Experience

Love to Rent

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Director

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Love to Rent, the first and only BtR-specific platform available in the UK, helps to differentiate BtR homes from standard private rentals by highlighting and promoting the development and the wide range of benefits the homes provide.



Puttock Brown Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Director

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  Puttock Brown has extensive understanding and experience of PR, Marketing and Sales within the housing and property development sector and provides effective and efficient strategies that deliver results. By establishing strong relationships with clients, marketing, communication and PR strategies and proposals can be aligned with projected targets and timescales. A key strength is the ability to take control of projects and delivering to exceptional standards



Aviva plc

• Sri Lanka
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • 2012 - 2014

  London & Norwich, United Kingdom Developed, managed and controlled the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) shared services recharging vehicle and framework designed to minimize VAT costs to non UK business units (generated annual savings of €15m).

• Finance Business Partner

  • 2010 - 2012

  Norwich, United Kingdom Provided commercial and financial support to the Head of Finance responsible for the creation and development of a new business unit (GWP c£600m) with aspirations of becoming one of the market leaders in the Corporate and Speciality market over a three year period. Member of externally managed (Deloitte) major two year strategic operational footprint change programme team with specific responsibility for providing financial support to the Operations Finance Director which delivered £90m… Show more Provided commercial and financial support to the Head of Finance responsible for the creation and development of a new business unit (GWP c£600m) with aspirations of becoming one of the market leaders in the Corporate and Speciality market over a three year period. Member of externally managed (Deloitte) major two year strategic operational footprint change programme team with specific responsibility for providing financial support to the Operations Finance Director which delivered £90m of annual benefits (c 2,000 FTE reduction) at a one off integration cost of £150m.



Aon

• Albania
• Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Analyst

  • 2009 - 2009

  London, United Kingdom Provided analytical support to the Director of Programme Management responsible for a major strategic business change programme with the objective of redesigning the operating model within the affinity division to sustain and identify opportunities to improve profitability.



Equity Insurance

• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Finance Business Partner

  • 2007 - 2009

  Brentwood, United Kingdom Directly provided business partnering support to the Broking Division Finance Director, CEO and Group Financial Controller on a range of projects as a consequence of the acquisition of the organisation by IAG, the resulting major transformation/integration programme and sale of the UK mass market distribution business.



Norwich Union

• United Kingdom

• PMO Business Partner

  • 2005 - 2007

  Norwich, United Kingdom Responsible for delivery of commercial, financial advice and business partnering support for 11 sub-programmes following the acquisition of the RAC by Norwich Union. Retained to be a key member of a subsequent major business review change project designed to deliver cost savings of £250m.



AXA Investment Managers

• France
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Accountant

  • 2004 - 2005

  London, United Kingdom Directly supported the UK Head of Finance on a range of day-to-day and project based tasks.



Prudential Bache

• Chief Financial Officer

  • 1989 - 2002

  London, United Kingdom Held senior financial roles where my main responsibilities were the provision of all financial related aspects of the business, the direct management of the administration/systems teams along with directly overseeing the activities of the operations department.