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Dubai, Ae

Dubai, Dubai, Ae

Chief Financial Officer

Leatherhead, Greater London, Gb

Responsibilities include:• General support to the Executive Chairman on matters related to HH Global.• Group wide share related compensation and shareholder management.• Interim Director for M&A – providing support and co-ordination around deal negotiation, due diligence, and deal finalisation. Co-led on Project Sharp (suspended) and on Project Tiger (ongoing).• Co-led the acquisition of Adare International, a £280m t/o business with extensive operations in EMEA and LATAM.

Leatherhead, Greater London, Gb

Responsibilities included:• Strategic advisor/business partner to the CEO and majority shareholder.• Leadership of the global finance function, with c300 staff, organised into 3 regional teams and a group function.• Management of external advisor relationships: M&A, Banking/Financing, Audit and Tax and legal.• Board responsibility for IT infrastructure across the group: 2016-2019, Legal function from 2020 onwards.• Board sponsor for finance function technology implementations.• Monthly and annual accounts, tax matters, long term planning, annual budget and in-year forecasting processes, annual audit and internal audit.• Ensuring the business takes a strong commercial review of client contracts/opportunities.• Group cash optimisation and allocation of cash resources.

Washington, Dc, Us

APCO Worldwide is privately owned global Public Affairs and Corporate Communications consultancy, headquartered in Washington DC. APCO was Private Equity sponsored, with 37 offices in 25 countries and over 650 staff. Recipient of 2011 CEO Award.

London, London, Gb

Ovum Plc, was an AIM listed Telecoms & Technology Advisory and Consultancy business, with turnover of £26m and 240 staff in 8 offices globally. Datamonitor Plc. purchased the business in December 2006, after which the existing finance team left business. The role was to recruit a new finance team, stabilise cash flow, reconcile take on balances, implement new controls and processes, and start to return the business to profitable and operational financial health.

London, London, Gb

?WhatIf!, a privately owned innovation/creative agency headquartered in London, with approx. 250 staff worldwide. Voted best place to work in the UK, in an FT survey, in both 2004 and 2005. Responsible for all Group and UK back-office operations (finance, HR, IT and office/buildings) leading a team of 40 people with an operational budget of £3.5m: month end and year-end financial reporting, statutory reporting, direct and in-direct taxation, financial planning and forecasting, commercial contract reviews; external advisor relationships.

Market leader in the convenience store sector, with 240 stores across southern England and turnover of c£500m. Five-month multi-project interim assignment to: improve accuracy of direct goods margins by 75%, design and improve corporate cash flow reporting, review finance technology strategy and identify 10% savings in the company car scheme.

Andersen Business Consulting, the consulting division of Arthur Andersen, had revenues of $1.4+bn and employed 12,000+ consultants worldwide, 850+ consultants in London. Undertook a range of consulting projects, specialising in: Finance process changes, systems implementation, and financial strategy.

London, England, Gb

Debenhams Plc, then part of Burton Group Plc. was a £1.2Bn turnover department store group. Projects included: line and promotions profitability, weekly sales and profit reporting, ad-hoc commercial analysis.

Caparo is a light industrial engineering group. Trainee group Management Accountant responsible for head office accounts, group reporting and planning, year-end audit and monthly management accounts.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Fcma, Management Accounting

Beng, Civil Engineering