negotiated successfully for FX and International Treasury Management - Responsible for coordinating M&A process including valuation, IM, due diligence as well as all related financial and legal aspects - Expanded banking pool in order to secure funding for the company's expansion with both ST and LT financing operations
UNIFACS
- Preparing and presenting annual budget, long term planning and financial reporting - Coordinating financial statements according to IFRS and Spanish GAAP for a total of three companies with external auditing - Undertaking the control for human resources and management - Producing and implementing cash flow/financing strategies including domestic and international funding operations - Supervision of Costing - Negotiating successfully for FX and International Treasury Management - Providing legal support and ensuring compliance - Coordinating board activities and reporting - Managing of a funding pool of 10+ banks securing credit lines to high volume trading operations of more than € 10Million - Negotiating of international financing operations both LY and SY in different currencies and rates
- Responsible for reporting for three public companies according to IFRS - Controlled external auditing processes obtaining clean reports for five consecutive years - Developed business planning and implemented LT planning - Successfully conducted M&A activities for new business units - Responsible for cost efficiency management - Negotiated successfully LT leasing contracts for storage areas - Expanded banking relationships securing LT funding for the company's expansion and M&A operations of more than 10M USD - Increased ST funding in order to manage company's working capital and sustain treasury necesities of a group of 5 companies with more than 20M USD revolving credit - Implemented and controlled new Port Operations Business Unit - Managed the tax management of all companies obtaining tax benefit for CAPEX operations - Coordinated and implemented the transport management system and other IT applications - Obtained Bureau Veritas Quality Certifications - Responsible for HR management - Joint Ventures Management - Port Operations Joint Venture and Bonder Warehouse Joint Venture