A commercially focused CFO. Partnering with CEOs in growing software, professional services and vertically integrated food supply chains businesses, in Australia, UK, USA and Thailand.• Track record of success in partnering with my CEOs in leading the acceleration of profit growth, in particular where tight financial and project program management was critical to their success.• A passion and strength for developing win / win commercial partnerships through a deep understanding of the value added to the customer’s business model. • Experienced in fund raising, acquisitions (3 successful deals), establishing international JVs and business realization, highlighted by the growth and then sale of Chartwell, a professional services business to Close Brothers, a major London Investment Bank, achieving an industry leading 35 X profit realization. • A leader of strategic and annual business planning, joining up diverse opportunities and capabilities, and enabling innovative solutions to deliver the strategy. • A background in cost and management accounting, enabling the rapid understanding and modeling of a business’ strategy and finances; coupled with leading successful systems transformations. • Regarded by peers as the ‘driver’ of commercial success and the 'enabler' of senior team success, who thrives on the challenges others shy away from.• Regarded by my teams as an energetic and empowering leader who manages to clear parameters, with a track record of success in developing high performing teams across a wide range of cultures.• Success in working with and creating alignment with diverse stakeholders; including family owners, independent shareholders and boards.• Experienced at leading Corporate Functions, including procurement, HR, quality, safety, operations support, logistics, company secretariat and ICT.