Резюме CEO

Alexander **********

Address

01015 Kiev, Ukraine
13 Staronavodnitska Street, apt. 135

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Citizenship Ukraine

Executive Summary

Senior business professional with American MBA and over 20 years’ experience at international
both global and regional companies (FMCG, B2B) in the following areas: finance, auditing,
controlling, project management, planning & budgeting, credit control, treasury, purchasing,
general management, business development;

Proven record of successful business transformations from low performance to sustainable
growth models with efficient processes and teams;

Expertise and proficiency in building a strong Finance team capable to support the whole
organization effectively both from ExCom perspective and meeting requirements of other
functions of a company;

Active participation in strategy development through to business implementation and clear
articulation of strategy to shareholders;

Over 10 years’ experience acting as a deputy General Director taking full responsibility for a big
number of projects involving all functions of a company (Sales & Marketing, Operations,
Finance, IT, Logistics, HR & Administrations, Legal, Security);

Experience in managing finance teams in various geographies (about 30 countries including:
Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Morocco,
Turkey and other);

Experience in several successful ERP implementations (SAP);

Experience in three successful integrations / restructuring including two M&A.

Key Skills

Managerial Finance, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy, General Management, Budgeting,
Forecasting, Business Development, Financial Analysis, Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis,

Financial Modeling, ERP Systems, FMCG/B2B Functioning, Business Processes, Internal
Control, Financial Audits, IFRS, US GAAP, Restructuring, Change Management, Risk
Management Team Management, Pricing, Operating Working Capital Management, Credit
Control, Tax and Treasury Management, Banking, Purchasing, M&A

Employment History

Jacobs Douwe Egberts (Coffee)

July 2016 – present 

CFO Middle East and Africa 
Control and development of Finance Organization in the Region 
 

• As a part of the Regional Leadership Team I am responsible for developing and 

managing regional finance organization in 3 trading companies, 1 central office, 1 
manufacturing factory and several export markets (Israel, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, KSA, 
UAE, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, Namibia, Botswana, 
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Iran); 

• Developing an efficient structure and reporting control in all legal entities; 
• Operating Working Capital management in line with the corporate targets; 
• Planning, reporting and budgeting processes and control; 
• Tax, audit and treasury activities; 
• Sales finance analysis and control; 
• Business development (export markets); 
• ERP projects 

 
 
Financial structures have been developed, agreed with HQ and implemented across all respective 
entities. Reporting control over financial organizations in the markets was established. ERP 
project successfully went live in Nov’16. Financial targets (NOS, EBIT, OWC) are met. 
Successful restructuring of Turkey and Morocco organizations (both markets improved their 
profitability from below 10% to 30%+ in first 6 months); price recovery in markets with volatile 
input cost; relentless focus on working capital to meet challenging corporate targets. 

 
 
DS Smith (Packaging) 

August 2012 – July 2016 

Deputy GM / CFO Ukraine & Russia (RKTK) 
Control and development of Finance Organization to support and grow business of the Company 
 

• Strategic management of finance function in line with the Business Strategy of the Group 

of Entities (7 legal entities); 

• Finance reporting control; 
• Annual audits with D&T; 

• Treasury management (relationships with investors, banks and shareholders); 
• Planning, reporting and budgeting control; 
• Financial analysis; 
• Business development (investments and 

acquisitions

); 

• ERP projects 

 
 
2012 - 2013 – Financial discipline has been restored: Credit Control function was established; its 
effective cooperation with Sales & Marketing allowed RKTK to gain back its leading position in 
SOM; the bridge financing was provided to support company’s working capital; company’s 
operating units were evaluated, P&R and Budget control were improved. 
 
2012 - 2014 – a multi-million USD loan was successfully refinanced with a group of leading 
international lenders (Citibank, FMO and others); negotiated with EBRD, IFC and all major 
commercial and state banks operating in Ukraine 
 
2015 – 2016 - Business was capable to restore profitability; Turnover, EBIT, EBITDA are about 
twice higher compared to previous year in UAH terms; Citibank loan is continued to be repaid. 
Balance sheet restructuring was started and successfully completed by 2016 end. 
 
 
JT International Company Ukraine 

August 1996 – August 2012

 
Deputy GM/CFO; Deputy CFO; Planning and Reporting Manager; Planning and 
Reporting Specialist 
For almost 12 years, in my capacity as market CFO, I played a pivotal role in taking an ailing 
business and making Ukraine into one of JTI’s key pillar markets, delivering volume of 23.7 Bn 
units, Turnover of almost $1 Bn and EBIT of $100+ MM (from circa 5 bn volume and negative 
EBIT in 1999). All JTI Ukraine annual plans have been overachieved during those 12 years; 

• At the same time, my team and I have helped to develop a sustainable Export business in 

Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Starting from zero in 2000, those 
markets delivered circa12 Bn units volume and $60.0 MM EBIT; 

• In 2004 I led Ukrainian JTI team in implementing ERP system (SAP) in Ukraine market; 
• In 2007 – 2008 period I played one of the key roles in implementing a successful 

integration of JTI and former Gallaher in Ukraine (2 trading companies and 2 
manufacturing factories); 

• I played an active part in local Excom (leadership team), acting as a real business partner 

and was heavily involved in formulating business strategy and implementing commercial 
projects; 

• During my years with JTI I have developed a very good understanding of how a 

competitive Sales and Distribution Company works and how important is to maintain a 
positive working relationship between all departments of the trading company and most 
importantly with the factory; 

• I have built a solid structure in the finance department and PPO (professional purchasing 

organization reporting to me) and have provided the team with the necessary level of 

training and coaching which has enabled them to develop and be successful. Total 
number of employees in Finance and PPO Departments was 36. Number of direct reports 
was *************** people have been working with me for more than 10 years. Average 
number of years of service in my departments was about 8 years (for 36 employees). 

• Reporting to me were the following sub-functions: Accounting Department, Planning & 

Reporting Department, Budget Control Department, Treasury, Credit Control 
Department, Purchasing Department 

 
Standard Insurance Company, Portland, OR, USA

June 1995 – June 1996 

Started as an internship. Worked on several projects under Company’s CFO supervision. In May 
1996 was offered a position of an Actuary
 

Education 

 
 
Portland State University, OR, USA 

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MBA in Financial Analysis 

St. Norbert College, WI, USA 

August 1991 – January 1992 

Certificate in Business Administration 
 
Kharkov Polytechnic University, Kharkov, Ukraine 

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Degree in Turbine Engineering
 
Ryazan Airborne University, Ryazan, Russia 

August ********************* 

Degree in Foreign Languages (English) 
 
SKILLS 
Languages 

Russian, English, Ukrainian 

 
Computer Skills

Microsoft, Mac OS 

 
Personal Interests Photography (http://photographers.com.ua/pictures/user/13314/)