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Niamey, Niger

First Secretary of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Niamey, Niger.

Amman, Jordan

۰ Attaché d’Ambassade Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan and Iraq.۰ Responsible for the management reporting of a CHF 80 m portfolio of humanitarian and development projects in four domains of intervention in Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Lebanon. ۰ Development of operational budgeting tools for controlling and reporting to different government agencies and units. Modeling of budgetary assumptions and regular reporting on spent to date.۰ Support in accounting quality assurance, maintaining and updating materiality controls on significant accounts and reporting into the Embassy‘s internal control system. Design of deconsolidation principles for improving segment reporting on geographical or activity level.۰ Assistance to the chancery in the delivery of consular services (Visas, civil matters, travel documentation and consular protection).

Berne, Switzerland

Kabul, Afghanistan

۰ Responsible for the financial management of the Swiss Representation with a team of seven. Accountable for the design of the yearly budget, the period-end closing procedure, cash and treasury operations and reporting.۰ Head of controlling for a CHF 35 m project portfolio in the whole region executed through national, institutional, or supra-national partners. Delivery of monthly progress reports on degree of completion, financing of operations, and project cost controlling.۰ Single point of contact for internal control system procedures on all finance processes within the Swiss representation as well as its external partners. Responsible for partner risk assessment in the procurement process.۰ Manage HR and monthly payroll operations, including accurate roll-up of timesheet reporting, withholding of local income tax, pension contribution and health care benefits.۰ Organise the administration and logistics of all movement of goods into and within the country in coordination with security advisors. ۰ Member of the management team.

Lugano, Switzerland

• Manage all aspects relating to the financial management of four operating companies and two real estate investment vehicles of the group with a team of nine direct reports. Coordinated the merger of the operating companies into a single legal entity• Assigned to assist CEO/COO in the implementation of the growth strategy of the group by structuring the acquisition of adjacent technologies• Coordinated treasury, banking, accounting, legal, international tax and regulatory matters as a consequence of the merger of all companies of the group into the Casale SA legal entity• Redesigned the indirect taxation setup for intra-EU sales• Single point of contact for project finance and ECA-backed credits

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

• Responsible for several divestment transactions in Latin America, Germany and Finland. Coordinated lawyers, advisors and technical staff and led the contract negotiations.• Head of M&A module of a global, company-wide strategic project in the area of environment protection and sustainability.

Buffalo Grove, Illinois

• Appointed to lead a global sub-division with a turnover of €300 million in all aspects of financial management, reporting directly to the divisional financial officer. Member of the Division Management Team which meets once a month to review business development, implement tactical plans and assess performance objectives;• To consult extensively with area managers and country leaders in the preparation of budgets, forecasts and long-range targets. Responsible for the communication and interpretation of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial results;• Accountable for driving a strategic plan to increase revenues by 15% annually and profitability to a double digit level in three years through six growth initiatives in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific;• To integrate financial analysis in the bid reviews and contract negotiation in order to improve the decision-making process;

Zug, Canton Of Zug, Switzerland

• Managed a €70 millions Multi-Project Facility with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development that co-financed four Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) in Central and Eastern Europe. Negotiated all the Loan and Share Purchase Agreements with the Bank, as well as all the relevant accessory documents of the MPF;• Facilitated all the corporate actions of the ESCOs, including closings, loan draw-downs, share capital funding and restructuring, liquidity management and shareholder information;• Individually responsible for structuring the financing of energy saving projects. Work with engineers and sales representatives to qualify potential customers and with bankers and lawyers to tailor the appropriate financing solution;• Chaired the advisory investment committee at company’s headquarter where senior management would discuss on a monthly basis individual projects. These projects would either be approved by the committee or modification be requested;

Lugano, Switzerland

• Managed the requests of the clients from the Hong Kong representative office by liaising with the trading rooms, the credit desk and the back office;• Participated as analyst to a project which changed the pricing and fee structure for clients of the entire bank;• Wrote the bank’s internal and external communication material in anticipation of the introduction of the Euro. This task included producing weekly internal newsletter to inform staff and clients of the expected changes in all aspects of the bank’s activity;

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