Commercially focussed CFO with a corporate finance background and significant experience of private equity backed / high growth businesses as well as the demands of a listed company environment. Experience of start-up challenger brands through to well established businesses seeking growth in new markets. Track record of managing change, delivering efficiency improvements and scaling systems and processes to support rapid growth. International perspective from working in different countries and pursuing international expansion.Expertise includes:• Financial management to gain insights, underpin decisions, drive performance and mitigate risk• Strategy development, including international expansion (joint ventures and franchising)• Mergers and acquisitions, divestments and IPO experience• Pre-divestment planning, corporate restructuring, due diligence / IPO prospectus preparations, post-acquisition integration• Private equity backed businesses, leveraged structures, capital raising and managing debt• Chartered accountant (former Director at PwC, audit trained)