Carmen Hula In 60 Seconds
I am an experienced CFO with track record in scaling up, fund raising and exiting. I enjoy supporting entrepreneurs and working with management teams to develop and deliver on strategies at any stage in a business cycle. I have working experience in sectors such as banking and wider tech including machine learning and AI.
Specialist Skills
Raising Funds
Raised equity, project funding, working capital funding.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Understanding business drivers, risks and opportunities and tracking results.
Leadership
Mentoring and Coaching.
Cash flow Improvement
Identifying gaps, planning and executing.
Strategic Thinker
Working with founders to define strategy.
Track Record Highlights
- Established reporting systems, built finance team from ground up leading to successful fund raises and exit in innovative Fintech - $100m.
- Finance lead in large M&A project, a business unit sale within banking, across UK and USA. Second largest valuation at the time at $800m.
- Fundraise closing and working capital finance for software company , investment taken from Japanese listed company, £2m.
- Extensive experience in M&A activity and successful capital raise at 10 X in scaleup consultancy.
- Influenced change in strategy leading to creating more relevant KPIs and leading to improved people engagement and profitability. Revenue increase by 40% in Y1 and 20% in Y2.
- Expanded Finance remit to include IP strategy and HR.
Sector Experience
- Banking & Financial Services: Global Banking and Fintech
- Technology, Media & Telecoms: Machine Learning/AI
- Professional Services
What's next?
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