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CFO/Finance Director

CFO/Finance Director

Work Experience

2008 - GROUP CFO – ARMADA GROUP Fribourg, Switzerland
• To provide group leadership to all direct and indirect reports in the Group’s entities located in Switzerland, Singapore, US, Brazil, Holland, China, Greece, Australia, Denmark and Bahamas
• Advise CEO and the Board of Directors on existing investment portfolio and projects/proposals
• Oversee the preparation of annual financial statements e.g. ensure timely preparation of accounting schedules for the annual external audit in accordance with IFRS and coordinate the implementations of the auditors’ recommendations
• Drive Bunker, FX, IR and Freight exposure policies and strategies
• Financing for acquisitions and other business related projects
• Propose risk management policies and strategies for commercial and financial risks.
• Maintain and develop relationships with banks, financial institutions and other financiers
• Manage treasury function
• Arrange funding and financial hedging schemes


2000 – 2008 Various positions within A.P. Moller Group at its global HQ and worldwide subsidiaries

2007 – 2008 REGIONAL FINANCE MANAGER – NORFOLKLINE Gothenburg, Sweden
• To provide motivating leadership and development of the Finance functions and all direct and indirect reports in the group’s entities located in the Nordic countries, UK, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.
• Be an active member of the Management Team with the aim of developing the business activities and results.
• Drive business turn around
• Ensure adequate internal controls are in place and adhered to within the Region.
• Ensuring service level to both external and internal customers.
• Define and execute process and structural changes within the Finance function to create a more dynamic and business driven organization.
• Manage and ensure legal compliance of all finance functions in the Region.
• Develop Transfer Pricing Framework and documentation

2005 - 2007 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - APM Terminals Bahrain
• Negotiate terms and conditions of port concession agreement with the Government of Bahrain and other concession stakeholders
• Drive start-up business with the objective to secure the port concession in Bahrain
• Drive process reengineering with the view to secure seamless port take over
• Formulate and implement financial strategies
• Negotiate with port customers/vendors
• Advise CEO and the Board of Directors on existing investment portfolio and projects/proposals
• Develop good accounting policies and procedures to ensure proper recording, measurement and (HFM) reporting of the Company’s financial transactions, its asset and its liabilities
• Drive the implementation of new ERP system and ensure that proper control procedures are in place with sound accounting-, control- and reporting SOPs
• Drive the implementation of Activity Based Costing (ABC) accounting principles for the benefit of profitability analysis and port tariff negotiations viz a viz the Government
• Oversee the preparation of annual financial statements e.g. ensure timely preparation of accounting schedules for the annual external audit in accordance with IFRS and coordinate the implementations of the auditors’ recommendations
• Drive Risk Management incl. focus on fraud awareness, detection and control
• Establish and manage treasury function
• Arrange funding and financial hedging schemes
• Responsible for Finance, Administration and Procurement – 35 employees

2005 COUNTRY MANAGER - Maersk Lanka Group, Sri Lanka
• Lead the merger of Maersk Sealand´s and P. O. Nedlloyd’s activities in
Sri Lanka
• Lead the organizational changes and staff development strategies for the agency and three logistics companies incl. setting new management team
• Drive integration and transition of P. O. Nedlloyd’s customers to Maersk system platform, with minimum service delivery failures and maximum customer retention
• Responsible for 150 employees in three companies

2004 – 2005 COUNTRY FINANCE MANAGER - Maersk Lanka Group, Sri Lanka
• Responsible for Finance, Accounts, IT and Administration – 20 employees in three companies
• Provide input to the overall Country strategy to the Country Manager and Board of Directors
• Manage corporate affairs and relationship with local joint venture partners
• Manage working capital and cash within Country, ensuring compliance with financial control policies
• Drive fraud awareness, detection and control
• Responsible for all tax matters including transfer pricing issues
• Execute IT strategy

2001 – 2004 MANAGER – Corporate Finance Department, A.P. Moller, Copenhagen
• Deliver financial management information for APMM Board Meetings
• Deal with auditors both internal and external
• Development of APMM’s Financial Exposure reporting
• Drive Risk management

2000 – 2001 ECONOMIST – Corporate Finance Department, A.P. Moller, Copenhagen
• Ensure proper cash management through execution of FX transactions and placement of Money Market deposits
• Currency/interest hedge analysis
• Execution of FX deals on behalf of group entities, including monitoring APMM Group’s financial exposure


Education

2006 Executive Education – Highlights of an MBA
Columbia Business School New York, USA

1999 – 2001 Master of Science Degree in Economics
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 – 2000 Graduate Program for African Studies
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

1994 – 1998 Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

1993 - 1994 1st year of Bachelor of International Business
Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia


Skills

I am performance driven with good communication and negotiation skills. I am well experienced in people leadership and change management and have a solid knowledge of financial, tax and legal issues, incl. IFRS and Swiss GAAP. I am accustomed with working cross-functional and acting as an integral and supporting part of a management team and thrive in a dynamic and volatile international work environment. Key results achieved in my previous jobs include:

1. Legal/debt restructuring. Turnover: USD 2.5 bn
2. Business turnaround and legal restructuring. Turnover: EUR 150M
3. Successful negotiation and completion of the privatization project.
Turnover: USD 120M / 1100 employees
4. Successful merger of businesses incl. setup of an entire new management team/organisation.
Turnover: USD 200M / 150 employees


Languages

English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, French

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