I lead strategy and business development, with financial and operational responsibility for international projects across EMEA, mainly North Africa and Southern and Western Europe. A large share of that work is ECA-backed trade finance.
Growth strategy, new investment opportunities, and M&A are among the first topics to reach my desk. I am involved in financial modelling and business plan preparation from inception, reporting directly to senior management and shareholders.
The current role dates from 2024; the fifteen-plus years behind it cover greenfield and brownfield investments across EMEA, from ECA-backed project finance and cross-border M&A to IPO preparation. That has meant term sheets with international banks and multilaterals, and a lot of the legal and operational groundwork underneath them. Most of that time has been spent close to shareholders, where decisions move quickly and the analysis has to keep up.