Harry Chryssaphes Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Specialist Executive Search for Senior Finance Executive positions: "CFOs / Finance Directors and their Team”. Also can "readily" resource NED/Audit Chair appointments from my extensive network of personally "known and endorsed" Finance Executives built up over 30 years. Please refer to "About" section above for more general information. Examples of Client/roles recruited by me during this career period:AllianceBoots - Fin. Controller (became FD, Boots UK; then VP Corp. Controller, Walgreens Boots AllianceAll Leisure Group Plc – Group Finance DirectorBetfair Group Plc – Head of FP&A + Head of Risk ManagementBlue Prism Group Plc – Group FC + Group Commercial Dir. + Corp. Develop't & Strategy Dir.+ FD, EMEA Care UK – Finance Director, Secondary CareCerillion Technologies - CFOCohort Plc – Finance Directors (x3) for operating subsidiariesDHL Systems – Head of IS Controlling – Europe (based Prague)Esporta Health & Fitness Group - CFO FirstGroup Plc - Finance Director, First Great Western RailwayHanover Investors - Portfolio NED/Audit ChairICAP Plc - Group Treasurer (became Group CFO; then CFO, TalkTalk Telecom Plc) IFG Group Plc - Chief Risk OfficerLiquid Intelligent Technologies - Group CFO + Interim CFO, East Africa (based Nairobi)Nestor Healthcare Group Plc - Group FC + FP&A Manager Patientline Plc - Group FC & FD, UKPets At Home Plc - CFO, Vet Group DivisionPremiAir Aviation - Finance DirectorPremier Farnell Plc - Deputy Group FDPrime Plc - Group FDReed Elsevier Plc - Finance Director, UK & NL, Elsevier Health SciencesRegus Group Plc - Head of Financial ReportingRightmove Plc - Group FC (became Group CFO)Sitel/ClientLogic - CFO, EMEASynthomer Plc - Group Corporate ControllerTRL (Transport Research Laboratory) - Div.Controller (became Group FD)Videndum Plc (was Vitec Group Plc) - Group Development ExecutiveWelcome Break Group - Finance & Commercial DirectorZurich Financial Services (UK) - Head of Strategic Business Development

London, England, Gb

Bailey Montagu (BM) is an independent boutique executive search firm. I act in this Associate capacity when required "in parallel" with conducting CFO & Senior Finance searches through my own specialist search business, Chryssaphes Associates (above). This commercial arrangement with BM (potentially operative as/when appropriate situations require) has enabled me (as a Finance functional specialist in my own capacity/business) to also provide assistance to connections/clients of mine, through introduction/referral to my BM associates/partners, re appropriate non-Finance C-suite and other Senior Executive requirements. Examples of co-operation/successful searches conducted by BM for my introduced clients include: Capita plc - Group Property Director; Capita plc - Divisional Commercial Director; Europcar UK - Revenue & Capacity Management Director; FIH Group plc - Business Development Director (for its Momart subsidiary): RPS Group plc - CEO, Consulting Services; Spectris plc - VP, Lean Strategy and Operations.

As co-founder/Joint Managing Partner - specialised in Senior/Middle Finance & Strategic Planning roles. Clients/experience cut across most industry sectors. My personal main clients during this period included: Avis Europe, BT Group, Caradon (later Novar plc), CVC Capital Partners, Diageo plc (Guinness/United Distillers), Dorling Kindersley, FirstGroup, Liberata, Norwich Union/Aviva (for which was a preferred supplier for middle finance roles), Reed Elsevier, Senior Engineering. Some examples of my "higher-profile" recruits by client/role:Asda Plc - Divisional FD (became Asda Group FD; then CFO-Wal-Mart Europe; then President & CEO, Asda; later Chairman, Pets At Home Plc)Avis Europe - FP&A Director x2 (one became VP Group Controller; then VP Fleet & Operations; then CEO, Saga Travel & Cruise; then COO, Riviera Travel)BT Group – Controller, BT Global Ventures (became CFO & MD Enterprises - BT Retail; then CFO Africa & C.Europe, Vodafone; then Group FD, Kingfisher Plc; then CFO, Compass Group Plc; then CFO, Dunelm Group)BT Group - Corporate Finance Managers x7 (one became Director of Corporate Finance, BT Group; another Director of Finance Transformation, BT Global; then later Group Corporate Finance Director, Mitie Plc; another became CEO, BT Multi-Media; then CFO, Elsevier; later Group CFO, Digicel) CVC Capital Partners – Partner, Head of Fund AdministrationGuinness Plc - Head of Corporate Finance (became Corporate Development Director, Senior Plc; then CEO, Liberata Plc; then CEO, Sitel/ClientLogic; then CEO, Esporta Health & Fitness)Guinness Plc - Business Development Director, United Distillers (became Director of Financial Control, Diageo Plc; then Group CFO, ICAP Plc; then Group CFO, Royal Mail Group; then NED at Barclays, Man Group, Capita Plc and Chair, Kier Group)Diageo Plc - Business Development Manager, United Distillers (became CFO, Paramount Restaurants; then CFO/CEO, The Gym Group Plc)

Co-founder and Joint MD of this niche Financial Selection business - which we sold to a listed UK group in 1989, but continued to manage post-sale. We operated in what we perceived as a “market gap”, at that time between “agencies” and “search” firms – as specialists in Middle/Senior Finance roles, handled mainly via retained FT advertising. My personal main clients during this period included: Avis Europe, Black & Decker, The Burton Group, Citibank N.A., Citicorp Venture Capital (later CVC Capital Partners), EMI Music, Esselte, Express Dairies/Foods (Grand Met), Guinness, International Leisure Group, Kingfisher plc, Ladbrokes, Max Factor (UK), Saatchi & Saatchi, Schlumberger, United Scientific Group. Examples of "higher-profile" successes, by client/role recruited into:Avis Europe - Group Planning Manager (became FD, Avis UK; then MD, Avis Spain; then Group FD, Avis Europe; then CFO, Thomson Travel Group; then CFO, Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts; then portfolio NED/Chair)Avis Europe - Corporate Finance Director (became CFO, FirstChoice Holidays; then CFO/CEO, Manchester United, then Vice-Chairman, The FA; then Vice-President, UEFA)(The) Burton Group - Group Treasurer (became FD, Burton Financial Services; later FD, BT Global)Citicorp Venture Capital (later CVC Capital Partners) - Investment Manager (became MD, then first Chairman, CVC Capital Partners)Express Dairies/Foods - FP&A Director (became Group FD, Exel Group Plc; then CFO, Telefonica O2 Europe)Guinness Brewing Worldwide - Deputy Controller (became FD, GBW; then President, Guinness Americas & Caribbean; then President, International, Diageo Plc; then CEO, Bupa)Guinness Brewing Worldwide - International Controller (became Group FD, Laura Ashley; then Group FD, The Burton Group; then Group FD, Tesco Plc; then CEO Retail Services, Tesco; then Chairman, Morrisons)Max Factor UK - Group FC (became FD, Revlon/Max Factor UK; then FD, Volvo Car; then Group FD & Deputy Group CEO, FirstGroup Plc)

Co-founded this independent accountancy/finance recruitment business. Clients and example roles recruited, included:Black & Decker (UK) - FP&A Manager; Financial AnalystsThe Burton Group - Financial Accounting Manager, Burton Group Financial ServicesCitibank N.A. - Financial ControllerCiticorp Venture Capital (CVC) - Investment ExecutiveCompAir - Financial Systems ExecutiveEcolab Inc - Planning Manager EuropeEsmark Inc - Internal AuditorsGulf + Western Group - Assistant Financial ControllerSchlumberger Inc - Operational Auditors (based Paris)- Controller, Africa Region (based Lagos), Dowell Schlumberger- European Controller (based London), Schlumberger Flopetrol- Chief Accountant (based London), Schlumberger Flopetrol- Taxation Controller (based London), Schlumberger Forex Neptune

Brussels, Be

Engaged on various strategic and company re-organisation cases, including a re-organisation project undertaken in the Middle East for a major trading company.

Involved in Business Planning projects for EMI Music companies in overseas territories, reporting to the Finance Director of EMI Music's International Operations.

Mba

Ba(Hons) - First Class, Economics

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