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London, England, Gb

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Cranbrook, Kent, Gb

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Supported the planning and delivery of various global and regional strategic initiatives to deliver $60M EBITDA improvement by the end of 2023, and acted as ad-interim Chief Financial Officer for the global $500M revenue Huntsman Building Solutions business.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Huntsman Polyurethanes is a 3,300 employee, $5BN revenue global division of the $8.5BN revenue Huntsman Corporation (HUN), producing and selling diverse products to ~5,000 B2B customers, focused on 'enriching lives through innovation'.Led a team of 120 people in 22 countries with 9 team members managing regional and Head Office teams - Delivered record-breaking $879M EBITDA in 2021 despite the challenges of the global COVID pandemic.- Provided financial and integration planning leadership in the creation of the $500M revenue Huntsman Building Solutions business including migration of acquired businesses Demilec and Icynene Lapolla (at total $700M cost) onto one SAP accounting platform and delivery of >$25M in purchasing, site consolidation and headcount synergies by Q1, 2021.- As a member of the division Global Leadership Team developed the 2021-2025 strategic programme and financial forecasts.- Financial stewardship of a >$200m capital expenditure programme with focus on cash preservation during the COVID pandemic.- Management of the roll out of SAP Business 1 accounting system across several European acquired businesses improving transparency and the availability of management accounting information through an IBM management reporting system.- Business Compliance Champion promoting ethics & compliance engagement, including addressing non-compliance incidents.- Managed the relationship with internal and external auditors, ensuring timely remediation of audit findings and reorientating business mindset from ‘controls’ to ‘improvements’. - Supported Corporate Investor Relations, CEO and CFO interactions with the Huntsman Board and investment community.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Post-acquisition of Demilec Inc., undertook financial leadership and management of the $250M revenue business, engaging organisation-wide to enable successful cultural transition from private equity to blue chip ownership.____________________- Mentored colleagues through the transition from private equity to Huntsman ownership- Led the integration of common processes with Huntsman including financial 5-year strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting in addition to the implementation of Huntsman EHS, Ethics & Compliance standards.- Reorganised finance, treasury, credit management and IT to support business integration including promoting the use of Tableau to provide business performance insights to drive improvements in financial performance.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Business Partner to a newly appointed Regional VP of a >€1.3BN revenue regional business that developed and implemented a turnaround strategy that delivered >€150M EBITDA improvement, engaging world-leading consultants, the European Leadership Team, and key stakeholders to capture ideas, feedback, and engagement in developing and implementing the turnaround strategy- Working with McKinsey & Co, established and led a Project Management Office to plan initiatives and track delivery progress.- Established, resourced, and led a Pricing Office to support commercial sales teams in ‘value’ price negotiations including providing argumentation to support price improvements.- Working with PWC, implemented a Zero-Based Fixed Cost budget process to ‘right size’ budget spending to business plans.- Collaborated with the Europe, India, Africa, Middle East Leadership Team to implement and drive the ‘ONEurope’ change management programme. Upgraded the regional business vision, values, and behaviours framework in addition to leveraging leadership skills to coach colleagues, enhancing employee engagement through relationship building and actively listening and supporting colleagues through mentoring- Working with the division Global Leadership Team, multi-regional and multi-functional teams developed the 2016-2020 5-year business strategy, financial modelling, forecasts and operational implementations plans.- EIAME Ethics & Compliance Champion encouraging engagement of colleagues, ensuring completion of training modules and supporting Facility Compliance Officers at sites across a diverse regional business.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Working with the division Global Leadership Team, led the development of a 5-year strategic growth programme and built a multi-regional team of 5 with proximity to markets and business, enabling improved gathering of planning information:- Developed the 2011-2015 5-year global business strategy programme, financial modelling and operational implementation plans including agreeing strategic thrusts, aligning resources, creating key performance indicators and an implementation scorecard - Acquired businesses in Turkey, USA, and Italy for ~$140M to support strategic growth ambitions, playing a key role in negotiations, building relationships with business owners to facilitate purchases, conducting due diligence, providing financial valuations, and presented recommendations to Huntsman Corporate Executive and the division Global Leadership Team- Post-acquisition, worked with former business owners to integrate businesses into Huntsman Polyurethanes division

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Working with the Europe, Africa & Middle East Leadership Team, responsible for a multi-site finance team of 30 people:- Developed and implemented a strategic finance programme that delivered >€170M increase in EBITDA from 2004 to 2008 through organic and acquired business growth and profitability improvement: - Led the team to support identification and scoping of improvement initiatives and tracked progress against plan.- Member of negotiation teams and multi-functional due diligence teams for business acquisitions in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Germany for ~$60M; provided financial valuations and presentations for Corporate and Global Leadership Team reviews.- In response to the global financial crisis 2007-2009, developed and lead global initiative to deliver >$40M cash savings:- Gave the initiative a brand name ‘Ca$hMax’ and promoted internally via email communication, presentations, and face-to-face meetings, to raise initiative profile and engage key stakeholders and influencers.- Working with site managers from 31 sites, engaged 2,500 employees in collecting saving ideas which were verified, captured in a Lotus Notes database, tracked and progress communicated using a performance scorecard.- Working with the division Global Leadership Team, multi-regional and multi-functional teams developed the 2006-2010 5-year business strategy, financial modelling, forecasts, and operational implementations plans.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Ba Hon, Economics

Labour Studies