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Emmanuel F. Walter

CAREER OBJECTIVES

Contact me at emmanuel@walter888.com 

PROFILE

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2002 to date - Walter Consulting (self-employed), UK and Luxembourg

Principal

·         Metal Commodities trading, Luxembourg

·         Led financial analysis including discount rate and NPV calculations

·         Supported transaction up to €3m including working capital financing and convertible loans

·         Led a SAP CO - Controlling module implementation as well as the monthly reporting set-up and management for a €200m P&L

·         Managed the implementation of an online payment facility for more than €100m yearly payments using SAP and EDI with ABN AMRO

·         Improved the supply chain by reengineering financial key processes and by rationalising the IT function for a trading company including the management of 3 staff

·         Telecom, UK and Denmark

·         Interim Director. Established existing and future IT product direction (product roadmap & strategy). Identified features, needs that maximise existing client satisfaction and new business opportunities

·         Devised a business plan & financing valuation to raise €50m additional funding

·         Automobile with Mercedes-Benz, China

·         Assessed the Chinese automobile aftermarket for potential new venture opportunities (> €20m)

·         Conducted market research the M&A activities of the automobile industry in Europe

·         Healthcare, Confidential, France

·         Conducted due diligence on a Management Buy Out of €100m for a French healthcare company

2001 - Xansa, London, UK

IT services firm providing IT outsourcing and management consulting, €700m turnover, 6,000 employees

Senior Consultant (strategy practice)

·         Advised a leading insurer, AVIVA, on its shared services strategy (finance function). Managed, despite lack of contacts, to conduct a shared services primary research

·         Involved in business development for various IT and finance based management consulting services such as finance shared services, outsourcing, post-merger integration and financial performance improvement including market research, collaterals and bid support for the financial services market

2000 - FirstMark Communications, European HQ, London, UK

Wireless broadband ISP start-up, no turnover, 700 employees

Manager, Marketing Analysis

·         Supplied an outstanding e-Commerce Business Plan (€100m NPV) to the CMO despite difficult work conditions and short deadlines and supported the €300m IPO Business Plan on the NASDAQ (S1)

·         Developed financial models and business cases for different IT based products such as Hosted MSExchange 2000 and Storage on Demand including market research and competitor analysis

·         Identified and selected best of breed equity based alliances aiming to launch new IT services (anti-virus, digital signature…) including market research, business case, target selection, due diligence and senior level negotiation (€10m deal)

1999 to 2000 - Nortel Networks, European HQ, West of London, UK

Telecom Equipment Manufacturer & Provider, €30b turnover, 100,000 employees

Manager, Finance

·         Financially controlled a global manufacturing business unit selling voice and data products of more than €60m turnover including reporting, forecasting, financial analysis, budgeting and ultimately restructured the business unit including substantial headcount reduction (more than 70)

·         Involved in setting up the Egyptian office as well as leading the finance function for middle-East and North Africa

·         Despite the loss of the entire finance team, coped with the day-to-day finance tasks and successfully supported the operational VP streamlining the business unit

·         Supported customer financing deals (due diligence, financing and pricing), conducted business case analysis and market research

·         Delivered outstanding due diligence recommendations on prospect business plan regarding a €300m customer financing project in Sweden for a broadband service

1995 to 1997 - Alcatel - Alstom, UK and France

Telecom and Electrical Engineering Manufacturer, €22b turnover, 120,000 employees

Analyst, Marketing

·         Involve in technical product marketing on an European level and sales analysis for the variable speed drive products

·         Managed one of the top UK Web site. Involved in the site development, launch, maintenance, marketing and Web site traffic analysis.

·         Achieved substantial online customer enquiries. Helped to launch a similar Web site for the group

·         Lead an internal IT audit aiming to computerise the purchasing, stocks and invoicing functions achieving a ROI of 260%. Managed marketing information system projects using database

EDUCATION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Married, French, Date of birth: 16-04-1971

Languages: French (native), English (bilingual), Spanish (conversational) and Mandarin (intermediate)

Accounting packages: SAP 4.6C CO / FI / SD, Oracle Financials and Business Object

IT skills: Ms Windows XP, Unix, Pascal, C, HTML, Pearl, Ms Excel, MS Word, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Project, Dbase, SPSS, Submission Wizard, Web Trend and Ms FrontPage

Hobbies: Learning Mandarin, Interest in Chinese culture, Golf, Swimming, Computer and Reading

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