BOARD & ADVISORY CANDIDATE | FINANCE, AUDIT & RISK | HEALTHCARE | TRANSFORMATION & M&A
Switzerland | +41 78 688 8290 | [email protected]
BOARD PROFILE
| Professional Experience |
Senior international finance executive and experienced corporate director with more than 30 years across healthcare, energy, consumer and external auditor (big 4). Brings board-level perspective on financial stewardship, audit and risk oversight, strategy, M&A, transformation, digital enablement and talent succession, shaped by leadership across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Known for independent judgment, constructive challenge and disciplined execution in complex, regulated and highly matrixed environments.
VALUE PROPOSITION
- Financial stewardship and audit: Regional CFO accountability for a multi-billion-dollar healthcare portfolio, with deep experience in financial reporting, internal control, external audit, capital allocation and cash performance.
- Risk, compliance and governance: Board and audit committee exposure, Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, regulatory engagement and oversight of cross-border legal-entity, tax and compliance matters.
- Strategy and transformation: Record of shaping operating models, regional strategy, restructuring and digital finance transformation while protecting business continuity and internal control environment.
- M&A and portfolio change: Experience across acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, carve-outs and legal-entity restructuring in complex international settings.
- People and succession: Builder of diverse finance leadership teams, talent pipelines, academies and succession plans across multiple countries.
BOARD & GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE
Board Member and Audit Committee Member | BD Switzerland
Provides oversight on financial reporting, audit, internal control, capital and dividend decisions, legal-entity governance and engagement with Swiss authorities for the principal operating entity.
- Applies independent judgment to balance shareholder objectives, fiduciary responsibilities and financial control in high-value decisions.
- Brings deep experience of governance in a regulated, multinational healthcare environment and challenges management on risk, assurance and execution readiness.
- Supports board governance, statutory audit and internal audit matters, including legal-entity restructuring, tax oversight and management representation.
LEVEL IMPACT
- Steered financial performance and strategic decision support for EMEA region with approximately $4.5B in revenue and sustained multi-year growth +6% CAGR over the past 5 years.
- Established a Swiss principal entity and served as a senior finance interface with Swiss authorities, strengthening governance and regional operating effectiveness.
- Oversaw major finance operating-model transformation, including global business services, GBS set-up, centres of excellence, digitalisation and organisational redesign.
- Guided acquisitions, divestitures, integrations and carve-outs, balancing strategic value, execution risk, internal controls and business continuity.
- Strengthened enterprise risk and internal controls through audit oversight, SOX/internal controls, revenue-recognition governance and compliance dashboards.
- Shaped regional commercial choices spanning go-to-market models, strategic accounts, pricing, market access and resource allocation.
- Built leadership capacity through a finance academy, development programmes and disciplined succession planning across a geographically dispersed organisation.
EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
Becton Dickinson | 2006–Present
Vice President Finance, EMEA & Swiss HQ / Regional CFO | 2015–Present
Regional finance leader for a multi-billion-dollar healthcare portfolio, partnering with regional and global executives on strategy, performance, investment, risk, governance and enterprise transformation across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
- Established separate Europe and META operating models, with distinct P&Ls, governance routines and executive reviews to sharpen accountability and strategic focus on emerging markets.
- Delivered major transformations including finance shared services, systems consolidation, predictive analytics, AI academy, cost optimisation and complex regional separation.
- Maintained audit quality, control discipline and operational continuity through significant geopolitical, organisational and technology change.
- Driving large legal entity restructuring and optimization program leading to large cost savings.
- Closing optimization to day 3 in the region and faster statutory filing across 110 legal entities.
Regional Controller and Business Controller, EMEA | 2011–2014
Held regional and business-unit accountability for strategy, P&L, compliance, planning and investment across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and CIS, covering portfolios of approximately $350M–$440M.
- Shaped three-year regional strategy for emerging markets, go-to-market investments, pricing governance and organisational redesign.
- Created executive compliance and performance dashboards, improving leadership visibility on risk, cash and strategic execution.
Director, Financial Operations Europe | 2010–2011
Set the strategy for finance operations, planning, consolidation and systems across more than 30 countries, 215 finance associates and approximately $2.5B in revenue.
- Defined the European shared-services strategy and a transformation roadmap targeting a 20% reduction in cost and headcount.
- Led a global closing-optimisation programme across four regions, targeting a 30% reduction in cycle time.
Director, Planning & Financial Systems Europe | 2006–2009
Directed regional planning, reporting and systems improvement, including a SAP FI/CO implementation spanning 35 countries, 57 operating entities and more than $2.3B in revenue.
- Completed the programme on time, on budget and with successful internal and external audit assurance.
- Improved receivables performance by three DSO days and strengthened revenue-recognition controls and productivity.
Chevron Oronite | Regional CFO, EAME and Compliance Officer | 1993–2006
Led Finance, IT, treasury, tax, insurance and customer-service activities across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, managing a 40-person organisation and advising the regional leadership team.
- Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley section 404, strengthened regional compliance and served as Secretary to the Board.
- Delivered a 10% working-capital reduction, 25% banking cost savings and productivity gains through organisational redesign.
- Supported acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, tax audits and a business turnaround through portfolio and customer segmentation.
Earlier Career | 1988–1993
ORCOFI — Controller and M&A: Built planning, reporting and consolidation capabilities for a diversified holding company and supported acquisition analysis and due diligence.
PwC — Auditor, Corporate Finance and M&A: Conducted statutory audits, internal-control reviews, consolidation work and transaction due diligence for major international clients.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
- Executive MBA, HEC Paris
- French CPA qualification (DESCF)
- Master’s Degree in Finance, IAE Paris-Sorbonne
- IFRS Certificate, ESSEC / PwC
- Multinational Management Programme, Institut Supérieur de Gestion, including study in the United States and Asia
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: French (native), English (professional), German (reading).
International perspective: Leadership experience across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and global transformation programmes.
