Nathan Hodge Email & Phone Number

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Leading the Group Finance function at Arqiva, overseeing Financial Control, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury & Tax, Financial Services, Record to Report, and more. Regular Board level exposure (Audit & Risk Committee and Shareholder Board) in relation to investor reporting, audit and debt covenant compliance.• Successfully managed the carve out, separation, and migration of the Telecoms business to Cellnex• Completion of the Cellnex transaction with no value leakage, followed by repayment of c£1.8bn of senior debt and derivatives• Implemented a new Group Finance organisation: reducing headcount from 90 to 45 with re-implementation of Oracle ERP 12.2 to optimise efficiency and productivity• Refinanced £1.0bn of senior and junior debt including bond issuance, US private placement and loans• Completion of £200m insurer backed buy-in of the defined benefit pension scheme

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Responsible for the Telecoms & Machine To Machine divisional finances, covering Arqiva's 7,000 mobile phone mast portfolio and M2M network contracts (gas & electric Smart Metering network covering Scotland & The North, water Smart Metering networks for Thames Water and Anglian Water).• Core member of the management team securing £2bn sale of the Telecoms business to Cellnex (Oct 2019).• Renewal team finance lead negotiating and securing £700m TCV customer contract with £200m capital programme• Preparation and presentation of TM2M division business drivers and projections for Arqiva’s IPO process and subsequent rating agency RES/RAS processes

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Company appointment to the NGW Defined Benefit fund (2007 – 2009) and Arqiva Defined Benefit plan (2009 to 2018): c900 members, £200m invested assets• Merger sub-committee member responsible for combining the NGW and Arqiva DB schemes, establishing a new sectionalised scheme• Investment sub-committee member responsible for implementing de-risking flight-path investment strategy, targeting insurer buy-in (subsequently achieved in 2024)

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Role expanded to incorporate leadership of the S&M Finance business partner team and Product Management team. Achievements included rationalisation of loss making products and right sizing of satellite platforms

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Responsible for the Satellite & Media divisional finances, covering Arqiva's Satellite TV, Media Management, Occasional Use and Data Communications operations in Europe, USA, MENA and APAC• Stabilised financial performance of the declining business, improving EBITDA margins by 10% and cash generation by 60%, despite revenues decreasing 16%• Delivered transformation programme, reducing costs by £17m pa (15%) and S&M finance heads by 40%• Reduced debtor days from 88 to 53 in 12 months, with a 48% reduction in debt older than 90 days• Prepared business unit for sale - operational separation and TSA planning, vendor due diligence• Integrated all corporate governance and accounting processes for Hong Kong acquisition

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Responsible for the Digital Platforms divisional finances, including Arqiva's Digital Terrestrial TV multiplexes and its investments in Freeview and YouView.• Divisional SMT member, established a new business division, carved out from Broadcast division• Justified and presented business drivers and projections, critical to Arqiva's £3.6bn BBB refinancing• Represented Arqiva negotiating conditions for the merger of DMOL, DTVSL and Digital UK to establish a more effiicient Freeview platform management structure

Winchester, Hampshire, Gb

Arqiva acquired NGW in April 2007Management and co-ordination of the Long Term Plan, budget and forecast cycles. Adhoc project based support for the CFO

London, Gb

• NED board member representing Arqiva's joint venture investment• Successful disposal of the business (£40m) to Chinese cinema investors (Dec 2017)• Chair of Audit & Risk Committee

Arqiva acquired the Project Kangaroo video on demand (VoD) assets from BBC, ITV & Channel 4 in August 2009 to establish SeeSaw IPTV Ltd. Member of the senior management team responsible for developing and launching an aggregated TV video on demand (VoD) B2C website, delivering content from BBC Worldwide, Channel Four, FIVE, NBC Universal, MTV and Disney • One of a start-up team of three, established a permanent team of 30 (+70 developers) to design, build, launch and operate three VoD website propositions within 9 months; building a new consumer brand delivering over 1.5m video streams per month to more than 0.6m unique users within 12 months• Led the selection, design and implementation of an automated Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system with associated business processes, integrating with the website transacting 5m advertising impressions and 5k online credit card transactions per month

Gb

Responsible for the management, co-ordination and presentation of: the annual budget; quarterly forecasts; and monthly management information. Financial due diligence manager for portfolio acquisitions and supporting vendor due diligence and working capital review for sale of NGW to Arqiva

Warwick, Gb

Management of a team undertaking M&A activity, investment appraisal, strategy development support and process improvement projects. • Finance lead for two year Competition Commission Market Inquiry. Provided evidence to and was cross examined by the Competition Commission Chairman and expert panel in three formal hearings, alongside Calor’s Managing Director, General Counsel and Marketing Manager

Specialising in strategic planning and reporting development. Projects included secondment to Royal Mail Group strategy development department and delivery of a performance management project for the MoD

Warwick, Gb

Achievements included securing shareholder approval for the creation of Calor's LPG Autogas forecourt joint venture with Shell Retail

Gb

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Executive

Fca

Bsc, Mathematics