
Melbourne Area, Australia

Melbourne Area, Australia
15 years of Finance and IT experience with global scope. Ten years' experience in Europe and Asia. FMCG retail, distribution and manufacturing.
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Stomp is an Australian-based international music label, wholesaler and online retailer in music, fashion, books, tours and professional services.
(Financial Services industry)
June 2008 — February 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.
(Public Company; PHG; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
August 2003 — April 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.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PHG; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
December 2001 — August 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.
(Public Company; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)
June 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 7 months)
*SAP implementations at commercial units (FICO specialist)
* eBusiness advocacy, implementation and system architecture design
(Public Company; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)
July 1996 — July 1999 (3 years 1 month)
Project managed ERP implementations, outsourcing, procurement, server and WAN infrastructure rationalisation, Lotus Notes deployment, team development.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1993 — June 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.)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1992 — June 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.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 1990 — December 1990 (1 year)
Elected position of the Student Union, University of Melbourne
CPA , Accounting , 2003 — 2005
Masters of Accountancy , Accounting, Finance, Law, Business , 1999 — 2001
Graduation with Distinction (top of class)
B.A. , Linguistics, History and Philosophy of Science , 1987 — 1992
B. Sc. , Computer Science , 1987 — 1992
H1 Faculty Honours Score
Tutor for the Department of Mathematics