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Dynamic executive leadership career spanning 25 years with a vibrant mix of finance, business strategy, operations, processes, and technology. Intimate knowledge of financial management, operating results, and profitability. Expert in executing team-driven process improvements to increase revenue growth, operational efficiency, and overall competitiveness.Outstanding communication interpersonal skills coupled with a respectful, collaborative approach to developing successful and sustainable working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.Deliverables• Designing and monitoring budgets for addressing major strategic issues and ensuring the accomplishment of objectives.• Heading finance and administration functions involving determining financial objectives, risk mitigation and fund utilisation, designing and implementing systems, formulating policies to facilitate company controls.• Evaluating and prioritising business development opportunities that aim at improving company efficiency and effectiveness.Achievements• Participated in the executive team as head of financial issues that put forward Skouries project of total amount €1,6BN and negotiated with the Greek Government the investment plan and transfer agreement (second biggest foreign investment in Greece).• Spearheaded acquisition in 2017 of a €11.6M petrol station network, which contributed to securing €800K annual earnings.• Concluded merger of group companies in 2016, leading to annual savings of €200K.• Served as the project manager in 2017 to achieve GDPR compliance within 6 months.• Restructured company to trading model, resulting in boosting profits in the amount of €16M within 18 months.• Managed SAP implementation that simplified procedures, harmonised IT infrastructure and reduced costs.• Reduced working capital in 2015 by €6Μ by improving inventory days, DSOs etc, subsequently eliminating loan financing• Achieved a €2.7M operational expenditure benefit in 2014 by completing a 250-employee voluntary retirement scheme.• Led project teams that opened new companies in Cyprus, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China, Romania, and Germany, establishing all operational baselines (sourcing commercial space, staffing, banking facilities, business advisers etc).

Listed skills include Managerial Finance, Budgets, Business Strategy, Business Planning, and 46 others.