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Maidenhead, GB

Horsham, West Sussex, GB

London, UK, GB

Interim Head of Finance for this scaling energy storage business.Statera were acquired by a large PE house EQT on Jan 30th 2024, so the role has encompassed pre and post acquisition integration, running finance and the close, selection of a new ERP solution (NetSuite - to enable scaling), investor liasion, 2024 budgets etc.

Reading, Berkshire, GB

Interim FD for this scaling PE backed SaaS busniessRunning finance and rebuilding the team in a gap between CFO’s, focus has included:Shortening the close – 30 days down to 7. Automation of key finance processes. Cloud leverage – ERP and Micro-Services rather than spreadsheets

London, Greater London, GB

Interim FD for this high growth, VC backed, global SaaS businessRole has includedRunning finance, during a gap between FD'sCFO partnering and investor relationships (mix of VC and debt)Stabilising, rebuilding and scaling the Finance Team

London, GB

Interim FD for this high growth, VC backed, global SaaS businessRunning finance, during a gap between FD'sSeries D funding round, raising $58M, partnering with GCA Investment Bank, mix of equity and debt, Due Diligence, data room ownership, share capital tables including carta.com migration, investor calls 409A valuation, legal liaison with external.

London, London, GB

• Working alongside the CFO supporting this global Telco, including
• Global business reporting
• Global lead on Covid 19 business impact
• Running the business model, working capital management
• Chapter 11 emergence

London, Greater London, GB

Interim CFO for this high growth, global event, travel and experiences group.Helping scale the business for continued high growth, and PE investmentRole encompassed, leading the finance function, partnering with the CEO and the global management team as the business continues to grow at > 50% p.a., implementing processes & systems to scale the business.

Portsmouth, NH, US

Established and responsible for the EMEA & APAC finance shared service centre, based in Reading, UK.Our 40 strong team, provide an end to end finance function for the entire regionLeading EMEA & APAC transformational change projects for this fast paced, acquisitive US technology company.Including multiple M&A opportunities, a Global ERP (Microsoft AX).

Waterloo, ON, CA

Established and responsible for the EMEA FP&A Function for this NASDAQ quoted, high growth, highly acquisitive US software company. Led function as EMEA business grew from $200M to $500MRole Includes - Providing business facing Management Reporting and support to the General Manager and EMEA Leadership Team (ELT)- Lead on all financial planning for EMEA to.

Waterloo, ON, CA

Headhunted to centralise financial operations for Northern and Southern Europe to the UK. Established and managed the UK based Shared Service Centre for the region – grew UK finance team from 6 to 35 – recruiting a multi lingual multi skilled team of financial professionals"Led financial integration of Hummingbird acquisition (similar size to OT).

Minneapolis, MN, US

European Finance Director for Nasdaq Quoted (then Private Equity, Thoma Bravo) US Software Company Joined as Controller, promoted to Finance Director, ultimately had responsibility for all Finance, Sales Operations and Admin teamsPart of the EMEA Management Team - reporting directly to the NA CFO.Revenue Recognition sign off for all EMEA deals

Finance lead on this joint venture tech start-up between Deutsche Telekom (Telco) and Trety (Hardware), responsible for all finance functions throughout the EMEA wide Group.Key influencer in sale of “InnFax” business to South African Private Equity Fund in August 2001. Working alongside the Group MD, provided all commercial and financial information, part.

2 Years of interim senior finance rolesSony - Lead on fraud investigationDeutsche Telekom - Interim Financial controller for this Pan European JVBanner Homes

Manager in the Corporate Services Team (95 to 97)Corporate Services Business Unit had two core functions:- Provision of Outsourced Accounting Services for North American Technology Start-Ups- Provision of Corporate Finance support including raising finance, financial restructuring, business turnarounds and general commercial advice to SME’s focusing on key.

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