Leading & developing teams• Built and developed the Finance and IT team from a single head to 15 heads as the size and complexity of the company grew. Financial reporting/budgeting/forecasting• Transformed management accounting processes to meet growing requirements of quoted parent company.• Introduced robust budgeting and forecasting processes.Management Information• Introduced significant improvements in the presentation of management information giving staff key information in a digestible format commensurate with their needs.Financial Control/Corporate Governance• Led financial corporate governance and implemented robust internal controls. • Managed relationship with auditors and consistently received clean internal and external audit reports. Strategy• Led Finance and IT strategy during sustained periods of double digit growth.Acquisitions and divestments• Led financial and operational due diligence sale of private business to a multinational.• Led the financial integration of business into Genus. IT• Led project to review, select and implement new ERP system at Sandoz. Led successful on-time implementation of SAP at Genus.• Led IT team during introduction of multiple innovative business systems.Specialties• Finance Director• Finance Director Pharma• CFO• CFO Pharma• Pharmaceutical Finance Director• Head of Finance• Chartered Accountant• Financial and operational leadershipPrivate Equity