Stuart Macleod Email & Phone Number

Stratford-upon-Avon, GB

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for Finance for a 600M Business covering all aspects of Rail Transportation.

UK/Switzerland

Responsible for the quality of project controlling, developing the PC community, reviewing and improving the processes used for project controlling, representing TS management in the regular project reviews and providing feedback of the key issues raised. I have helped improve the quality of the reporting of the major projects, identified the key project.

Norkopping, Sweden

In charge of Finance and Project & Risk Management for the North East Europe Area. This is a 300M€ business, handling projects for service, maintenance, upgrades for both Utilities and Industrial markets in Scandinavia, Baltics, Poland. Key achievements include:Introducing & leading structured risk management for new offers to customersBrought stability.

In charge of finance for the Rail Transport Service Product Line, including long term maintenance contracts, parts and logistic support and train renovation. This is a 1B€ business with 5000 employees in 30 units in nearly 20 countries worldwide. All FDs in these units reported on direct line to me. Key achievements included:Industrial restructuring.

Organising the financial management of projects from new-build trains, signalling, maintenance to whole systems Turnkey projects in a 3.5B€ business.

World leader in the supply of new Metro Trains with annual turnover of 350M€, manufacturing in France, Spain, UK, China and Poland and managing projects around the world. Main achievements included:Increased the overall average margin on the project portfolio (>1.3B€) by more than 3% during 2 years.All new contracts taken after my arrival were.

Creating financial management strategies, defining management processes and providing support and control for units in a global 3B€ business. Set up joint ventures for Train manufacturing in Shanghai, dealing with local partners and authorities.

An extremely diverse company (turnover 200M€), which designs and delivers world class solutions to customer requirements around the globe in automatic materials handling (Power Stations, Airports). Responsible for the Finance and IT functions.