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Head of Commercial Finance and Business Partners Pathology

Caltex Australia is an oil & energy company which specializes in Fuel, Lubricants, Business Services, Retail, and Convenience.

Accomplished leader with an excellent track record in identifying, analysing and delivering business opportunities. Recognized as a strategist who possesses strong commercial thinking and the ability to communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders. Broad experience in the innovation space and has worked across all aspects of the M&A process. Effective at creating and sustaining collaborative high performance work cultures where accountability and transparency are valued. _________________________________ KEY CAPABILITIES ★ M&A and New Services lead on Caltex’s ‘Freedom of Convenience’ strategy. The team was established to realise this strategy in the form of a new service station experience for customers. ★ Known as a ‘problem solver’ and brought in to identify key issues and the most effective path forward. ★ Instilled an innovation mind-set into the wider organisation. Demonstrated the benefits of an agile approach to new ideas and how this approach improved decision making. _________________________________ DELIVERS BUSINESS VALUE WITH INNOVATIVE THINKING Operationally astute with a track record of shaping and leading significant business investment. An innovative thinker and seeker of new ways of doing things. NUMBERS ARE ONLY PART OF THE FINANCE EQUATION Possess financial expertise to translate finance models to other parts of the business and actually show numbers as an important tool in decision making. EXPERIENCED IN ALL ASPECTS OF M&A PROCESS Ability to conduct and manage all facets of the M&A process, from opportunity identification through to valuation, due diligence, completion and integration. TRANSLATE STRATEGIES INTO DELIVERABLE OUTCOMES Career history has always had a strong strategy and planning component with particular emphasis around finance and financial modelling. EXECUTIVE LEVEL ENGAGEMENT Prepared acquisition papers, board papers and innovation proposals for the leadership team.