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Petersfield, England, United Kingdom

Railscape Limited are a specialist services provider to the Rail Industry. The head office is located in Rayleigh in Essex, supported by regional offices in Kent, Humberside, Preston, Hampshire and Dorset. Our vision is to be the preferred supplier to the rail industry for all aspects of Arboriculture, Vegetation Management, Environmental Services, Minor Building Construction, Civil Works & Fencing.

Senior manager for a world leader in technical recruitment with a presence in over 60 countries and 2014 turnover of USD 1.5 billion. Established in 1970, Fircroft specialises in the Oil & Gas, Automotive, Power & Energy, Mining & Minerals and Engineering sectors.Key ResponsibilitiesOverall responsibility for the strategic growth and business development across the Sub Saharan Africa region.• Responsible for the performance of the regional business units and country offices against budgets and forecasts.• Responsible for the support, development and management of the country/business managers assisting them in the successful growth of their business unit.• Oversee and coordinate all Due Diligence, RFI and tender responses for the region.• Oversee global and key client accounts in region.• Attend key client meetings/presentations in support of business unit/country managers as required to facilitate the capture of new business.• Oversee and assist in the marketing objectives for the business units/country offices.• Promote Fircroft compliance & ethics policies throughout the workplace and in all business units.• Responsible for the support, promotion, monitoring and compliance with all Fircroft and client HSE obligations, rules and requirements across all organisational, personnel, commercial and technical activities within the company.• Initiate controls and actions necessary to assure the quality, integrity and environmental aspects as well as the contractual delivery time of services and products furnished.• Initiate actions to assure the safety and health of the employees in the company.Key Achievements• New offices opened in Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa ahead of schedule and within budget.• Established JV partnerships in Mozambique and Angola.• Selection and engagement of local partners to support client project staff in Liberia, Gabon,Namibia, Ethiopia & Senegal.

Luanda, Angola

Intertek is a FTSE 100 company with over 30,000 employees in more than 100 countries. IM Angola is predominantly involved in the supply of technical staffing and inspection services to the oil & gas industry, holding contracts with BP, ExxonMobil, Total and Chevron with a 2012 turnover of USD 10m.Key ResponsibilitiesSupervise all organisational, personnel, commercial and technical activities within the company. Initiate controls and actions necessary to assure the quality, integrity and environmental aspects as well as the contractual delivery time of services and products furnished. Initiate actions to assure the safety and health of the employees in the company.• Responsible for the Angolan business unit operations consisting of 8 direct and 85 indirect employees.• Build and maintain relationships with key players in new and existing clients.• Maintain an extensive knowledge of local legal and immigration requirements pertinent to Intertek Moody operations.• Full country P&L responsibility and quality control of monthly, forecast and budget data input to Intertek reporting system.Key Achievements• Successfully obtained export licence for repatriation of USD 10m.

Luanda, Angola

A subsidiary of the DeutschePost DHL group, Hull Blyth Angola is one of the leading suppliers of manpower to the oil industry in Angola.Key Role Responsibilities• Strategic reviews of existing contract performance and new business opportunities.• Supervision and management of finance team of 20.• Forecasts & Budgets – review and update throughout the year.• Statutory accounting and local taxation management. • Maintain local reporting system (SUN Financials) structure and development; quality control of monthly, forecast and budget data input to DP-DHL SAP reporting system.Key Achievements• Achieved significant cost savings by restructuring the finance function following DP-DHL merger with Exel and improved the reporting process and quality of management information.

London, United Kingdom

A subsidiary of Exel Plc providing ship agency services in West Africa with an annual turnover of c. £26 million.Key Responsibilities and Achievements• Management of the London based bureau consisting of 15 staff and tasked with the devolution of accounting and support services to the operating countries; Nigeria, Ghana and Angola.• Achieved through regular travel to the operating countries to ensure adequate training programs set out and implemented to accomplish best practice targets with the final result being closure of the London bureau.

Btec Higher National Diploma, Business Studies, Economics & Accounting

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