Career Break

Responsible for all the financial, legal and company secretarial needs of Helius Therapeutics.As the company's first CFO I have helped the business grow into NZ's leading medicinal cannabis company developing and embedding best practice financial management systems that have supported the business from pre-revenue through to market launch. A large part of my role has been to ensure shareholder capital has been properly utilised in the areas that drive revenue.

Responsible for commercial activities in the Global Consumer businesses of Fonterra.Covering multiple markets across ANZ, Asia, Greater China, Middle East Africa and Latin America.New business development, inorganic growth opportunities and driving value for Fonterra brands.Interim Commercial Director (September to December 2018)Board Director - Dairy Industries (Jamaica) Limited

After managing the restructure and integration of Fonterra's Latin American JV with Nestle (Dairy Partners of America) a position to lead the Commercial Insights team within New Zealand's largest FMCG dairy company (Fonterra Brands NZ - FBNZ) became available.Key responsibilities of this role are as follows - Leadership - Leading a team of 9 Commercial Analysts supporting pricing decisions, marketing support, channel, category and brands analysis. - Commercial support to the FBNZ Marketing Director - Commercial support to the FBNZ executive on the transformation programme. - Leading the New Ventures Strategic Path (1 of 10 strategic paths for FBNZ) responsible for the execution towards FBNZ's 2022 vision. - Commercial leadership in the area of local M&A and partnership activity.Pricing - Chaired the Pricing Review Forum - All pricing recommendations, analysis and changes for FBNZ - Revenue growth management Marketing - Business partner to the Marketing Director and the Marketing lead team. - Commercial support for all New Product Development. - Advertising & Promotion Analysis (Tracking, ROI). - Cost Analysis.

• Experienced and proven commercial executive with a track record delivering results. • I demonstrate strong and positive leadership enabling the delivery of business objectives. • I have developed extensive experience working in large multinationals leading commercial and finance teams responsible for all financial aspects, metrics and business performance.• I’ve developed a wide range of financial and commercial skills that covers M&A projects, Capital spend, supply chain, pricing, business planning, supplier & customer negotiations and the marketing & development of new products. This has been achieved in some very complex environments. • I have gained a substantial amount of experience in the emerging markets, such as Africa, Asia and Latin America and have developed excellent communication skills as a result.• I interact well with people from all cultures and countries and have a high EQ that enables me to build strong relationships quickly with a high level of trust.

• Responsible for all the financial and commercial aspects of Fonterra’s global accounts - Danone, Mead Johnson, Abbott, Pfizer and other Paediatric customers in China, NZ and Asia.• I established and developed a new team of 5 direct reports to implement the Formulated Foods & Paediatrics (FF&P) acceleration strategy. • Successfully negotiated two new supply contracts with Danone and Heinz, covering everything from demand forecasting and supply through to Pricing.• Responsible for the commercial evaluation of the FF&P innovation pipeline, NPD and capital projects that ensured a profitable and sustainable future for these customers. • Developed a comprehensive Value Chain Analysis, costing & pricing tools that assessed the profitability of all SKU’s, products and customers.• Performance insights, management reporting, risk & opportunities, scenario modelling, customer and consumer trends and strong financial governance and controls.• Third Party Manufacturing (TPM) pricing, costing and margin analysis. • Post Investment Reviews & Working capital improvements were also under my remit. • Provided leadership, mentoring & personal advice to those in the team as well as career development opportunities through various cross functional projects.

• Based in NZ I led a multinational team in Australia, Europe, Japan & North America that drove business improvement and increased performance delivering annual targets.• Developed and implemented a rigorous, but practical Business Performance process that was responsible for analysing the monthly results.• Annual business planning and budget process and embedded a step change in the reporting and forecasting process. • Analysis of key business drivers and metrics via improving the quality and accuracy of the monthly performance reports and regular performance calls with the markets. • Cash flow and balance sheet analysis focusing on working capital improvements.• Responsible for the Controls & Compliance, Business Continuity Program, Control Self-Assessment, Internal audits issues and Annual representation letters of the business unit. • Transfer pricing & product costings to the business units.• All general financial admin such as OPEX monitoring to budgets and Delegated Authorities compliance.• Financial performance and compliance of the regional joint ventures.• Built a reputation for excellence and functional expertise that helped the business unit achieve its goals – both financial & non-financial.

• Responsible for all African financial planning and forecasting requirements for Diageo Africa.• Implemented Africa’s 07, 08 & 09 consolidated Financial Outlooks, Strategic Plans and Annual Operating Plans.• Developed strong relationships with key stakeholders within all our African business units from the General Manager’s, Finance Director’s and Executive members through to the support functions. • A key business partner in London with the in-market teams, specifically assisting their marketing, pricing, supply, demand and financial strategies. • Responsible for the management accounting, full P&L, Cash Flow & Balance Sheet review and analysis. • Brand, channel, category analysis & financial reporting (gearing, ratios & metrics) and assisted the marketing teams with new product developments, product profitability and product launches. • Improved the clarity, consistency and quality of the financial information provided to the African and International executive teams.• Monthly consolidation of African markets’ latest “Risks & Opportunities” against full year plans & targets. Responsible to challenge markets to over deliver current plans.• Investor relations reporting and controlled Africa’s head office functional (departmental) budgets.• I worked for prolonged periods in Ghana & Kenya assisting the local finance and marketing teams.