Group CFO

• Nov 2022 - Present

Group CFO; listed co. on SGX Plan and direct the Group's full finance function; Plan and prepare the Company, and the Group for capital market exercise on trade sales; Assist in developing and implementing strategy for the Group's expansion; Assist in the development of new businesses for the Group; Advise, promote, improve, develop, extend and maintain the Group's business and to protect and further the reputation, business, interests and success of the Group. Group CFO; listed co. on SGX Plan and direct the Group's full finance function; Plan and prepare the Company, and the Group for capital market exercise on trade sales; Assist in developing and implementing strategy for the Group's expansion; Assist in the development of new businesses for the Group; Advise, promote, improve, develop, extend and maintain the Group's business and to protect and further the reputation, business, interests and success of the Group.

SVP Divisional Head of Finance & Controlling, Compression Service

• Sep 2018 - Jun 2022

Served in a global role to spearhead 50 sales and service branches across 35 countries, including APAC, North America, LATAM and EMEA. Work with the Division CEO and functionally with CFO to oversee three global business units with a sales value of around EUR 250M. * Conceptualised and persuaded global stakeholders on the unified foreign currency in planning and management reporting, which was implemented in the Hoerbiger Group and enabled managers to focus more on accurate growth and profitability management reports and reviews. * Drove cost-saving initiatives amid the Covid-19 global pandemic which enabled sound business profitability and ensured sustainable growth. * Launched a global Projects Controllling system, paving the path for risk assessment of major client projects via precise SAP supported estimations and in alignment with project teams. Expected to derive substantial savings and improve project margins, based on past experience in regional projects. * Created and presented monitoring tool for service centre productivity & cost efficiency KPIs. Designed the dashboard to dissect variances for gaps in capacity planning, order bookings and production efficiency. * Streamlined the review of business controlling information and allowed regional units to perform sound decision-making by improving the skills of regional controllers in utilising BI tools such as SAP Cloud and Tagetik Analytics. * Established & headed a Division-wide Purchase Controlling function, including reporting systems, business intelligence and dashboards (SoftconWebCIS), target setting, training plant controllers and presenting financial storylines affecting margins (due to commodity price escalation) and improving the quality of pricing in product segments. * Created, enhanced and presented new business & financial models for new acquisitions as well as new products & solutions. Show less

Strategic Change Manager

• Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

Functioned as the transitional business leader for Indonesia with a headcount of 100, heading strategic change management, gap analysis, market strategy, restructuring and business rationalisation, project and contract administration and other related areas in the Indonesian market. * Achieved positive turnaround results in current business with marketing repositioning and business segment mergers. Functioned as the transitional business leader for Indonesia with a headcount of 100, heading strategic change management, gap analysis, market strategy, restructuring and business rationalisation, project and contract administration and other related areas in the Indonesian market. * Achieved positive turnaround results in current business with marketing repositioning and business segment mergers.

Chief Financial Officer (Asia) & Executive Director

• May 2013 - Dec 2016

Developed and planned business strategies for sales of over S$300M. Provided oversight to financial management, business controlling, M&A, governance, contracts, legal, banking, compliance, tax & related risk management and business IT. Spearheaded a team consisting of controllers, accountants and IT professionals in six countries in Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Vietnam and India. Oversaw the equipment and fleet management strategy for the effective execution of business plans. Collaborated with project and business managers in closing gaps on project profit losses through week-to-week project-wise productivity and profitability analysis and reviews. * Played a key role as major influencer/driver for a region-wide ERP system resulting in finance transformation in ASEAN with the expedited decision-making process. Conceptualised and implemented equipment resource management system within ERP and Capex rationalisation. * Spearheaded the asset deal/acquisition of construction business in Malaysia with a headcount of 150 with required proposal paper, offer letter/term sheet, financial cum legal due diligence, pricing negotiation, sales and purchase agreement, completion and post-acquisition integration. * Successfully acquired Indonesia construction business involving share purchase, from local third-party Indonesian shareholder, restructuring cross border ownership within the Group. * Attained more than S$80M of facility lines from banks across Asia, while dealing with headroom. * Established multiple finance teams to develop shared service accounting, reporting and banking functions in Singapore and Malaysia entities. Show less

VP, Controlling and Finance (APAC)

• Jan 2009 - Sep 2012

Financial Controller AsiaPac

• Feb 2006 - Dec 2008

Finance Manager

• Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

Finance Manager

• Jun 1999 - Dec 2001