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Berkhamsted, Gb

Amersham, England, United Kingdom

Financial lead for Business Development, in/out-licensing, acquisitions and disposals.Management and delivery of 5 Year Strategic Plan.Business partnering and transfer pricing for Group Head of Tax.Business partnering and deputising for Group Treasury Manager.Short-term cash forecasting for management of RCF.FX and swap trading.Long-term liquidity analysis and scenario planning.Management of Group insurance portfolio.Key achievements:• Headed up the consolidation and presentation of the strategic plan used in the brochure for the sale of a majority share in Norgine. Brochure was signed off by CFO and auditors and majority share sold to Goldman Sachs in December 2022. • Re-engineered the strategic planning process, transforming it from it from an excel based model to a systems cube based model, thus aligning it with all other FP&R activity in the Group. • Built the valuation model to support the bid offer for the future rights to a paediatric cancer drug. Board approved the valuation, and the offer was accepted. The €15m acquisition was completed in 2021 and the drug is now a key future growth driver for the Group.• Delivered a 10 year, multiple-scenario liquidity model to enable the refinancing of the Group’s term loan, a major step in facilitating the Group’s strategy of rapid growth through acquisition. Term loan was successfully converted to a €250m RCF in 2021.• Financial lead on deal model and FP&R integration for the €27m acquisition of Azanta A/S in 2020. • Managed the re-tender process of all Norgine’s global insurance policies, 2022

Working cross functionally to provide financial due diligence and investment modelling for business development opportunities.Short and long-term cash management across all European entities within the Group.Consolidation of Group’s Strategic 5 Year Plan for presentation to Executive Board and banking partners.Key achievements in this role:• Business modelling for the successful €250m acquisition of Merus Labs, a Canadian pharma company.• Transfer pricing calculation for portfolio of drugs acquired by 2 entrepreneurial entities within Norgine. • Redesign of weekly cash reporting and short-term cash flow forecasting process.• Evaluation of the commercial strategy for changes in German and Spanish distribution partners.

Business partner to the Global Support Functions (GSF) teams, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of 5-year plan, budget, forecasts and quarterly business reviews. Key achievements• Implementation of a new cross-function TM1 planning and reporting tool

Project: Bid to purchase €100m portfolio of productsBuilding the business model for a bid to purchase a significant portfolio of products from a large, high profile pharma company.• Development of dynamic and interactive models for headcount and overhead costs.• Development of Master Services Agreement (MSA) and associated coaching /mentoring • Challenging teams on their submissions• Providing regular updates to the project manager and steering committee• Presenting cost base models and assumptions to investors and Deloittes at project meetings• Delivery of MSA model presentations at the combined due diligence/integration group meetings

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Planning and Reporting for Computing and Communications division of DSGI

Finance Manager for Extended Warranties sector

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, 2:1

Education record

Qualified since 2002