A seasoned CFO, senior business leader, and transformational change specialist with extensive expertise in advising on and delivering £multi-million change programs across global and regional landscapes.
Proven ability to drive large-scale business transformation, integration, and operational remediation for FTSE 250 companies, private enterprises, and high-growth organisations.
Board-Level Leadership & Transformation Expertise
• Financial & Strategic Leadership: Strong CFO and senior leadership background, advising on financial strategy, risk, and operational efficiency.
• Business & Acquisition Integration: Led the transition and integration of $330M insurance back-office operations, managing 1,600 seats and ensuring seamless post-merger synergy realisation.
• Global Shared Services & Operating Models: Designed, built, and optimised shared services to drive performance, reduce costs, and enhance operational effectiveness.
• Quality Assurance & Governance: Delivered programme quality assurance services to ensure major initiatives achieve their intended benefits with transparency around risks, costs, and timelines.
• Board Mediation & Stakeholder Engagement: Rapidly establishes credibility with senior leadership, negotiating high-value contract remediations and aligning stakeholders around strategic objectives.
• Strategic Partner Reviews & Contract Remediation: Expertise in evaluating and renegotiating contracts to resolve operational challenges and enhance business value.
Key Areas of Expertise
CFO, Finance & Board-Level Advisory
Global Business Transformation & Shared Services
Acquisition Integration & Carve-Outs
Programme & Project Leadership
Risk Management & Governance
Contract Negotiation & Remediation
Operational Cost Reduction & Performance Optimisation
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Project Methodologies: While I have worked with Waterfall and Iterative methodologies, over the last 10 years, my focus has been on Agile/Scrum and Kanban helping to coach teams to become more mature in following Agile best practices.
Supplier Management: I have an extensive track record in managing numerous outsourced projects involving 3rd party, offshore development partners.
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International track record: I have worked in person and remotely with clients in multilingual, multicultural environments delivering regional, national, and global solutions.
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