Key Responsibilities:• Functioning as CFO for a global media and entertainment brand portfolio for the EMEA region; including a number of channels, such as History, Crime + Investigation and Blaze.• Partnering with C-suite stakeholders (including CMO, CEO, and COO) to develop the company’s strategic plan, assisting with high-level decisions about policy and strategy.• Overseeing the company’s fiscal activity; including budgeting, reporting, and auditing, identifying and addressing financial risks and opportunities for the company, reviewing financial reports for ways to reduce costs.Key Achievements:• Delivered comprehensive activity analysis of the business by brand, region, and feed, allowing the company to double down investment in key areas of the business, and close other segments.• Orchestrated A+E Italy, Germany and Spain throughout Hearst’s 50% acquisition of A+E, without additional head count.• Led the purchase of Freeview slot 63, which improved the EPG position of A+E network’s entertainment channel Blaze by 20 places in the Free-To-Air space.• Navigated the company through loss making years, with limited cash into a 15%+ margin business, whilst paying back the company’s legacy business loans to shareholders; estimated to complete by 2025.• Successfully sold our Spanish joint venture to our JV partner for significant upside.• Bolstered the organisation’s cost control measures, by cutting from $150m in 2019 down, to $110m in 2022.• Strengthened the company’s financial position by identifying a new lower cost base, supporting the company’s future business development objectives; and the required steps to implement changes.

Key Responsibilities:• Operated as Senior Vice President for the multinational broadcasting company for the EMEA region, acted as a key Senior Leadership Team member across Europe, interacted with American multinational mass media company Hearst Communications, and leading British broadcaster and telecommunications company Sky at board meetings.• Headed all financial aspects for A+E Germany, A+E Italy and Cosmo TV Spain, controlled the daily running of the business and the company’s Iberia Joint Venture with AMC, incorporated efficiencies across the region with clear goals.• Coordinated the Commercial Strategy, propelled the broadcaster’s digital growth by seamlessly integrating with the company’s linear channel offerings.Key Achievements:• Spearheaded the successful integration of each territory into A+E EMEA after the Hearst purchase of the EMEA business in April 2019.• Sponsored the company’s potential History channel launch in a major Western European market.

Key Responsibilities:• Mobilised the Finance Team across the joint venture, made investment and divestment decisions around A+E Network’s channels for the UK market; whilst taking into account the economic conditions being faced by the media industry.• Worked closely with the bank to ensure A+E Networks UK was financed appropriately; including extension of the bank overdraft, presented insightful results at quarterly board meetings.• Conducted legal reviews of the corporate structure and regional entities to ensure best practice; and a tax efficient organisation.Key Achievements:• Coordinated an ERP migration from JD Edwards, to SAP, which involved providing deep analytics of the company’s business segments, resulting in more flexibility on reporting, whilst streamlining the control of the company’s hierarchies and structures; especially throughout the company’s transition to a more digital business.• Accelerated budget delivery across the EMEA region, with a new 5 year plan delivered to the board each year.

Key Responsibilities:• Operated as a member of the Executive Leadership Team; and as a Trusted Business Advisor to the Managing Director, appointed and guided third party accounting and tax service providers across several territories (Italy and Russia in particular).• Conducted systems tendering and implementation (contract management, accounting package and broadcast management system); in addition to strong balance sheet management and cash flow forecasting.• Established trusted relationships across the business, facilitated empowerment of budget holders, prepared and reviewed analysis of investments (e.g. launch of Fine Living in Italy (DTT), office space expansion and economics of UK DTT channels).Key Achievements:• Steered contract negotiations with external parties (such as Sky, Arqiva, Travel Channel 24/7, and Fine Living Channel); which involved a £20m contract with Arqiva for Travel Channel FTA, and negotiation to resolve potentially hostile litigation. • Masterminded a new legal entity structure, and assembled a local team, after divesting part of Scripps shareholding in Russia, due to changes in the regulatory environment.• Played a pivotal role in the extrication of a major deal with leading international broadcaster and distributor Chello Zone in 2014, by negotiating and structuring the deal terms.• Revamped the organisation’s budget and forecast processes, which delivered a number of benefits to the company; such as faster feedback, more accurate forecasting and budgeting, whilst facilitating business decision-making for key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:• Guided a team of 50 globally across 8 different offices, prepared and delivered against the annual budget and the 5 year growth and returns model, monitored success of investment decisions, devised dashboards and led KPIs to quickly highlight drivers of the business.• Functioned as an integral part of the IPS Operating Committee, ensured cross functional collaboration within the matrix structure; including Operations, Technology, Editorial, Sales, Marketing and HR.Key Achievements:• Introduced employee engagement and development initiatives for 50 global staff members, supporting the organisation’s strategic objectives in the personal and professional development of key staff members.

Key Responsibilities:• Presented quarterly results to other senior leaders and Vice Presidents (100+ people), partnered with all teams based in the EMEA region; with over 15 offices around the region, and an annual revenue of over $6bn.Key Achievements:• Forged strong relations with all teams across the EMEA region (Sales, Marketing, Production Management, and support functions), which facilitated the identification and execution of opportunities, and the achievement of organisational targets.

Key Responsibilities:• Prepared and analysed the annual budget; and 3 year strategic plan for 8 EMEA regions and corporate functions, represented finance on new business initiatives; and in negotiations with third parties.Key Achievements:• Formulated the organisation’s FP&A function from scratch.

Key Responsibilities:• Identified potential take-over targets/joint venture partners within the media and new media markets, managed the M&A process, advised senior management on project viability.• Appraised strategic business plans and gathered appropriate market comparables for valuation purposes, managed the acquisition process; including financial, legal and operational due diligence (e.g. Turkey TGRT purchase).Key Achievements:• Contributed towards the purchase of Telepiu, from Vivendi, to merge with Stream (News Corp owned), and create Sky Italia, which involved living in Italy for 9 months to integrate the two platforms, in collaboration with the Senior Management Team.

Key Responsibilities:• Operated as Business Development Manager for world’s largest national broadcaster, identified and developed new ways to grow the British broadcasting organisation and build its long-term value. • Maintained key awareness of new opportunities and developments in the media, broadcast and new media sectors; also highlighted these to key decision makers within the BBC.

Key Responsibilities:• Acted as Deputy Corporate Planning Manager for leading British satellite broadcasting company, controlled the long-range financial plan, assisted with the implementation and development of the Corporate Planning Framework.• Developed relevant aspects of corporate policy and planning, corporate risk management, corporate performance management; and ensured compliance with relevant legislation and statutory guidance.

Key Responsibilities:• Fulfilled the role of Supervisor for a professional financial and consulting services provider to prominent companies across more than 120 countries around the world.