Allan Copping Email & Phone Number

Canada

Responsible for finance, accounting, treasury management, planning and forecasting, M&A support, and financial and management reporting.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Worked with the founder CEO and management team of this multi-asset class, multi-city real estate investment, development and management organization. Focused on process improvement and ensuring that teams work collaboratively to drive the growth and success of Anthem.

• Working in partnership with and reporting to the Chair of the Board of Directors, held overall accountability for executing the strategic direction and providing overall operational leadership with regards to strategy.
• Lead a high growth phase at Impark, more than doubling EBITDA and the scale of the business in five years. Drove Impark’s expansion in the North American market by continuing to build the company in Canada and.
• Positioned the organization to fulfill a transformative growth mandate by revitalizing and reorganizing the senior leadership team; re-designing and deploying changes to the Company’s compensation plans to improve.
• Led the organization through significant change including stewarding the business through a rigorous sale / auction process in 2011, resulting in the ultimate sale of the Company to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
• Improved Impark’s brand reputation and customer service, and improved efficiencies. Led the development and implementation of a five-year plan designed to align the company’s physical IT infrastructure with a business.
• Instituted new governance and risk mitigation practices in conjunction with the shareholder and Board to ensure the protection of business-critical data, high ethical standards, and maintain robust management and.

• Responsible for the financial analysis of acquisition opportunities and business operating profitability, accounting and financial reporting, taxation, planning and forecasting, treasury, financing and banking, and.
• Managed the recapitalization of debt and shareholders’ equity.
• Analyzed the business profitability and identified highest margin market segments, deal structures and property types, providing senior management with insight as to how best to direct efforts and resources.
• Directed and sponsored / championed key back office projects.
• With the senior management team, implemented, refined and monitored progress of Impark’s five-year strategic plan, and annual business plans.
• Initiated the centralization of branch accounting support, resulting in improved business continuity, efficiencies via scale, and better development of accounting staff.

Managed the financial affairs of a fractional real estate / timeshare business unit, including: financial projections and project proformas; obtaining project financing (supporting the Treasury group of Intrawest’s corporate office); sourcing takeout mortgage financing for purchasers; preparing business plans and financial reports; legal matters and.

Director, Asset Management - Member of a team managing a portfolio valued in excess of $1.5 billion of office buildings and business parks in Western Canada and Seattle, for a major pension fund client.Director, National Real Estate Services - Managed central initiatives aimed at improving process, reducing costs and outsourcing. Investigated new.