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Director Finance

Work Experience

October 7, 2002 – August 1, 2003

Ansell Healthcare Europe NV – European Headquarters - Brussels
Interim Manager / Finance– Credit & Collection Department

Ansell is a global leader in quality barrier protection for the industrial, medical and personal healthcare markets with yearly sales of $ 1billion, 25% of which in the European region.
The set up of a European headquarter in Brussels over the last two years allows the company to create additional added value thanks to streamlined procedures and synergies.
Within this centralization process, as Interim Manager in charge of the Credit & Collection department and a team of 8 people, my mission is to propose, articulate and implement business processes in order to reach specific profitability objectives:

Define & update individual job descriptions and objectives
Enhance people management
Improve professionalism, initiative and result oriented philosophy
Develop know how
Induce credibility from third parties
Set procedures (credit limits, credit terms, doubtful accounts, reminders…)
Develop timely, accurate, coherent reporting (as per both legal entities and end user markets; metrics)
Externalize functions requiring specialized expertise (credit insurance, financial data banks, legal proceedings, public markets overdue collection)
Entice other department to update processes affecting directly the department’s performance (cash transfer management, customer master file maintenance, process for issuing credit notes)

Objectives were exceeded, as can be seen from the comparison of the December 2002 / July 2003 figures: As outstanding increased from € 62.0 MM to € 67.4 MM, overdue decreased from 37% (€ 23 MM) of outstanding to 21% (€ 14 MM); the objective was 25%.

July 2001 – September 2002

UCB Group
Regional Finance & Administration Director / Asia Pacific region (Pharma)
Board member of two companies

Job Description:

Scope: Subsidiaries and representative offices of the Pharmaceutical sector in the Asia Pacific region, with the exception of Japan; Pharmaceutical activities of multi sectorial companies in the Asia Pacific region. Turnover: ± 60 million Euro. Headcount: ± 1.000
Nature: To organize, manage and maintain an efficient accounting, reporting, control, legal, fiscal and cash management system in the Asia Pacific region, in line with both sectorial & corporate policies and procedures, and local legal requirements, in order to contribute to the achievement of the region’s sales and income objectives.
To assist the Corporate Financial Management and Sectorial Controller (Brussels) in major local financial projects and operations.
To provide management supervision and guidance to the local subsidiaries & affiliates in Finance & Administration matters.
Major accountabilities:

1. To provide Management supervision and guidance to reporting controllers within affiliate and Corporate Human Resource policies and guidelines. To ensure skill upgrade when necessary. To contribute to the formulation of annual objectives in the following areas: accounting, reporting, internal control procedures, fiscal management, cash management.

2. To advise General Management on local business opportunities and projects. To assist the Corporate Financial Management and Sectorial Controller in major local financial projects and operations.

3. To insure the timely delivery of the financial statements to both regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur and corporate headquarters in Brussels. To analyze and interpret internal reports (5-year plans, budgets, forecasts, and capital investment programs), financial statements and legal and statistical reports. To review and monitor actual monthly performance against budget & prior year on an on going basis. To initiate internal audits as may seem necessary. To maintain & update written Group and local procedures.

4. In line with the sectorial and corporate fiscal strategy and with the assistance of external tax consultants if necessary, to supervise tax and fiscal issues. To make recommendations on specific tax issues to the corporate tax department in order to minimize tax outlays.

5. To plan, direct and control short and long term cash management practices. To make recommendations to the corporate cash management department. To streamline bank relationships as per corporate requirements. To implement and supervise an appropriate credit management policy.

6. To ensure implementation and timely renewals of contracts covering major clients and suppliers relationships. To ensure that insurance contracts are properly taken to cover major business risks, in line with corporate policy.

December 1997 – June 2001

UCB Group
Finance & Administration Manager / Paris (7 companies – Headcount 525- Turnover 150 MM Euro)
Member of the executive committee
Board secretary (3 companies)

Job Description:

Management of the financial, legal, fiscal, administrative and EDP activities of the UCB group in France
To that effect, supervision of the accounting, management control, Treasury, EDP, and Export departments.

Main achievements:

Reorganization of the activities of the 7 existing companies in France. Specialization and focus on commercial, industrial and service activities. Creation of a new company, owner of all the industrial assets. Phasing out of other companies.
Upgrade of MFG PRO accounting package (from version 7.3G to version 8.6E, Euro proficient).
Change of distribution partner (storage and distribution of pharmaceutical products): set up and negotiation of a new contract. (1.7MM Euros / year; savings of 0.15 MM Euros / year)
Restructuring of EDP department with partial externalization
Replacement of outdated Minitels for the medical representatives by lap tops (300 people); negotiation and implementation of a contract for hardware renting, Hot line services and logistic management.
Introduction of a second supplier and of a new bidding system for the medical representatives leased cars leading to substantial yearly savings (10% of budget)
Subsidiary capital increase (5 MMFF)
Analysis of the transfer price system of the group for the pharmaceutical products
Negotiation of tax back payments linked to extraordinary contributions demanded from the pharmaceutical industry by Minister Juppé
Optimization of specific tax issues (advertising tax / research tax credit)
Modification of the contract allowing the personnel to share in the company’s results
Manager of the « Euro » project
Manager of the « year 2000 bug » project


Other previous jobs

UCB Group
Management Controller for 4 subsidiaries of the Pharma sector in Brussels (01/90 – 11/97)

Head of department (6 people).
Secretary to companies boards meetings.
Responsible for the set up of the LT plans and yearly budgets, investments, general and analytical accounting, cost control, internal UCB reporting, external reporting (statutory accounts for the central bank), treasury (group coordination center), fiscal issues and fiscal audits (management of congresses and PR activities). EDP Supervision (in liaison with the EDP department), customer’s credits, ceiling limits and payment conditions, inventory levels and product ordering.
Numerous contacts with the group’s financial direction, the group’s coordination center and the group’s product distribution center.
Achievements:


 Implementation of a new accounting package (ROSS). New analytical accounting system allowing earlier (two days) balance sheet and income statement closing. New, specific overhead cost allocations system.
 Analysis and implementation of a new data base for the control & management of the promotion material costs under Microsoft Access. Allows easy comparison and analysis of actual expenses versus last year and budget.

UCB Group
Management controller of UCB Chemie (Sindorf, Germany) from 12/86 to 12/89

For the pharmaceutical sector of the group, analysis, control and reporting of the German operations. Emphasis on consolidation and intercompany transactions.

UCB Group
Credit Manager (Brussels) from 10/83 to 11/86

For the three sectors of the group, management of the accounts receivable portfolio (national / international) via the monitoring of incoming orders. Maximum profitability and optimum risk level to be attained through the set up of specific individual credit limits and payment terms & conditions. Monitoring of late payments. Negotiation of debt restructuring. Reporting of activities to Senior management.

J. Walter Thompson
Financial Controller (Brussels) from 1981 to 1983

With a team of 4 people, management of the accounting, reporting, treasury and credit management of a small advertising company.

Continental Can Company
Associate, Finance (Brussels) from 1978 to 1981

Assignments in the Treasurer’s department (cash position of the subsidiaries, borrowings / lending’s, netting) and the Reporting & Controller’s department (reporting on sales and income, analysis and comments, forecasts).

European American Bank
Loan Assistant, (New York) from 1973 to 1976

6 months training program in the various departments of the bank, followed by one year in the credit department as analyst and work as Loan Assistant for the New York / Pennsylvania region.

Education

MBA, IMD, Lausanne
Licence in Economic Sciences (Catholic University of Leuven / Belgium)

Skills

Financial Executive
Credit management
Controller
Project Management

Languages

French (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Dutch (good)

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