International Finance & Tax Director , Board member, trilingual, result-oriented with multi-industry experiences building, strengthening, and leading finance & tax functions, for companies in various turnaround, high growth, cost-constrained situations. Significant expertise gained through wide-ranging international exposure including luxury, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, energy, retail, advertising, industries. Demonstrated ability to quickly learn the complexities and intricacies of a business and make immediate improvements on cash-flow, tax planning, cost reductions, financial reporting, and controlling.Comprehensive in-depth experience across finance, tax, accounting, treasury, HR, and MIS functions. Strong M&A, restructuring and capital raising track-record (private equity, venture capital, bank debt). Well-developed investor relations, communications skills with a reputation on unwavering accuracy, credibility, and integrity in financial reporting.Skilled at driving operational performance through innovative turnaround strategies, process re-engineering and acquiring/retaining/developing top-tier teams.Global tax architect with the ability and experience to anticipate, monitor and solve complex tax issues across multiple tax jurisdictions and simultaneously craft the optimum solution to minimize risk and expenses (Delegate at OECD, Transfer Price specialist with a global view including CIT, VAT, Customs impacts)Specialties & Financial strengths:International Business DevelopmentStrategic Planning and implementationCapital raising and financingM&A / Restructuring / DivestituresCorporate Finance / Accounting / TreasuryTax Planning / Transfer Pricing expertTurnaround/ Crisis managementMIS / multiple ERP/ KPI / Lean/Kaizen lLarge operations: direct & remote management