
Chief Financial Officer at Beijing Gingko Group
China

Chief Financial Officer at Beijing Gingko Group
China
OBJECTIVES
• Responsible financial– and/or coaching position in an international environment.
PROFILE
• Experienced as an international auditor, financial manager and chief financial officer.
• Large experience as a financial expert in the analysis of patrimonial (quoted) companies.
• Experience as a corporate governance consultant.
• Experience in maintaining bank & audit relations within especially Europe, USA, China and Hong Kong.
LANGUAGES: Dutch French English German
Personal enthusiasm, perseverance, communication skills and creativity in solving accounting, financial and corporate governance issues.
(Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
As CFO and Board member my tasks and responsibilities extend to various fields going from fund razing, preparations for stock listing in Shenzhen, controlling of the subsidiaries in China, USA, Germany and Hong Kong (tax optimation), implementation of an ERP platform integrating all Chinese companies including budgeting, a financial reporting system, production cost calculation and creation of Group policies and procedures, supervising the accounting departments and controlling team, establishing strategic cooperations, risk management, in particular managing the foreign exchange risks via hedging and treasury management, to maintaining bank and auditors’ relationships.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERF; Biotechnology industry)
July 2002 — February 2007 (4 years 8 months)
Setting-up of an Internal Audit department at the Eurofins Group. Performing advanced, specialized audit work, including risk assessment and process improvement. Provide the necessary corrective recommendations when deficiencies are discovered.
In addition to assignments mentioned above, a close monitoring of the business units in Switzerland, integration and reorganization of the German stock-quoted groups ‘GeneScan’ and ‘MWG’ and due diligences of new acquisitions, mainly in France, United Kingdom and Germany. Since end of 2005, I focused on the development of an optimized fiscal structure for the Group, via a Belgian finance holding, using the opportunity of the notional interest deduction and the development of a new organization in China and Brazil.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Photography industry)
December 2000 — March 2001 (4 months)
Accomplishment of final year audits in Germany and operational and financial audits in R&D business units, Germany, in Agfa Finance, Belgium and Korean production and distribution organizations.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
September 1998 — November 2000 (2 years 3 months)
As financial expert active within Déminor and assisting the responsible partner for the valuation of companies and the negotiation of minority participations.
Right-hand man of the responsible partner for the share voting service in Belgium.
Team member for the setting-up, refinement and presentation of the first corporate governance rating of European bleu chip companies to the largest institutional investors in Europe. Responsible for the supervision of the work of student analysts during the production of the first rating.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Building Materials industry)
August 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 2 months)
Co-ordination of different auditors, lawyers during the establishment and structuring of the Air Trade Centre group.
Creation and implementation of a harmonized monthly reporting system consisted of a budget, income statement, balance sheet and forecast for all group companies.
An extend financial support as international financial controller of A.T.C.I.-Air Trade Centre International by various bank relations of the different partnerships within Europe and this mainly in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland and Turkey.
IMBA , Entrepreneurship , 2001 — 2002
Licentiaat , Finance & Audit , 1990 — 1996