- Group CFO for Pope's global operations across Australia, NZ, USA and Sri Lanka- Key Contributor to business commercial strategy and direction- Management of key commercial relationships and opportunities (customer/supplier negotiations, commercial contract structuring and negotiation), plus all legal issues- Responsible for full end-to-end Finance Function (Accounting, Treasury, AR, AP, Payroll)- Management of significant investment property portfolio- Responsible for IT Function - proficient in full Microsoft Dynamics 365 Platform (Dynamics Finance and Operations, Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Teams)- Deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 to subsidiary in USA- Development of Power BI Reporting

- Responsible for business-critical Finance/Treasury, IT, HR, PMO and HSE functions- Manage $1.0 bn in revenues and $250.0m debt facility- Daily and long-term cashflow management & forecasts- Complex 450 user IT / reporting environment. Currently undergoing ERP upgrade- Led HR function in a 700 employee business, across 20 operational sites in 5 states- Reduced Total Recordable injury rate to record low

- Completed 8x M&A transactions (and subsequent integrations), plus 5x internal restructurings- Led the negotiation & execution of acquisition of Thai feedmill, Ridley's first overseas venture- Identified land site for new Geelong feedmill & negotiated purchase from vendor. Completed Business Case to evaluate associated profit enhancements & secure $25m of funding to construct feedmill- Authoring of Strategic Plan in conjunction with Exec Team colleagues, and presentation to Board- Various Investor Relations activities (ASX releases, broker meetings)- BU / Brand / SKU / site profitability analysis

- Completed 10x M&A transactions- Debt and equity capital raising- Business and asset valuation- Complex deal Project Management (managing due diligence teams, legal, counterparties)

4x completed M&A transactions

Statutory financial audit of a wide range of businesses across multiple sectors in both London & Melbourne