David Rae Bec, Fca, F Fin Email & Phone Number

Hampshire, GB

COO and Finance Director for the EMEA Operations of this USA Private Equity owned Publishing Business. Print and online presence across EMEA in Higher Education Publishing, Library Reference Material and English Langauage Teaching.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

• Transferred from Reed Business to Elsevier in London in November 2009 at the request of their MD who I had worked for previously in Australia. Finance Director for the Healthcare information business (print and online).
• Worked closely with the EMEA MD to modernise the business, drive migration of print to online
• System upgrades across many of the businesses including the implementation of a new financial reporting system (HFM) and the upgrade of Oracle Financials to Oracle 12
• Acquisition completed in Spain and disposals made in the UK and Italy
• Key Board member in Italy, Spain, Poland
• Was tasked to improve the reporting and reliability of information being provided, succeeded in achieving this, removed all question marks re reliability of the results

London, UK, GB

• In May 2007 was promoted and seconded to London to be the Finance Director for all of Reed Business International, thus adding Europe to my existing portfolio of Asia Pacific businesses. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Assisted in key online businesses being acquired and developed. Drove migration of print to online
• New systems deployed in many of the businesses
• Key Board member in Spain, India, China and Japan
• Costs reduced through strong contract negotiation
• Worked with PWC and UBS and a senior team in relation to the proposed sale of the RBI Business in 2008

London, UK, GB

• Promoted in January 2003 so my responsibilities were expanded from Australia only to include all of Asia Pacific (businesses in Australia, Japan, Singapore, India and China). Position was still based in Sydney.KEY.
• Assisted in key online businesses being acquired and developed. Drove migration of print to online
• New systems deployed in many of the businesses
• Key Board member in India, China and Japan
• Costs reduced through strong contract negotiation

London, UK, GB

• Appointed originally as Finance Director of Reed Business Information Australia. Later promoted to also be the Finance Director of Reed Elsevier Australia.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Improved reporting reliability and gained the respect and confidence of management in the UK
• Upgraded systems – Oracle 12 from 11i, new purchasing order system and payroll systems implemented
• Reduced costs significantly through staff reorganisations, contract renegotiation, centralisation of activities
• Portfolio management with sale and purchase of selected magazines and online properties

• The company was a fully owned subsidiary of WMX Technologies with worldwide revenues of over US$10b. As Finance Director I was responsible for all financial reporting and tax matters as well as being involved in.
• Major contracts won across all States
• Centralised the accounting centre saving over $1m pa
• Introduced detailed pricing models which resulted in better pricing and improved margins
• Numerous measures taken to improve the tax effectiveness of bids and financing

Pawtucket, RI, US

Toronto, ON, CA

Graduate Diploma In Applied Finance And Investment

Bachelor Of Economics, Accounting And Finance

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