Tom Murray Email & Phone Number

Colchester, England, GB

Peterborough, GB

• Acquisition of three UK competitors - Advante, Carter Accommodation and Procomm Site Services, doubling the EBITDA of the UK business over two years, including the delivery of £3m of synergies
• Rebranding of Elliott Group to Algeco, incorporating the acquired Carter and Procomm businesses
• Implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and purchase workflow system
• UK finance team restructuring reducing headcount by 20%
• Preparation and presentation of UK business strategic plan to potential investors resulting in the disposal of Modulaire Group to Brookfield for $5bn
• Implementation of Sarbanes Oxley process controls following acquisition by Brookfield

Puteaux, Île-de-France, FR

• Promoted to Finance Director of a new division covering Europe and Middle East, sales revenue £400m
• Integration of Lavendon and Loxam powered access entities in UK and France
• Integration of newly acquired Italian entity
• Acquisition and integration of UK Platforms Limited having succeeded in obtaining clearance from the Competition and Markets Authority
• Negotiation of £120m revolving credit facility
• Divisional finance team restructuring reducing headcount from 10 to 4

Lutterworth, Leicestershire, GB

• Recruited as successor to group Chief Financial Officer, group acquired by Loxam in February 2017
• Turnaround of under-performing UK division in H2, achieving stretched budget
• Increased year on year sales by 10%
• Reduced transport costs by 11%, changed transport pricing mechanism
• Delivering 28% operating profit improvement
• Developed customer profitability model based on cost to serve

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB

• Negotiated commercial terms for new distributor contracts in China, M East totalling £5m
• Rationalised the manufacturing footprint from 3 sites to 1
• Delivered £3m improvement in operating profit
• Worked with external advisers on disposal of the business to Hitachi High-Technologies

Annapolis Junction, MD, US

• Reported to the group CFO, managed six regional reports, responsible for manufacturing, procurement and supply chain operations globally
• Led Finance support for the Operations function as part of the due diligence activities and integration of a US competitor $1bn acquisition
• Acted as finance lead, prepared business cases and sat on steering group to rationalise the manufacturing footprint, reducing sites from 22 to 17 sites globally
• Delivered 3% year on year net productivity improvements:o Held the Regional Operations Directors accountable for conversion cost performance at weekly KPIs meetings. Established counter measures to meet targetso.
• Supported VP Global Procurement:o Measured departmental performanceo Delivered annualised direct material savings of $30mo Standardised supplier payment terms to 60 days
• Created and deployed indirect spend policies and engaged external partners including Schneider Electric to deliver $10m in indirect cost savings

Annapolis Junction, MD, US

• Post acquisition by Colfax
• Worked with Executive team on the transformation from a regional to functional structure. Established a reporting system for measuring functional performance on SAP BPC
• Led the finance integration under the new US parent entity including:o Transitioned from IFRS to US GAAP reporting in SAP BPC and implemented SOXo Standardised reporting processes and introduced weekly as opposed to.
• Reported to the group CFO with four direct reports and direct responsibility for EMEA and Asia. Carried out all the global reporting into the parent group
• Led the implementation of IBM Cognos Planning forecast system aligning sales, operational and financial planning over a 6-month period
• Worked with the Global Executive team:o Appointed to the ‘Defence’ team protecting against an aggressive takeover bido Identified breakthrough projects to maximise Charter International shareholder value o Supported a.

Annapolis Junction, MD, US

• Reported to the group CFO with six direct reports, responsible for the fastest growing sales region
• Supported in targeting new customers and new territories delivering annual sales growth of 20% and in negotiating pricing and commercial terms with major customers
• Implemented pricing controls delivering 2% margin improvement
• Led the implementation of a new ERP system, Movex within time plan and budget
• Delivered a 10% reduction in overdue debts

Annapolis Junction, MD, US

• Led project to establish a shared service centre for the Nordic region which was a pilot for a total Europe SSC, delivering annual savings of €3m

Annapolis Junction, MD, US

• Transfer of production to low cost regions delivering 15% productivity improvement

• Delivered a turnaround in operating results from a £2m loss to £1m profit within 18 months