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Set up an advisory business focused on improving businesses' function, profitability and processes, advising on capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions in all of Europe, North and Latin America. Very suited to assignments as Fractional CFO ensuring timely, completeness and accuracy of reporting combined with advice on how to improve processes..

Greater New York City Area

Concurrent with my role as J Walter Thompson CFO, North America, I was also working as the Global CFO for Mirum until the Wunderman Worldwide takeover - now focusing on the digital role with Mirum.Working with the management team my role is to ensure the financial management of the business is strong and dependable, relying on good quality people around.

Greater New York City Area

Regional CFO for J. Walter Thompson North America until the Wunderman Worldwide takeover at the end of 2018.For a period of 10 years or so, was the key person for the CEOs in the region as no regional presidents lasted more than a year.Key contributions to the role: - establishing the financial stability upon which key business decisions could be made.

New York, New York

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Originally based in New York (3 months), then Mexico City (15 months), finally located in this role in Sao Paulo, from January 2001 to June 2006.Coming out of dictator-led countries over the past decade, the businesses in Latin America went through tremendous change during the period of my tenure. Managing in that environment taught me a huge amount about.

As head of the Internal Audit department of a LSE quoted company, reporting to the Audit Committee it was important to: - be dependable and trustworthy - someone to turn to in a crisis - improved the control environment of WPP across the world by managing a small team focused on setting precedents in the larger businesses

Fca

Financial Managment, Finance And Accounting

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