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Heidi Duncan is listed as Finance Director | Non-Executive Director at Sonnel Hospitality, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at unispace.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Heidi Duncan.
Heidi Duncan previously worked as Chief Financial Officer at Sonnel Hospitality and Founder at Empowered Peach Consulting. Heidi Duncan holds Graduate, Company Directors Course from Australian Institute Of Company Directors.
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I am a CFO and Non-Executive Director with almost two decades of board level experience with particular experience in the retail, FMCG, construction, pharmaceutical, industrial, property and education sectors, in Australia and across Asia. In an executive capacity, I am the Chief Financial Officer of Sonnel Hospitality Group, Western Sydney’s community-driven hospitality group, revitalising local venues into vibrant entertainment, food, beverage and accommodation hubs. Previously I was a Finance Executive of British American Tobacco Australia, Unispace Global, Chanel Australia, ALDI Australia and DuPont Australia and New Zealand. In these roles, I led both local and regional finance teams and navigated through significant legislative and political change to develop strategies. I transformed the finance culture to behave with a mindset of transparency and openness and elevated the reputation of Finance across the businesses by building relationships with key stakeholders and anticipating and meeting their needs. At BAT Australia, I was responsible for the $1bn turnover multi-category Australian business, where I successfully launched new category products. At board level, I help organisations realise opportunities and improve their performance. I do that by leveraging my extensive commercial experience across a variety of industries, combined with good governance and the highest ethical standards that I pursue in my activity.Finally, I have a MBA and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Business Law and Taxation). I am also a Graduate AICD’s Company Directors Course and a Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand.
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Sonnel Hospitality Group is Western Sydney’s community-driven hospitality group, revitalising local venues into vibrant entertainment, food, beverage and accommodation hubs. Sonnel is an organisation of currently 18 venues and experiencing significant growth, both organically and by acquisition.Board engagements:- Member of Executive Leadership Team.
London, Gb
British American Tobacco Australia is a globally listed multi-category, consumer-centric business dedicated to stimulating the senses of adult consumers worldwide. Global turnover is in excess of GBP28bn with a team of over 50,000 employees. - Responsible for $1bn turnover multi-category Australian business, leading a local team of 25 and working with global service centres in Malaysia and Pakistan;- Setting strategy with the Australian executive team in an environment of intense legislative and market impacts;- Transformed the finance culture to behave with a mindset of transparency and openness in dealings with our stakeholders, enabling effective business decisions to be made;- Launched new category products in energy drink space and zero nicotine vapour;- Navigated significant legislative and political change to develop strategies and provide insightful information from a finance lens to maximise business performance.Board engagements:- Director of seven companies, BAT Australia Limited, BAT Australasia Limited, BAT Australia Overseas Pty Limited, BAT Services Limited, Rothmans Asia Pacific Limited, The Benson & Hedges Company Pty Limited, W.D. & H.O. Wills Holdings Limited;- Member of Executive Leadership Team, Australia and New Zealand.
Unispace Global, Worldwide, Gb
Unispace Global Pty Limited is an Australian-founded global business that revolutionises the creation of workplace through innovative strategy, design and construction to create spaces that spark brilliance in people. Unispace is owned by private equity firm, Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), has a global turnover of ~ $500m and a team of 600 + people across 26 countries.- Recreated reporting framework to provide informative, reliable and timely insights to business performance;- Elevated the reputation of Finance across the business by building relationships with key stakeholders and anticipating and meeting their needs;- Stabilised team after a period of major change to transition to the new global structure;Instigated cultural norms for the team to set them up for future success (one on ones, team meetings, KPIs);- As Interim Asia Managing Director: Leading teams across Singapore, India, Hong Kong and Malaysia to grow the Asia business. Setting strategy with the Asia leadership team and establishing governance best practices to ensure sustainable growth;
Unispace Global, Worldwide, Gb
- Set and implement strategic goals whilst maintaining and building a trusted relationship with the private equity owners. - Responsible for engagement with the business to provide insight into their disciplines and influence and impact sustainable long-term profitable growth of the business. - Leading the budgeting and forecasting process, responsible for Capex, cash flow, and Board reporting, and lead APAC M&A from a financial perspective;Board egagements:- Member of Executive Leadership Team, APAC.
Unispace Global, Worldwide, Gb
- Responsible for leading and stabilising the 10 person Finance team across Asia Pacific and operating BAU while implementing new global finance structure.
London, England, Gb
Chanel (Australia) Pty Limited is a global house of luxury committed to offering the highest quality fashion, watches, fine jewellery, fragrance, and beauty products, employing 20K+ people. The Australian and New Zealand operations consist of 8 fashion and watches, fine jewelry retail boutiques, and 16 fragrance and beauty retail boutiques. Revenues for A and NZ are $350M+ with EBIT of $40M+. - Key advisor to the local Executive team and Regional CFO responsible for Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to the MD;- Instigated online staff sale due to COVID-19 restrictions, mobilising in two weeks and achieving revenue of $1.3M to reduce obsolescence write-off; - Reviewed merchant facilities and contracted a new provider to save ~ $500K in merchant fees annually. The updated solution also improved controls, enabled more insightful reporting, and provided a better customer experience;- Negotiated with landlords to obtain COVID-19 rental relief of $800K in immediate reductions and ongoing future lease savings;- Managed negotiations to procure new retail sites (including flagship boutique in Perth) and renegotiated lease deals on renewals to obtain favorable commercial outcomes;- Project-managed sale of head office building including appointment of agent, contract negotiation and recommendation to the Board;- Initiated an internal review of Press Showroom inventory, gifting, and loan practices, highlighting gaps in internal controls, policy and adherence and unaccounted stock;- Actively engaged internal and external stakeholders to build trust and improve the branding of the Finance function.Board engagements:- Director of 3 companies, Chanel (Australia) Pty Ltd, Chanel (New Zealand) Pty Ltd and Chanel UK subsidiary, Orlebar Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd;- Member of Governance Committee, overseeing financial, legal and property matters;- Member of steering committee for e-commerce for Fragrance and Beauty division;- Member of Executive Leadership Team, ANZ.
Minchinbury , Nsw, Au
ALDI Australia is a supermarket retailer with over 10,000 store locations globally. Australian operations consist of over 500 stores and 8 distribution centres, employing more than 12,000 people.- Reporting to the Managing Director of Finance & Administration, led the 20+ team responsible for HR Analytics and Insights, Payroll, and Employee Relations functions in Australia. A greenfields role establishing and driving growth strategies and projects;- Built a high-performing team servicing the personnel needs of a 12,000+ employee business in the areas of HR Analytics and Insights, Employee Relations and Payroll;- Streamlined and adjusted processes to reduce processing headcount by 25%, saving $300K year on year whilst overall employee headcount increased 20%;- Identified $2.5M underpayment of superannuation over many years, rectifying the identified issue and managing communication of shortfall to employees and ATO. Continuously improved and strengthened governance and controls to identify, remediate and prevent future compliance risks;- Partnered with PwC to utilise new technology, allowing modelling of rostering practices to optimise efficiencies and compare employee shift patterns and payments to Enterprise Agreements and Awards;- Implemented performance reporting to highlight key risks and anomalies of hours worked in the people space;- Lead several key projects to manage compliance with Fair Work Commission orders requiring strategic decision-making and operational implementation.Board engagements:- Member of local and international working groups and committees to set and execute company-wide strategy in the HR space.
Wilmington, De, Us
DuPont is a diversified leader in market-driven innovation and science with operations in Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Americas (90 countries). Australian operations consist of 8 business units incl. Crop Protection, Pioneer, Nutrition and Health, Electronics & Communications, Performance Materials, Industrial Biosciences, Protection Solutions, and Sustainable Solutions.- Key advisor to the Regional CFO & local Executive team; Led the finance function in ANZ & owned P&L results for ANZ region across all divisions to provide relevant and timely insight to the ANZ Managing Director and APAC President; - Responsible for reporting, tax, compliance, credit & risk functions and business partners to add commercial value to Business Unit leaders; - Improved employee engagement & reduced employee turnover rate, saving $1M annually. Achieved through cross-functional project exposure and focused development opportunities; - Managed the finance activities of Australian and New Zealand operations associated with the global acquisition of the Danisco group of companies and separation and divestiture of the automotive coatings and performance chemicals divisions. - Key member of the global design team responsible for centering statutory accounting. ANZ took the lead in transitioning the external audit and preparation of statutory accounts to India. Success resulted in headcount reduction and ongoing savings of $200K per annum; - Partnered with Business Leaders to add commercial value in areas such as client tenders and trade financing options; Added incremental value by partnering with R&D team to commercialise mining product from conception to market; - Responsible for defining the ‘world-class’ future state of DuPont’s regional finance organisation. The redesign led to increased productivity, standardisation, and quality across the organisation;Board engagements:- Member of Executive Leadership Team, ANZ.
Wilmington, De, Us
- Led the 8-person Controllership team in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) including owning P&L results for ANZ region across all divisions, liaising with business unit managers, Corporate Tax and Treasury functions. - Prepared and presented statutory accounts (IFRS) and management reports, US GAAP reporting, SOX compliance, and internal controls and managed the external audit process; Led the project to transition accounting functions from 14 Asia Pacific countries to a shared service centre in Hyderabad, India. - Change management process with key stakeholders; Successful transition of centering process resulted in cost savings of approximately $2.5M each year, greater overall visibility, and governance.
Chatswood, New South Wales, Au
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Burradoo, New South Wales, Au
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Heidi Duncan works for Sonnel Hospitality.
Heidi Duncan is listed as Finance Director | Non-Executive Director at Sonnel Hospitality.
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Heidi Duncan is based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia while working with Sonnel Hospitality.
Heidi Duncan has worked for Sonnel Hospitality, Empowered Peach Consulting, Bat, Unispace, and Chanel.
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Heidi Duncan holds Graduate, Company Directors Course from Australian Institute Of Company Directors.
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