Gérald Thomé Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

• Responsible for finance, legal, HR, facilities, and process optimization.
• Support strategic and operational decision making
• Develop scenarios and stress test options
• Drive budget / forecast / business plan processes
• Fundraising (interactions with VCs, Financial brokers, Board of Directors, and existing shareholders)
• Putting in place a Long-Term Incentive plan for employees.

Ouest Lausannois District, Vaud, Switzerland

• CFO ad interim of AGENTIL, SAP Gold partner.
• Managed day-to-day financial operations and strategic financial planning.
• active collaboration with the sales team to position Agentil as the preferred vendorM&A Consultant
• Financial support for M&A deals: preparation of business plans, preparation of consolidated financial statements, evaluation of the company, preparation of the dataroom, support for the tendering process, interactions.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Responsible for finance, supply chain, B2C, legal, HR and process digitization with a perspective of turning the company around and growing the business in start-up mode. (CHF 35 million in revenues)
• Leadership and development of short and long term strategic financial objectives
• Digitalization of the company: implementation of SAP synchronized at data level with suppliers and a B2C/B2B webshop fully integrated with the customers' purchasing platforms.
• Improvement of back-office performance: structuring of accounting, finance, legal, human resources, and supply chain functions. Implementation of KPIs. Opening of a shared service center in Spain (feasibility study.
• Opening of a point of sale in Ticino
• M&A: Acquisition and integration of a company located in Zurich (leading the negotiation with the seller, setting up the financing, coordination of lawyers and auditors, integration)=> Revenue growth of +110% over the.

Région De Genève, Suisse

• Responsible for the IFRS financial reporting of the region (42 countries). In charge of FP&A, cost control, accounting, treasury, tax and legal aspects, internal control, revenue optimization. Responsible for relations.
• SAP implementation over the region
• Managing processes for financial forecasting, budgets, and reporting to HQ
• Deployment of tax schemes adapted to each country to optimize the tax impact: $800K p.a.
• Working capital improvement: $30 million
• Analyzing and reporting on financial performance, developing KPIs. Through interaction with the local teams, identification of areas for improvement leading to cost savings of $4 million p.a

Saint Légier LA Chiesaz, Switzerland

• Responsible for the IFRS consolidated financial information of the EMEA region (12 countries). Responsible for finance, budget control, financial forecasting, treasury, regional strategy definition and implementation.
• Leadership and development of short and long term strategic financial objectiveso Selection, specification, and deployment of SAP B1 o Definition and implementation of new FP&A processes, KPIs.o Working capital.
• Business growth supporto creation of new companies in Switzerland, Scotland, Qatar and Omano negotiation of shareholder agreements, legal and tax analysis, identification of the most appropriate entities to carry out.
• Tax analysis, optimization, and compliance for our subsidiaries.

Paris

• Management of a team of 7 auditors.
• General & organizational audits of subsidiaries in France or overseas
• Acquisition audits (due diligence) in liaison with the Group M&A department

Hong Kong

Revenues $120 MSupervision of a team of 11 people.

Luanda, Angola

Revenues: $60MManagement of a team of 6 people.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Administration Des Entreprises, Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Civil Engineering

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