Anthony Creedy Email & Phone Number

Nottingham, England, Gb

Nottingham, United Kingdom

● Member of the Senior Management Team, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), leadingand developing an international team of twenty-seven● Managed the finance function through four changes of CFO in an 18 month period, including afive month period as Interim CFO and a member of the Group’s Executive Management Team● Successful exit in 2023, following initial process in 2022● Refinancing in 2019, raising €120m and reducing the cost of the group’s debt, plus additionalacquisition facilities of c€40m in 2022. Full refinancing following the exit in 2023, and subsequentincrease in the acquisition facility in 2024● Integration of multiple acquisitions into the group (thirteen to date): alignment of controls,accounting policies and reporting, implementation of accruals accounting, monthly reporting andan ERP system and finance team● Legal entity rationalisation of acquired entities, year-end alignment and IFRS conversion projects.Group reporting and transfer pricing established from scratch on creation of the Group● Main finance point of contact for the group’s auditors, tax advisers, and employees, and joint maincontact for the equity advisers and executive management team (with the CFO)● Owner of the ledgers, reconciliations, controls, treasury and cash management processes, as wellas the consolidation and reporting of the group’s results. Demonstrated continuous improvementin reporting via year-on-year reduction in audit control points● Relationship owner with the group’s banking syndicate, managing covenant reporting, loan capitaland interest payments and debt and overdraft limits● Work with the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager on the production of and reporting againstbudgets and forecasts (financial and cashflow, short and long term)

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

● Covered the vacant CFO role for 5 months, taking full responsibility for the Group's finances● Lead the finance function through an international acquisition and the pre-completion work for another, including Due Diligence, tax structuring and funding● Established reporting for transformational multi-million pound platform development project

Denby, Derbyshire

• Covered the Group Finance Director role for a period of six months, attending all board meetings and presenting the consolidated Group budget to the banking syndicate• Worked with the private equity owners to re-finance the group's bank debt. Reduced margin on the loans by more than one basis point and so significantly reduced interest costs• Led the Group Finance team through the trade and assets purchase and subsequent integration of an international competitor that substantially increased the size of the group• Provided the main finance point of contact to the due diligence and Q&A processes that resulted in the successful trade sale of the business• Successfully transitioned the group's consolidated accounts to IFRS, with no business disruption and at lower cost than in the majority of transitions• Managed the group through the annual audit process, leading discussions with auditors on issues identified• Improved the quality of reporting and the financial control environment across the group

• Provided and championed the UK view on future Company reporting to the global convergence project;• Worked with varied stakeholders across the business to align UK reporting behind the agreed global view;• Ascertained the UK business information needs, and took these to the SAP implementation team to ensure the solution met the needs of all stakeholders

• Step changed the quality and presentation of business unit forecasting and reporting, including the development of a complete results pack• Lead commercial team on a number of projects to introduce new packs, and proactively pushed sales teams to ensure above average returns are made on the new SKUs• Also took commercial lead and provided financial analysis on numerous other projects / proposals, including brand re-positionings, customer proposals and work to improve the accuracy of reporting• Proactively identified opportunities to drive sales, and instigated innovative approaches to highlight and deliver these opportunities• Provided detailed commercial analysis and other inputs and stimulus to the team leading customer merger negotiations, increasing the size of the potential prize available

• Undertook full and detailed review of the NPD process, worked with Marketing department to identify and implement improvements• Completed highly time pressured audit of Coors Japan to very high quality through planning and liaison within the business• Reviewed the evaluation of a problematic product release, discussed the issues with all areas of the business, assessed potential improvements and their impact, and brought forward relevant and timely recommendations as a result• Completed a supplier audit that discovered a fraud against Coors Brewers, and took part in the negotiations to recover monies from the supplier and ensure continuity of supply to the business

• Improved quality of month end reporting, aiding analysis of reported results and saving time in investigating anomalies• Gained detailed understanding of operating units’ Balance Sheets and Income Statements, leading to improved accuracy of external and internal reporting• Completed successful statutory reporting under IFRS, including transition from UK GAAP• Established good relationships with staff in all areas of the business. Liaise with staff in a variety of countries and roles regarding technical and Group reporting queries• Technical expertise. Thorough knowledge of current and up/coming accounting regulations, including International Standards

• Led team of 12 and co-ordinated reporting from overseas to complete multi-site audit of a £700m turnover listed food company• Audits of companies reporting under UK and US regulations, Sarbanes Oxley compliance work, liaison with auditors in other countries, working in varied locations as part of teams of varied sizes• Knowledge of the financial processes and reporting structures of firms of varying size and nature• Initial training and some experience in financial modelling work