Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A “full-cycle” executive and investment professional with proven track record, anchored in a strong financial background and focused on leading and driving growth businesses. Swiss/US/EU citizenships, multi-lingual, with broad international experience and reach. Specialties: Executive Management of growth businesses, private equity and venture capital investments, financial management, building businesses, strategy, RFID, clean-tech, technology enabled services
Partner focused on investing in greenfield opportunities in East Africa and on management of the firm.
Head of Smart Mobility Business Unit Full P&L and strategic responsibility for Smart Mobility Business, growing the business to become the global market leader in contactless Smart Ticketing, delivering close to 1 billion contactless tickets to transport operators worldwide. BU and team management to deliver strong growth and be the key profitability centre for the company, while driving strategy and innovation to diversify revenue, access new markets, and enhance customer loyalty through value-added services. Chief Financial Officer Responsible for the overall financial management of the company. Specific responsibilities and tasks include: • Executive management –member of five-member executive management team. Permanent management representative at Board meetings together with CEO. Drove strategic process and implementation together with CEO leading to consistent and continuous growth in excess of 30% per year while delivering strong profitability • M&A, business development and partnerships • Budgeting, forecasting, reporting and audit • Financing and working capital management • Cost control and optimisation • Corporate Governance • Customer Service, IT, HR and Legal – overall group responsibility for these functions
Logispring Funds, Geneva, Switzerland. Partner. Partner since 2007 for transatlantic venture capital fund focused on supply chain and industrial innovation. Non executive director of portfolio companies: • Alpheon (UK) – Design and management of distributed alternative energy solutions • Confidex (Finland) – RFID tag design and manufacturing • Lysanda (UK) – Fuel and Emissions Management software • eCourier (UK) – Next generation on-demand courier services • Kiala (Belgium) – Last-mile parcel delivery logistics from warehouse to OTC retail outlets Partner covering European continent, overall responsibility for European operations. Areas of focus and interest: clean-tech, hardware, technology enabled services. Key deals and projects include: • Led due diligence and deal-making processes for new investments • Led the deal-making process for follow-on investments • Monitored and advised existing portfolio companies, having conducted in-depth operational, financial and strategic reviews, prepared exit strategies and processes, and hired key executives and independent board members • Actively engaged fund management, bi-annual reporting cycle and fundraising