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Southbank, Victoria, Au

CFO, Head of Strategy, IT, Business Services & Procurement. BOOM is an ASX listed pubic company (BOL). BOOM is a leading full service lifting solutions business delivering large scale innovation across the Resources, Renewables, Infrastructure and Industrial markets. Dimensions: Revenue $250M. Employees 750Key Challenges• Led the updated Strategic direction of the Company resulting in 4 growth areas: ESG & People expertise; Sector-focused profitable growth; Asset regeneration & Labor proficiency; building Shareholder Value. • Successfully engaged with Board members, built strong relationships & gained their confidence, leverage their expertise, simplified & lifted transparency and created an Open culture.• Following years of under-investment, I introduced an IT Strategy that has led to the digital transformation across the group, from O365 to new ERP systems. Key Achievements > Given the Co’s recent performance history, I challenged each Business Unit & individual Depot’s performance, looking at long term strategic fit and / or opportunities for underlying improvement. This required difficult discussions and swift decisions to be implemented. The First half of FY24 has delivered a marked turnaround in most P&L, Working Capital and Cash KPI’s. > I successfully led the refinancing of the Co. with a Top Tier Bank (NAB) delivering $145M in new financing facilities, overcoming market perceptions about the Co. and saving $2M in Interest.> Working with the CEO I successfully engaged with Shareholders to achieve buy in for the Co’s strategic directions and growth opportunities. This included the introduction of the Share Buy-Back scheme.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

DV is a large Property Development, Civic Infrastructure and Project Management company that delivers Precincts, Housing & large-scale Civic projects. Dimensions: Revenue $500M. Employees 300Key Challenges• Led the Acquisitions & Advisory team as well as Property Delivery team to deliver strategic direction, property development opportunities, building business cases for clients & managing long term investments. Delivered multiple DV strategies, including Property, Build to Rent & Housing Affordability Strategies.• Led DV’s Finance, Commercial, HR, IT, Facilities, OHS & Risk Management teams at a time of great change management. Lead DV’s 5-year Corporate Plan & Annual performance goals. Head of Investment Committee & ARC Committee. Key Achievements > Joining DV post restructure, I proactively built strategic clarity, trusted relationships & confidence across Board members, key Stakeholders and across the Business to drive a business turnaround, financially (15% ROACE), operationally (new systems) & culturally (90% engagement). Led IT Transformation. > Successfully led the Covid Taskforce response in 2020, providing clear communication and confidence to Board, Executive & all staff. Results: 10% increase in productivity & <5% staff turnover. As Chair of HSE Committee I led a step change in OHS culture & performance.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

PPG is an S&P 500 listed Co with operations in over 60 countries. It is a leader in the manufacturing, wholesaling & retailing of Paints, Coatings & Chemicals. Dimensions: Revenue $500M. Employees 1,200Key Challenges• As a Board member and reporting to ANZ Managing Director & the Asia Pacific CFO, I was accountable for delivering operational excellence throughout Finance & IT, plus Commercial support across 7 diverse business units & managing relationships across 7 global matrix bodies.• Led the Distribution & Transport team in a complex unionized manufacturing environment, during a period of low morale & operational supply issues, renegotiating several key freight & warehouse contracts, while ensuring delivery of customer orders within two days. Achieved Just-in-Time inventory delivery of 98%.Key Achievements> Partnering across the LT, I helped deliver 30% growth in EBIT over 3 years, primarily via margin management growth, rigorous cost discipline (streamlining purchasing function, product lines & improved customer service) & collaboration across all 7 Business Units. > Revitalized the Finance team by investing in people’s development & skills. Broke down silos & barriers by changing the office environment (e.g. Office renovation initiative), and increasing communication, morale & engagement, which all led to vastly improved service levels.

Southbank, Victoria, Au

IPL is a Top 50 ASX-listed Co. with International operations. It manufactures & markets Fertilisers & Explosives to the Mining & Agricultural sectors. Dimensions: Revenue $1.2B. ANZ Staff 400.Key Challenges • Reporting to COO & Group CFO, I built up & successfully led a diverse Commercial Team of 50 staff, including Finance, Pricing & Stock Management, Customer Services, Business Systems, Strategy Development and Program Office in a difficult commodity trading environment. • Difficult supply chain processes relying on global manufacturing, forward buying of inputs, weather impacts, commodity price influences and highly volatile farmer demand behavior. Key Achievements> Partnering with the Leadership team I played a pivotal role in turning around a flagging business and doubling EBIT (+$55m), via a hands on approach across the operations, implementing centralized Pricing & Margin management & working closely with Sales & Supply trading teams.> A core member of the Leadership Team accountable for continuous business improvement initiatives, ensuring trading controls remained in place and introducing live Dashboard transparency & analytical analysis.

London, England, Gb

BP is a FTSE 100 global multinational manufacturing and marketing Petroleum Products. The Australian Retail business owns & operates 250 stores. Australian Dimensions: Revenue $2 Bill. Employees 500> I played a core role in the strategy development and implementing a large transformational change across the business. Threats, opportunities & operational activities were challenged leading to a quantum change in the business model, resulting in +$30m EBIT benefit p.a.

London, England, Gb

BP Europe consisted of Commercial & Wholesale sales & marketing of Petroleum products to 12 counties within Europe. Dimensions: $20 Bill. Employees 250> Working closely with the CEO & 12 Country BU Managers & their Finance teams across Europe to deliver all commercial reporting. Co-ordinated Country BU's & Trading Desk to deliver +$80m EBIT.

London, England, Gb

BP Germany consisted of 6 Business Units ranging from B2B; B2C & Wholesale selling & marketing various Petroleum products. Dimensions: Revenue $10 Bill. Employees 500> Successfully integrated a large M&A transaction of Six Business Units from Germany’s largest Oil Co (Veba-Aral) into BP plc. Led Six Finance teams to successfully integrate financial processes, business systems & implement process improvements. ROACE grew from 4% to 15% in 2 years.

London, England, Gb

> Key member of BP & Castrol M&A, amalgamating 2 diverse Accounting & Commercial units with broad reach & capabilities, while delivering the regulatory financial accounting requirements. Delivered new matrix performance culture through clear focus on KPI’s that drove the business to achieving its goals.

Directors Course

Post Grad, Management

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Business (Accounting & Business Law)