Tim Richardson

Current
Past
  • Director at GrowthPath, an SME consultancy
  • Director, Finance and Controlling at Philips Lighting
  • European Financial Controller, Consumer Sales and Marketing at Philips Lighting
  • Regional Business Consultant, Asia Pacific at Philips
  • Country IT Manager, Indonesia at Philips
  • Consultant and Project Leader at Atos Origin
  • Consultant at CDP Information Systems
  • Editor, Farrago (Newspaper) at Melbourne University Student Union
Education
  • CPA Australia
  • Charles Sturt University
  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Melbourne
Connections
260 connections
Industry
Retail
Websites

Tim Richardson’s Summary

15 years of Finance and IT experience with global scope. Ten years' experience in Europe and Asia. FMCG retail, distribution and manufacturing.


Tim Richardson’s Experience

  • Chief Financial Officer

    Stomp Pty Ltd

    (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

    February 2009Present (6 months)

    Stomp is an Australian-based international music label, wholesaler and online retailer in music, fashion, books, tours and professional services.

  • Director

    GrowthPath, an SME consultancy

    (Financial Services industry)

    June 2008February 2009 (9 months)

    o) Growth strategy and finance for mid-sized SMEs.
    o) Structuring, valuing and pricing equity offers. Investment offer marketing. ASIC-and Corporations Act compliance.
    o) Corporate Advisory for shareholder actions, constitutional changes, board appointments.

  • Director, Finance and Controlling

    Philips Lighting

    (Public Company; PHG; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    August 2003April 2008 (4 years 9 months)

    HQ management role in businesses producing and distributing lighting products to global FMCG and professional customers. With a global supply chain and factories in several European counties, and sales of around $700m AUD.

    I lead and built a finance team distributed over several countries, responsible for reporting, forecasts, IFRS and Sarbox compliance, investment proposals, product cost roadmaps, business cases for innovation, currency risk management & management development. The Finance Director is 2IC and a high-profile leadership role, focused on innovation, investing for growth, making smart strategic choices and scanning and rapidly responding to opportunities in the market.

  • European Financial Controller, Consumer Sales and Marketing

    Philips Lighting

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PHG; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    December 2001August 2003 (1 year 9 months)

    Customers of this unit are major retailers such as Carrefour. Sales are around 200m Euro via sales teams in 15 countries.

    I lead the tender profitability and customer profitability analysis, and improved both significantly by introducing contribution margin and cash analysis based on true cost prices. I was jointly responsible for leading and developing the country-based controllers.

  • Regional Business Consultant, Asia Pacific

    Philips

    (Public Company; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)

    June 1999December 2001 (2 years 7 months)

    *SAP implementations at commercial units (FICO specialist)
    * eBusiness advocacy, implementation and system architecture design

  • Country IT Manager, Indonesia

    Philips

    (Public Company; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)

    July 1996July 1999 (3 years 1 month)

    Project managed ERP implementations, outsourcing, procurement, server and WAN infrastructure rationalisation, Lotus Notes deployment, team development.

  • Consultant and Project Leader

    Atos Origin

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 1993June 1996 (3 years 1 month)

    MFG/PRO implementations and technical customisation, with a lot of work on integrating data warehousing software. Process industry, FMCG sector, automotive and assemble-to-order telecommunications equipment. (Origin acquired CDP.)

  • Consultant

    CDP Information Systems

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 1992June 1993 (1 year 1 month)

    MFG/PRO implementations and technical customisation, with a lot of work on integrating data warehousing software. Process industry and FMCG sector.

  • Editor, Farrago (Newspaper)

    Melbourne University Student Union

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 1990December 1990 (1 year)

    Elected position of the Student Union, University of Melbourne


Tim Richardson’s Education

  • CPA Australia

    CPA , Accounting , 20032005

  • Charles Sturt University

    Masters of Accountancy , Accounting, Finance, Law, Business , 19992001

    Graduation with Distinction (top of class)

  • University of Melbourne

    B.A. , Linguistics, History and Philosophy of Science , 19871992

  • University of Melbourne

    B. Sc. , Computer Science , 19871992

    H1 Faculty Honours Score
    Tutor for the Department of Mathematics

    Activities and Societies:
    Queens College (scholar)

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