Simplyai

PE-owned AI professional services and consulting business specialising in Agentic AI, AI Ops, big data projects and innovation
Partner to the CEO for Simplyai’s operations
Responsible to the board for sales, finance, operations, M&A, compliance, risk
Ai thought leader and growth driver

Finance Director

Strategic Consulting

Ad-hoc partnership with Business Owners to provide advice during growth, expansion or exit.

Fractional CFO

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Course Facilitator

Audience Republic

2IC of Audience Republic’s US, European and Australian operations.
Accountable to the Board for Post-sales functions along with funding, finance and compliance.

VP, Finance & Operations

Zapid Hire

2IC of Zapid Hire’s US, UK and Australian operations.
Country Manager of US operations and responsible for launch of US mid-market and enterprise sales GTM. 
Lead the team from 50 to 1,000+ customers.
Accountable to the Board for Pre & Post-sales functions along with funding, finance and compliance.

CFOO

Essence Group Sydney

Australian branded and contract manufacturer, distributor and E-Commerce provider of dairy and nutritional powders for Australian FMCG customers (inc A2 Milk, Swisse, Woolworths and ALDI), and a growing international export market (inc China, India and the US). 
- Reported to the Managing Director and managed the strategic direction of the senior leadership team. In addition, managed the organisational effectiveness of the sales, operations and finance functions of the Group (150+ employees), across Sydney, Nowra and Shanghai. 
- Accountable for development and execution of outcomes-based business plans resulting in YoY revenue growth of avg 100%+ and significant EBITDA margin improvement.
- During leadership tenure, Essence was awarded the high-profile, 2019 Australian Exporter of the Year Award (Agribusiness and Food) by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission for outstanding export achievements.

Finance & Operations Director

Extensive experience executing buy-side & sell-side financial due diligence for clients located in Australia, the UK, Ireland and the US across a wide range of industries, including: Property, Financial Services, Specialist manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Food manufacturing/distribution, Banking and Infrastructure.
- Advised on deal sizes from $50m-$5bn

Transaction Advisory Services - Snr Manager

Graduate in EY’s Financial Services Audit team and completed Chartered Accounting accreditation. Progressed to Audit Manager role and was a global secondee to EY Dublin office.
- Experience with IFRS, US GAAP, Irish GAAP

Financial Services Audit - Manager

Creating incredible customer experiences and building world class revenue and finance teams at early stage hypergrowth start ups

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