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Auckland, Nz

Berlin Area, Germany

Freelance CFO-On-Demand for multiple clients: Finance Accelerator, Director, Treasurer and Mentor.Proven exceptional performance in Finance and Operations for small to large businesses/projects at various stages of maturity and growth, across multiple industries.Specific skillset includes strategic planning, project controlling and pivoting, revenue growth management, procurement, supply chain optimisation and cost management to accelerate growth creation throughout value-chains.Industry experience includes television & media broadcasting, fast-moving-consumer-goods, telecoms, energy and transport & infrastructure.

Berlin, Germany

Finance function lead for late-stage Start-Ups

Berlin

Finance Mentor to various accelerator programmes including: Mindbox (Deutsche Bahn Accelerator), Founders Foundation (Bertelsmann Stiftung Incubator), betahaus and others.

Berlin Area, Germany

Treasurer and Officer on the Management Board of the first and only truly bilingual school in eastern Berlin. An integrated full-day Primary/Secondary and Daycare/Hort with >350 pupils, high teacher/pupil ratios and strong entry demand. State funded with minimal top-up fees, the €4.5M turnover business is currently launching a >€5M renovation.

Berlin Area, Germany

Acting Procurement Director for Europe leading a team of 16 responsible for all European indirect sourcing, and delivering best-in-class productivity on >€1B spend under management, and pioneering our global balanced scorecard.Previously Head of Commercial Finance, German Business Unit, managing a team of up to 5 associates. I had responsibility for innovation and change-management performance across the entire beverage portfolio. I also managed the overall franchise profit sharing model, developing and implementing a new concentrate pricing methodology.Manager Marketing Controlling 2005-2006.

London, Uk

CME, a Nasdaq listed company, operates a leading group of free-to-air TV channels across central and eastern Europe. My role involved managing both financial and non-financial targets within highly dynamic emerging markets. We were a mega-start-up achieving significant revenue and shareholder value growth. I was the lead liaison for strategic financial planning and reporting with the local stations, working closely with field finance directors and their teams. Within Corporate I had vital roles in strategy and modelling, SOX implementation, Board Meeting support, litigation and investor relations support including Wall Street Q&A.

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, Uk

Limited term role at the UK's 6th largest telecoms company. I reported to the COO during & post significant expansion and through the telecoms bubble bursting. Under increasing investor interest I developed KBIs and helped the company work towards a new management regime and a revised future strategy.

London, Uk

Fixed term contract, reporting to the Head of Broadcast Planning and the Broadcast Finance Director, I contributed widely to the strategic development of the BBC at the time by focused on the activation of medium-term strategy including new launches into digital media. This public sector role involved balancing financial and social obligations, where many targets were often non-financial, in an environment of funding uncertainty and significant growth in digital competition.

London, Uk

During this fixed term contract I initially worked on the Heathrow Terminal 5 Project where I was responsible for the economic appraisal of 12 core projects balancing contingencies and sensitivities. I was subsequently the only contractor retained by BA, and within their core Finance-Operations I was the sole financial support for four General Managers: Policy (long term strategy), Planning (1 to 5 year investments, Infrastructure (short term development), and Customer Service Systems (IT feasibility).

Auckland, Nz

Energy strategy analyst for New Zealand's largest company. Initially within the corporate Electricity team, my role quickly expanded and I became a core member of several fundamental projects. My areas of responsibility increased to include strategic projects focused on our wider gas portfolio, receiving keen CEO interest, and resulted in a radical rethink of the company’s strategy.

Auckland, Nz

Following a scholarship, I was employed in audit and was quickly offered the first ever graduate role in Management Consulting (within the Utilities team: the county’s largest utility advisory practice). Reporting directly to an Associate Director or Partner my role involved business analysis, economic and asset valuations, benchmarking, financial modelling, business process redesign, and merger benefit studies, all across rapidly changing energy, airport and water sectors.

B.Com / B.A, Accounting & Economics

Activities and Societies: News writer and presenter on Radio 1, Student Radio, Dunedin

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