Specialism / Core Competencies
- Financial modelling (of M&A transactions)
- Investment appraisal and product pricing
- Business planning, budgeting
- Implementation of management accounting and decision support processes and systems
- Development & implementation of IT strategy
ICT experience
- Worked with a number of ICT companies in high profile roles including BT, Cable & Wireless and BBC
- Advised on a number of cross-border M&A transactions including
- BT‘s acquisition of a stake in Japan Telecom (US$2bn) and Japanese mobile company, J Phone (US$6.5bn)
- Acquisition of 55% stake in Turk Telecom by Saudi Oger (US$6.6bn)
- Acquisition of Taiwanese Cable TV company by Macquarie Bank (c. US$1bn)
- Developed detailed financial models and advised on numerous licence bids including
- Valuation of 3G licences and advice on 3G spectrum auctions / bids for all of BT‘s Asian mobile joint ventures
- Fixed line (FTTH) licence in Saudi Arabia, several other FTTx projects, International Gateway licence bid in Indonesia
- Fixed line licence bids for several circles (regions) in India
- Advised on many other major transactions, projects and initiatives of a strategic nature
- Next Generation Networks, broadband deployment, market entry analysis and smart cities
- Undertaken a number of financial management and operational roles with various companies in UK and overseas