Experience

Tetra Laval International

• Switzerland
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Treasurer / Group Treasury Director

  • Oct 2008 - Present

  Working hand in hand with the current Treasury Director to lead the Treasury team composed of a small team of professionals and specialists. Responsible for the overall management of Group’s multi billion Euro portfolio of financial exposure, including foreign exchange, interest rate, commodity price risk, counterparty risks, cash and liquidity risks. Defining associated hedging strategies and policies for approval by the Group’s Board, and implementing such policies on an ongoing basis within a risk forum.

• Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Sep 2008

  Responsible for providing a yearly foreign exchange rate to Tetra Laval’s Industry Groups, and to manage the resulting foreign exchange risk. In the context of Group medium term profit optimisation, suggesting adequate foreign exchange strategies to the Risk Committee, thereafter implementing and actively managing those strategies. Also, responsible to advise and review the FX exposure of our local subsidiaries in several geographies.Proposing and implementing Interest Rate strategies in accordance with Group policies. Providing the management with a net financial position and cash flow, together with relevant analyses, on a monthly basis. • Revisited the Cash Management process and led a cross-functional project to implement a Treasury Portal in order improve the straight through processing of the deals.• Advised the Thai subsidiary in the wake of a severe local currency crisis, thereby leading to a substantial risk reduction. • Performed ad hoc country risk reviews in order to minimize transfer and cross border risks.• Lead or actively participated in multiple projects over the past years covering the following areas: validation of the fixed rate system, Corporate Governance and review of internal procedures, translation exposure, dividend hedging, review of actual FX forecast process, Treasury Management Systems, hedge portfolio structuring and analyses, Processing business hedging, FX mapping project, review of cash management process. • Continuous review and challenging of the Group Treasury’s strategy through external benchmarking and implementation of best practices.

• Regional Financial Services Senior Manager

  • Aug 2002 - Dec 2003

  Representative for the financial division of the Tetra Laval Group towards the market companies and their customers in Central and North America. The position meant a fair amount of time visiting and understanding the market companies as well as building relationships with the market companies in order to improve their knowledge of corporate financial services, and to enhance the group’s control on their operations.• Led a variety of projects of a control and service nature (i.e. cash and risk management, banking, financial trainings, investment analysis, customer analysis, project finance). • Developed and provided training for an investment analysis software designed to help market companies assess their customers’ projects. • Organized a two-day seminar for the whole region’s Tetra Pak financial and treasury community in Miami. The goal was to raise financial awareness and improve the links between the financial organisation and the markets.

• Customer Finance Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Aug 2002

  Responsible for the financial analysis of competitors and customers. Also performed credit evaluation, companies’ valuations, project finance studies, financial training and various consultancy services (especially operating capital management studies).• Developed Customer Analysis, Credit Evaluation and Industry Benchmark models, and designed a database where more than 300 Tetra Pak customers were collected and analysed. The database was designed to provide a better understanding and credit control on our main customers, and improve the financial awareness of Tetra Pak market companies. This Customer analysis model and database is still used today.• Created an Operating Capital Management Model aimed at helping Tetra Pak and their customers to improve their profitability resulting in improving their cash flows.• Participated in the development of an interactive Customer Finance Training Program, and delivered that training to market companies as well as to customers.



Tetra Laval International

• Switzerland
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Jan 1996 - Jul 1999

  Delivering on time to Top Management Group Gash Flow information, understanding and consolidating Foreign Currency Exposure within the Group, understanding and consolidating the Budget and Liquidity Planning, Cash Flow actual + Forecast, Dividend Plan, Off Balance Sheet items, Financial Net reports Delivering on time to Top Management Group Gash Flow information, understanding and consolidating Foreign Currency Exposure within the Group, understanding and consolidating the Budget and Liquidity Planning, Cash Flow actual + Forecast, Dividend Plan, Off Balance Sheet items, Financial Net reports



Nestlé

• Switzerland
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Key Account Management

  • Feb 1993 - Dec 1995

  In charge of some key Customers in the Chocolate Division, main task being to budget and develop sales with our Customers. Created an automated Customer report to support our discussions and negotiations with our Customers. Specialised in the Market Figures analysis (AC Nielsen) and acting as a link between the Marketing and Key Account Department as well as the Sales Force. Daily follow up and co-ordination of the promotions with the factories, customers and sales forces. Developed and put in place promotions adapted to the needs of our Customers.