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Hong Kong, Wanchai, HK

• Executive Committee Member in capacity of CFO, with additional responsibility for IT & Legal functions- Act as a Strategic Business Partner, preparing the business for a successful PE-exit- Carry-out M&A activity to.
• Played a crucial role, with CEO, PE-shareholders and investment bank, in the PE-exit (divestment) process, successfully executed in 6 months despite tough 2022 economic and geopolitical conditions
• Managed the financial negotiation process and helped develop the business rationale, among others, for a bolt-on acquisition in Italy, including financial, tax & legal DD as well as integration
• Improved the financial reporting processes to better address the PE-backed ownership structure and developing state-of-the-art Board material
• Performed a complete revamp of the budget process and developed new financial/non financial KPI’s

Career Sabbatical - Time off to handle family, private matters and various small business projects

Alphen Aan Den Rijn, NL

Executive Committee member responsible for group finance, legal, IT and investor relations.- Financial Accounting Policies, Consolidation, Internal & external reporting, Strategic Planning- Cost Accounting, variance analysis and budgeting- Treasury, debt, cash management, hedging and risk management- Corporate Tax, new Transfer Pricing Group wide Policy.

Deputy General Manager. In charge of Finance, IT, HR, Logistics, Admin and External Sales departmentCFO of Husqvarna operations in Greater China- M&A project (negotiation, dd, finance/tax/legal structuring, post-merger integration of Finance, IT and HR functions)- JV crisis resolution- Implementation and Roll-out of Group policies and procedures- Plant.

Stockholm, SE

Responsible for Controlling of Fabric Care (Laundry) business in Europe, Key Business Partner of Fabric Care Europe CEO & Member of Executive Management Team- Lead the ongoing profitability/performance measurement analysis- Identify issues and improvement opportunities- Own and Drive the execution of the Annual Budget and Strategic Plan- Improve & Drive.

Stockholm, SE

Responsible Manager for all financial, tax and legal matters linked to the Husqvarna (then Forest and Garden division of Electrolux Group), Key Member of the CFO Team. Board Member of companies in Belgium and China.- Contribute to the decision making processes aimed at improving value creation performance- Lead the « Sarbanes Oxley Act §404 » (SOX) project.

Manager of “Group Finance & Risk Mgt” & "Group Treasury" Dpts; Heading a team of 6 people; Key partner of the Group CFO. Turnover: MEUR 290; 2.000 employees worldwide- Manage transaction & translation foreign exchange exposures & IR risk;- Supervise netting/factoring processes in the Group;- Act as the main point of contact with bankers and ext. auditors.

GB

Specialised in the external audit of industrial and financial/banking MNC’s, audit of group (consolidated) financial statement, international accounting standards ( IAS and US GAAP)- Assume responsibility of Lead Audit Manager on a variety of external audit assignments including holding companies, finance and treasury centres, banks, manufacturing and.