Vice President Finance

• Jan 2021 - Present

Independent Consultant

• May 2018 - Present

As an independent consultant providing support to small / medium, private / public Biotechs for a variety of projects: - Part-time Financial lead covering CFO duties for a private Biotech. Key activities include overseeing regular financial and monthly activities, quarterly Board reporting, implementing Control processes, evaluation of alternative development strategies for lead asset(s), support of fund-raising activities, leading annual and 3-year plan development - Building business cases and valuations for whole company and individual assets. Working with respective technical leads to review alternatives, then develop and optimize the key assumptions including development timelines and costs, commercialization framework and range of revenue outcomes. Build scenarios to better facilitate management / Board decision-making. - Consulting for company management through assessing fund-raising alternatives based on evaluating potential development, licensing and exit strategies, from both operational and financial perspectives - Financial support for Global and Regional business development deals. Analysis of Term Sheets / contracts and suggestions for negotiation strategy and responses. Supporting management and Board presentations - Providing expertise for organizations trying to build their life science financial valuation and business development capabilities. Available to take on short term or part-time CFO roles within smaller organizations. Show less

Director, Corporate Finance and Investment Banking

• Aug 2007 - Dec 2017

Financial lead on major corporate licensing and M&A transactions. Projects range from:- over 55 Pharma licensing projects - 19 through signing. This included 7 co-development, 11 renegotiation's and 5 involving an equity stake, global and regional - Worked up acquisition theses on more than 25 Pharma and Animal Heath M&A opportunities, 6 of which progressed to signing- 30 other projects, 12 of which signed, for out-license, strategy, asset sale, equity investments- US based but worked on Global projects Show less

Manager, Procurement

• Aug 2001 - Jul 2007

Led the procurement team responsible for Medical and Regulatory outsourced services for corporate R&D. Challenged to change the relationship with clinical development customers by demonstrating the value that improved sourcing processes, led by procurement, could bring. Sourcing efforts by team (6 to 8 reports) resulted in cost savings, more efficient CRO relationship management, consistency in bidding and project awards. Reduced the number of CRO's being utilized, while increased the number of suppliers in other areas that were single sourced. Major time emphasis on negotiation and renegotiation of Master Service Agreements to close Strategic Sourcing Initiatives. Relationship management with major suppliers. Show less

Advisor - Corporate Finance Investment Banking

• Aug 1999 - Aug 2001

Financial lead on a variety of corporate business development licensing projects

CFO - Lilly China

• Feb 1998 - Jul 1999

As a result of the strong performance as the Czech CFO, was selected as the CFO for Lilly China, based in Shanghai. This was during a time of great change externally within China and also within the affiliate with significant increases of headcount and proactive development of a national footprint. Together with other key members of the affiliate management team aggressively adjusted the organization, recruited the necessary talent to support the revenue growth and at the same time control the expenses to plan. Specific financial responsibilities included Finance Controller for LLY affiliate and manufacturing plant, roll-out of Financial systems for 4 China sites, Business forecasting and planning, some elements of the supply chain, JV partner negotiations, business development support and building the longer term financial capabilities of LLY China through training. Show less

Finance and HR Manager - Czech and Slovak Republics

• Jan 1994 - Jan 1998

Moved to Prague to lead the Finance (as CFO), HR, local Bus Dev and all other administrative functions for the Lilly Czech affiliate in Prague and Slovak affiliate in Bratislava. This was shortly after Czechoslovakia had split in to two countries and opened up to foreign investment. As a key member of the management team helped lead and grow the affiliate through this period of rapid change, consistently delivering on our revenue and expense objectives. Multiple new products launched, revenues increased 5-fold, employees up 3-fold while adjusting to new external rules / regulations requiring frequent adaptation in order to maintain our performance.. Show less

Financial Analyst

• Jun 1991 - Dec 1993

Financial Analyst - based in Indianapolis for one year, then 18 months in London. Provided analytical support for Monthly Financial Reviews, Annual Planning exercises, regional pricing requests, Administrative running of LLY's London office

Drilling Engineer / Senior Drilling Engineer

• 1980 - 1989

Drilling engineer on offshore (platform, Drillship, Jackup, semi-subs) and onshore (land, helirig) in multiple locations. Responsibility for engineering design of the well, specifications for equipment / services required. On-site co-supervision of certain key operations (wellheads, casing and cementing, riser and BOP activities). Learned to adapt to frequent changes as a result of living in 7 countries in 8 years, and rig site needs to be fast and responsive in a situation where wasting time had a clear and significant cost. Show less