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Perth, Australia

The CFO Centre is a global group operating in 13 countries and 5 continents, providing high quality CFOs to businesses for a fraction of what it would cost to appoint one full time. We thrive on helping businesses achieve significant improvements in:✔ Best Practice cash flow & working capital management✔ Profit improvement strategies✔ Company turnaround/recovery✔ Control systems for fast growth ✔ Forward looking performance reporting✔ Creating & implementing a financial strategy✔ Raising funds✔ Developing exit strategies for owners

Australia

CFO and management consulting services

Designed and taught courses on financial modelling and Excel skills to thousands of student in countries around the world.

Sydney, Australia

The CFO Centre is a global group operating in 13 countries and 5 continents, providing high quality CFOs to businesses for a fraction of what it would cost to appoint one full time. www.cfocentre.com.auWe thrive on helping businesses achieve significant improvements in:✔ Best Practice cash flow & working capital management✔ Profit improvement strategies✔ Company turnaround/recovery✔ Control systems for fast growth ✔ Forward looking performance reporting✔ Creating & implementing a financial strategy✔ Raising funds✔ Developing exit strategies for owners

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

FD Centre offers part time financial directors to businesses in the major centres of South Africa, including Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. www.fdcentre.co.zaThe FD Centre South Africa is the sister company of the FD Centre in the UK and the CFO Centre in Australia. My client portfolio ranged from companies in the metal industry, manufacturing and mining to a specialised online reporting company.Some of the main areas of focus were• Improving cashflow – cashflow modelling and planning• Profit Improvement –margin and profit analysis, KPI reviews, ROI analysis and profit improvement strategies and action plans• Internal controls – designing systems, reports and procedures to improve controls• Reporting – giving visibility into past performance (such as key performance indicators, management accounts, reporting against budgets) and future performance (financial models based on current information and scenario planning)• Exit Planning – valuations, financial models and exit planning• Risk management• Business plan preparation• Funding – reviewing and modelling funding proposals and documentation

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Efekto-FMCG (gardening products), part of Ascendis, listed on JSEwww.efekto.co.zaOverall responsibility for finance and financial reporting. This included managing the finance department (debtors, creditors, accounting), reporting to the board and shareholders (including attending board and audit committee meetings and preparing and presenting all financial reports), cashflow planning, the annual audit and financial statements, budgeting and providing support to the sales and supply chain departments.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

BUSBY is a leading fashion wholesaler and retailer in South Africahttp://www.busbyhouse.com/-Overall financial responsibility for managing the finance function of the Wholesale Division. The department of 35 staff, included Debtors, Creditors, Shipping, Accounting and Inventory Costing-Full financial reporting function -Business support including brand profitability analysis, strategic workshops, financial models,fund raising, process improvements and ERP system design

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Gem Diamonds - Diamond Mining, listed on London Stock ExchangeReported to Chief Financial OfficerKey areas:A.Analysis and financial models and dealing with analysts on LSE. Updated and developed the group’s Corporate Model, the financial model used for all forecasting.B. Risk management including insurance across the various operations, risk registers,internal auditsC. Reporting - Board and audit committee reports and operational financial reporting (travelling to the operations in Australian, Lesotho,DRC and Botswana as required)

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Air Products-listed on the NYSE-gas and chemical manufacturerReported to Financial Director. A.Finance-Pricing models-Project appraisal-discounted cash flows and net present value calculation, including the cash, accounting and tax consequences of various scenarios-Financial models for cash forecasting, tax forecasting and balance sheet budgeting-Analysis of actual performance to budget,Financial ratio analysisB.Financial management and accounting-Managed the Finance Department (20 staff in total)-Foreign exchange-Tax : compliance, reporting and structured finance transactions-Treasury : investing and borrowing funds at optimal rates-Full financial accounting and reporting function including group consolidation

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Contract assignment

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Completed a 4 year training contract.Was a senior and supervised audits in the last year. Clients included listed companies (electronics and property development) and private companies (a paint manufacturer, a catering supplier, a retirement annuity fund, an import/export company, a veterinary services company and others).

Ca(Sa)

Chartered Accountant - admitted in 1999

B Com (Hons), Accounting

PG Dip Accounting

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting And Business/Management, Distinction

B Com

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