I am a qualified, experienced Finance and Commercial professional with superior leadership, analytical, technical and communication skills who can deliver improved cash flow and sustainable bottom-line performance.A lateral thinking decision-maker with extensive experience in the Property, Hospitality (Accommodation Hotels), Manufacturing, Import, Wholesale and Distribution sectors, successfully leading high performing teams in complex multinational (multi-site) businesses with significant annual turnover. A proven track record of success over 30 years partnering Directors, MDs, CEOs and GMs as a Hotel Asset Manager, Chief Financial Officer, General Manager and Operations Manager, l have a solid career history in project management, finance, business operations and cost saving, development of strategic business plans and budgets, change management and day-to-day financial control. I also have extensive experience in hotel and business management, commercial arrangements, IT systems, board reporting, cash flow management and forecasting, advanced financial modelling, investment appraisal, schedule of rates maintenance, stakeholder management, reporting and analysis, risk mitigation, with an excellent record of increasing profitability. I have exceptional communication, presentation and report writing abilities, and possess emotional maturity, integrity, sound judgement and decisiveness. My problem solving skills centre on quickly getting to the root of a challenge, leveraging outside-of-the-box thinking to uncover the best solutions and then winning cooperation and buy-in from stakeholders to make it happen.
Listed skills include Business Planning, Management, Business Process Improvement, Managerial Finance, and 27 others.