Patrick Gibson Email & Phone Number

I am a Chief Financial Officer (FAICD, FGIA, CS, & CGP, FCMA & CGMA), expert at enabling teams to drive strategic transformations to deliver improvements and unlock operational efficiencies for public and private FMCG, Health Sciences, B2B and e-Commerce companies. I am skilled at driving acquisition and disposal transactions of public and private companies to ensure strategic business alignment and to optimise shareholder ROI, and am renowned for managing complex relationships when operating as Executive Business Partner by collaborating with the Chair, Board, CEO and SLT to drive value creation and performance. As CFO, I have advised several BoDs regarding strategy. I aided lawyers, investment banks, independent expert and internal team to establish valuation scenarios, led investment bank / SID and Scheme Book negotiations, then instigated payment of 100% franked dividend and tax matters. I ran due diligence process, led management presentations to maximise shareholder ROI, and executed complex finance integration. Succeeded in agreeing sale transaction at a 24% premium. GWA Ltd needed to drive strategic growth. As CFO, I managed variety of business divestments. I initiated business wide restructuring to remove ‘stranded’ overheads, led vendor due diligence (VDD) process, and sold target BU. I completed purchase of new entity, and led post-acquisition finance integration. Succeeded in selling BU to at 8x EBITDA, while purchasing new NZ public company at 6x EBITDA, and drove $significant millions in integration savings to improve EBIT in acquired business from to >15%.One of my core skills is owning scenario valuation modelling to ensure dynamic performance management across all functions and departments, and to unlock shareholder value.I am passionate about implementing risk monitoring frameworks that quickly identify and mitigate business risks by executing innovative solutions and corrective actions.Key Skills:✔ Leading M&A Transactions✔ Establishing Corporate Models & Valuations✔ Leveraging Investor Relations✔ Improving Value / ROI & Strategic Planning✔ Improving Rolling Forecast Accuracy✔ Improving Capital Allocation✔ Talent Development & Retention✔ Corporate Governance Excellence✔ Building & Leveraging External Networks✔ Board & Executive Reporting & KPIs✔ Tracking, Analysis & Insight Deployment✔ Operating Models & Restructuring✔ Resources Deployment & Optimisation✔ Group Wide Risk Management Processes✔ ERP Implementation & Company Transformations✔ Capital, Treasury, Funding & Hedging Management

Listed skills include Business Strategy, Strategy, Forecasting, Restructuring, and 44 others.