and a complex payment pattern from our single client causing chronic cash flow issues. Internally, his first objective was to turn around the team's organisation and morale, to make it the 1st in its league within a year (in tearms of reporting quality and timeliness), in order to have the local finance function's credibility restored. Based upon those early achievements, the Finance function could become a Business Partner, increasingly involved in setting procedures, being active in control and a staunch support for the local CEO and the Head Quarters in Denmark. Lastly he was largely involved in the entity's divestment (due diligence, keeping of morale and procedures until the last day).

He then opened a new chapter of his career by moving to Mexico, where he joined SAAM SMIT Towage (SST) in tugging services, a JV made of SAAM of Chile and SMIT Boskalis of the Netherlands, as Chief Financial Officer, in 2016. He oversaw the financial activities of 3 entities: SST Mexico, SST Canada and SST Panama. His first objective and achievement was to improve and restore the quality and relevancy of an aligned reporting, to facilitate a common understanding of the business activities between both JV partners. He implemented a consolidated system, capturing the data from the 3 entities, then to transform them adequately to the JV partners’ own reporting systems. In general and always as an active Business Partner, he worked on aligning practices within the finance function, to serve the business. He was charged by the Board to restructure SST Mexico, by reducing the workforce, relocating its main office and setting up a centralized and more transparent purchase department for more savings. He was an active player in the transformation of the SST Panama organisation, following the LEAN principles. He returned to Europe where he joined Fearnley Group in 2021, and became its Chief Financial Officer, and is now based in Gibraltar.