Sector: Biotechnology
An international high technology R&D company with multiple legal entities in Russia & CIS countries with annual revenues in excess of $500m. The CFO is being recruited to develop the "finance business partner" concept in the countries in order to bring finance in closer alignment with the commercial organisation in order to influence decision-making. At the same time build confidence and capability in team of 35 individuals.
cfo, finance director, cee, see, slovenia, tobacco, fmcg, emerging markets
Sector: Tobacco
Working with a top 4 tobacco group to identify a CFO for the Adriatics business, with $100m net revenue and commercial and manufacturing operations in 6 countries in the cluster. A highly challenging assignment because the Adriatic cluster is a "training" market for the larger tobacco firms therefore it was necessary to target outside of the sector in mainstream FMCG. The search was cancelled at the final stage due to the emergence of an internal …
controller, accounting, fmcg, austria, cee, central europe, ifrs
Sector: FMCG
Mandate to hire a country Controller for the coommercial and supply chain operations of the Austrian affiliate, incorporating a direct sales force, two manufacturing facilities and a distribution network. Country sales at the time were €300m. The Controller was a position focused on technical accounting, tax, working capital and internal controls and was tasked with maintaining motivation team motivation while half the department's position were relocated to a …
emea, cee, poland, central europe, financial planning, bpa, fpa
Sector: Business Services
Hired an FP&A processs leader for a +$10bn New York listed company with centre of excellence based in Krakow, Poland. The position was reporting to the EMEA Head FP&A providing captive shared service support for planning and analysis processes across Europe.
finance director, cfo, eastern europe, poland, central europe, cee, fmcg, apparel
Sector: Apparel
Mandate to recruit a finance director for the Polish operations as well as the expansion into Eastern Europe on a country by country basis. Initially the emphasis involved working through distributors with the intention of establishing a network of retail outlets, hence the comapany's interest in hiring a senior candidate who had previously worked outside of Poland in the past.
finance director, cfo, pharmaceuticals, otc, poland, cee, eastern europe, central europe, supply chain
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
Search mandate to recruit a country CFO for a top five pharmaceutical company. At the time Poland generated revenues of $300m and incorporated commercial, manufacturing and shared services; therefore the company was seeking a heavyweight candidate for the role. Due to the proportion of OTC sales meant the primary target was a candidate coming from FMCG instead of Pharma.
pharmaceuticals, cfo, finance director, romania, cee, eastern europe, emerging markets
Sector: Pharmaceuticals & OTC
CFO of the combined commercial and manufacturing Romanian operations of an international pharmaceutical group. This was a challenging search in order to meet the tough demands of the company's global management team and the successful candidate was a Romanian national at the time working in London for a global FMCG company.
finance director, finance manager, medical devices, medtech, poland, cee, eastern europe
Sector: Medical Devices
Finance Director of the small but high growth Polish affiliate of a medical devices company. The company was for the first tiime establishing a direct field force and planning a ramp up of operation in the country.
