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Caribbean

Responsible for the financial operations for telecommunications provider with Revenues of $1.7B+ and EBITDA of $700M+ operating across 25 markets in the Caribbean and Central America. Managed all aspects of finance, including tax, treasury, and bondholder relations. Oversaw performance approximately 550 staff.Experience included the financial restructuring of the company's debt and the management of a restructuring with external consultants.

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Responsible for financial operations, deal management teams, carrier relations and business transformation for this $30billion turnover division which supplied wireless and wireline services to small, medium, enterprise and government organizations as well as other telecom providers. Supervised a team of approximately 1,400.Experience included the establishment and management of a division wide cost and revenue transformation program which delivered over $2bn in annualized value.

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Oversaw financial affairs of newly-created Consumer division, including wireless and wireline operations with $90B+ in revenues and $41B of EBITDA. Managed over 500 finance personnel.

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Responsible for the financial operations of US’s largest wireless business with $85B+ in revenue and $35B+ of EBITDA. Oversaw business development efforts, including spectrum strategy and inorganic expansion. Part of a management team that commercially repositioned the company resulting in re-established customer and financial growth.

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Led the financial operations of Global Enterprise, Global Wholesale, and Consumer and Mass business units that generated $39B in revenue with EBITDA of $8.8B and 50,000 employees globally.Experience included the strategic repositioning of the Enterprise business and rationalization of cost bases which included extensive out sourcing and off shoring.

Paddington, London

Financial responsibility for Vodafone's 14 European operating companies, including Turkey and Albania. Revenue of £32bn and Operating Profit £5.2bn.

New Jersey, Usa

Responsible for all financial matters including internal audit, tax, real estate, handset logistics and the business's Strategy team. The business was an SEC Registrant and complied with full listing rules including quarterly and annual public filings.I was part of a core management team that completed the consolidation and formation of Verizon Wireless from its legacy businesses and transformed it commercially and operationally to become the widely recognized leading mobile telecommunications business globally.Significant infrastructure investment and M&A projects undertaken including the $28bn acquisition and integration of Alltel which included external financing.

Newbury, Uk

Responsible for all financial affairs including supply chain management. Led a cross functional business transformation and cost reduction program.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for all financial affairs, supply chain management, wholesale and carrier relations of the Australian business and Regional Finance Governance for Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Fiji.

Stockholm, Sweden

Europolitan was listed on the Stockholm Exchange. Responsible for all financial affairs including Investor Relations, quarterly and annual public reporting.

Uk Ans South Africa

Held a variety of roles in the UK Distribution and Network Businesses. Responsibilities included marketing, product, pricing and promotional support as well as planning and transactional processing and control. Also interim CFO in South African service provider.

Birmingham, Uk And Hong Kong

Audit Junior through to Departmental Manager. Qualifying as an ACA.Included a one year assignment to Hong Kong to assist with that office's corporate finance work, which included two large financial institution transactions and the liquidation of an Investment Bank and a Commercial Bank.Extensive corporate finance experience work including due diligence, purchase and sale advisory, and Stock Exchange compliance work.