About
Big-4 & ACCA-qualified Interim CFO with 20+ years of international experience delivering rapid financial turnarounds, carve-outs, and finance transformations
Profile Summary
I am an experienced Group/Regional CFO and Finance Board Executive, specializing in Private Equity transformations, financial turnarounds, and cross-border integrations. Over the past two decades, I have led finance operations for global PLCs, PE-backed portfolio companies, and family-owned businesses across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, & APAC.
Known for a hands-on, results-driven approach, I focus on restoring financial stability, unlocking value, and building finance functions that support sustainable growth.
Career Highlights
Turnarounds
- As a regional CFO for Construction/Engineering corporate in the Middle East
- Led EBIT turnaround of –€7M to +€8M.
- Reduced G&A costs by €2M/year
- Uplifted BCF by €20M.
Shared Services & Finance Professionalisation
- As Interim Group CFO for Family owned, Global Producer of specialized cars (Military & Defense)
- cleaned books of 30+ legal entities in the Group – enabling performing of External Audit
- re implemented SAP 4/HANA in all the Legal Entities in the group
- Started proper CF forecasting
- build proper month-end reporting/consolidation, budgeting & forecasting (5 days after month-end)
- As a Head of SSC for Construction/Engineering corporate in the Middle East
- Built SSC serving 8 legal entities in the region, generating €1.5M in annual savings and reducing 55+ FTEs (Accounting, Procurement)
- Improved and standardized processes (P2P, R2R, O2C)
- Automated Reporting, eliminated delay in Regional reporting (reducing it by 5 days)
- Designed and implemented FP&A frameworks, SOX/ICM controls, and KPI dashboards across global organisations.
Private Equity Value Creation
- As an Interim Group CFO for PE-backed Automotive supplier operating in Germany, Romania, South Africa, and China.
- Improved EBIT from €4M to +€10M; reduced G&A –€2M; BCF +€10M, reduced Inventory by –€6M, uplifted overdue collection +€5M, increased DPO +30 days,
- Reduced month-end reporting period from 30 to 5 days,
- implemented Proper Budgeting, Consolidation, Forecasting, KPIs,
- withing 90 days prepared 3-years business plan with improvements measures – approved by PE,
- Implemented LucaNet reporting
M&A & International Expansion
- Partnered with BP and Chevron in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on O&G joint ventures.
- Supported multiple carve-outs, divestments, and due diligence processes across EMEA & APAC.
Expertise at a Glance
- Transformation & Turnarounds – EBIT uplift, BCF optimisation, GM uplift, SG&A reduction.
- Private Equity – value creation, post-acquisition integrations, carve-outs, exits,
- Finance Professionalization – SSC/BSC design, FP&A, SOX/ICM frameworks.
- Digital Finance – SAP S/4HANA, LucaNet, Hyperion, Power BI.
- Governance & Compliance – Corporate governance, risk management, internal controls.
Geographic Footprint
Project delivered across:
- Europe: DACH, Nordics, CEE, France, Spain, Benelux, UK, Greece, Finland.
- Middle East & Africa: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Central Asia: Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan.
- APAC: Japan, Singapore, China.
Certifications & Education
- ACCA (2004) – Chartered Certified Accountant
- CISA (2007) – Certified Information Systems Auditor
- Six Sigma Green Belt (2011)
- University of Economics, Katowice – MSc in Finance & Accounting
- ESC Toulouse/FR & UE Katowice/PL – MSc in Management