CEO
SWAUPE International
Total des années d'expérience :34 years, 10 Mois
SWAUPE operates as a family office in Turkey with USD 960 million in funds, seeking investments primarily in environmental, medical and humanitarian projects that can provide benefits to the people of Turkey.
As CEO I was responsible for the financial analysis and valuation of target businesses, including
the preparation of Term Sheets and other acquisition documentation, deal and contract negotiations, and working with external advisors and government agencies.
Active board member providing input to the executive decision making of the Company. Plus company secretarial duties.
- Full responsibility for all financial control operations, IT and HR.
- Renegotiated trade and term funding lines through bank tender process.
- Review and rewrite of all finance related procedures to suit SAP requirements.
-Implementation of internal audit function with assistance from PWC.
- Successful closing of Mitsubishi Corporation of acquisition of minority stake in Al Islami. Involved in managing financial, legal and VDD advisors in addition to presentations and negotiations directly with Mitsubishi.
- Implementation of IFRS.
- Implementation of UAE VAT.
- Highly successful outsourcing of warehousing and distribution to Agility Logistics despite a culture that was firmly against the initiative.
- Assumed Board / Company secretary position as an advisor after resigning as CFO.
SSL Holding is a family group with a diverse set of businesses, including FMCG, construction, logistics, property (residential and commercial), and homewares.
I was responsible for established financial controls, procedures and reporting for the Group.
I also managed the Logistics company in its start up phase.
- Responsible for the management of the institutional funding book.
- Implementation of new accounting and report system to improve quality and timeliness of reporting in addition to the improvement of controls. Key involvement in system architecture and accounting process.
- Negotiation of extension of credit facilities from institutional financiers (primarily banks).
- Managed loan book risks and financial exposures without un-provisioned write-offs.
- Regulatory reporting to local authorities.
- Successfully managed the accounting and reporting function of the implementation of a new revenue accounting system (Navataire with new proprietary back-end reporting system) including data migration, system architecture and design, report definition and control functionality.
- Management of all passenger revenue financial exposures (over $A40 billion) with zero write-offs.
- Provided key financial information required by the Australian Stock Exchange listing requirements.
- Streamlined revenue forecast and reconciliation processes (including fraud detection).
Responsibility for Reporting Services department within the Funds Management division
- Key involvement in acquisition transactions including valuation modelling, price negotiation and post-acquisition integration.
- Established new reporting function within Funds Management focusing on back-office operational performance.
- Developed automated reporting systems (dashboard) utilising multi-dimensional modelling and ERP tools.
- Local and international regulatory reporting.
Management of receivables and payables teams
Month end closing and reporting
Financial forecasting and modelling
Left as role was not challenging and little prospect to develop.
Joined Deloitte as a cadet on their 2+2 program.
Worked on large audits and in business services division.
Sub major in Finance. Agree with Distinction average