Experience

Wollongong 2022 Ltd

• Australia
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Finance

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Wollongong 2022, a wholly owned subsidiary of AusCycling, has been established to stage the 2022 UCI Road World Championships. Fully responsible for the organisation's Finance function, including: - Financial reporting to management, the Board, and other stakeholders - Financial controls and compliance - Budgeting and performance reporting - Liquidity management - Leadership of the audit process - Risk management and control - Oversight of AP and AR Wollongong 2022, a wholly owned subsidiary of AusCycling, has been established to stage the 2022 UCI Road World Championships. Fully responsible for the organisation's Finance function, including: - Financial reporting to management, the Board, and other stakeholders - Financial controls and compliance - Budgeting and performance reporting - Liquidity management - Leadership of the audit process - Risk management and control - Oversight of AP and AR



Imbolc

• Advertising Services

• Financial Advisor & Director

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Imbolc is a start-up company that has developed and owns the patent to a medical device. I am engaged on an interim advisory basis. • Market quantification and business feasibility assessment. • Development of a draft business plan and underlying financial model encompassing several strategic alternatives and extensive due diligence. • Commercial negotiations with engineering firms and manufacturers enabling prototype development, refinements to prototype design and initial production run. • Assist with documentation creation and submission required for clinical trial compliance and ongoing governance. • Identification and establishment of strategic relationships with partners relating to the development of the device and Imbolc’s strategic plan. Show less



Trigger Group

• United States
• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Finance

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022

  Trigger Group partners with quality technology platforms to deliver scalable business development capability in North America and Asia Pacific. - Leadership over all finance department activity, including financial reporting, budgeting, business partnering, treasury and liquidity management, and taxation - Key liaison with all financial stakeholders (investors, lenders, and key customers) - Supervision of team of accountants - Establishment of effective financial controls and procedures appropriate for Trigger's business operations Show less



CDB Aviation

• Ireland
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Treasurer and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2020

  • Accountable for leading and developing Treasury and FP&A teams, my leadership focused on financial risk management, liability management, Treasury systems, liquidity forecasting, fund raising, budgeting and business planning during a high growth period of organisational change and transformation. • Achieved highest credit rating of any competitor (S&P ‘A’ rating, Fitch ‘A+’, Moody’s ‘A1’), enabling fund raising with less formal parent company support arrangements. • Project management of the implementation of new Treasury Management System from RfP to Go-Live on time and on budget. Achieved 10% headcount reduction across the entire finance team, enabled effective hedge accounting, 2 day improvement in reporting obligations and 50% improvement in management payment processing time requirement. Show less



Hong Kong Aviation Capital

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate

• Treasurer

  • Nov 2011 - Jul 2016

  • At HKAC, led activities relating to Treasury, FP&A and Pricing. Treasury activities focused on financial risk management and liquidity management. FP&A activities related to budgeting and long-term forecasts and corporate liquidity (ensuring minimum $50M USD never breached). • Development of models for M&A transactions and deal structuring support, as well as models supporting equity and preferred instrument capital raisings. • Leadership and compliance of pricing guidance and transaction structuring activity provided to Commercial teams that resulted in HKAC being mandated many attractive transactions, recognising cashflow, IRR, and P&L objectives including IFRSs. • Structured foreign currency financing of $150m asset portfolio enabling equity investment saving of 10%, reduction in all-in cost of funds by 5bps, and further funding diversification. Show less



AWAS

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Senior Vice President Portfolio Strategy

  • Mar 2001 - Jul 2010

  • Establishment of new Portfolio Strategy department in Dublin. • Key contributor to closure of financings in 2009 and 2010, including equity capital raising, Pre-Delivery Payment finance, and capital markets-based refinance of facilities for ageing assets. • Key role in negotiation of financing for aircraft assets acquired from 2007 through 2010, ensuring overall transaction economics exceeded internal investment hurdles by 15%+. • Successful development and implementation of strategic and analytical framework underpinning all major business decisions, business planning, budgeting and sales targets. • Developed asset valuation model used by Finance team for substantiating impairment testing with auditors, and used to substantiate values for LTV tests on large financing that saved over $25m in early loan prepayments. Show less



Ansett

• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Treasury Analyst

  • Aug 1999 - Mar 2001

  • Fleet rollover business case development, analysis and presentation, including quantification of annual efficiency savings in excess of $30m due to fleet harmonisation alone. • Business case preparation and submission for corporate acquisitions (model demonstrating earnings and NPV positive) and non-core business unit divestments (legacy businesses such as travel agents and GDS businesses). • Aircraft financing and refinancing analysis and negotiations. • Capital structure analysis and setting of appropriate weighted average cost of capital. Show less



Bankers Trust

• United States
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Credit Analyst

  • Jan 1997 - Aug 1999

  • Evaluation of creditworthiness of bank counterparties culminating in overall credit score and setting of credit limits. • Presentation of credit reviews to bank’s Credit Committee covering repo, IRS, CCS, FRAs and other products. • Draft and negotiate transactional documents, including ISDA agreements. • Quantification of credit line consumption by material transactions. • Industry coverage for financial services, resources, manufacturing, telecommunications, commodity traders and semi- government organisations. Show less



Deloitte Australia

• Australia
• Management Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Cadet Accountant, Audit Division

  • Mar 1993 - Nov 1994

  • Application of audit techniques to test client’s compliance with accounting standards and other legal requirements across life insurance, health insurance, superannuation, FMCG, resources, manufacturing, chemical engineering, public sector and not for profit industries. • Detect weaknesses in client’s controls and business processes, recommending suitable improvements to client management resulting in new business opportunities (e.g. system updates and redesign). • Application of audit techniques to test client’s compliance with accounting standards and other legal requirements across life insurance, health insurance, superannuation, FMCG, resources, manufacturing, chemical engineering, public sector and not for profit industries. • Detect weaknesses in client’s controls and business processes, recommending suitable improvements to client management resulting in new business opportunities (e.g. system updates and redesign).