David Blake

FD/CFO

London East EC

David Blake In 60 Seconds

I have extensive CFO experience in telco TMT and fintech (inc SaaS), both within the UK and Internationally. This work has been for multi-national corporates as well as SME businesses all with the lens of driving improved shareholder value in a strongly controlled environment. I have led businesses through exits (IPOs, trade sales) plus leading acquisitions leading to favourable outcomes.

Specialist Skills

Corporate Finance

Exit planning, IM (information memorandum) preparation, sell & buy side exposure.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Built extensive multi-year budgets and appropriate forecasting tools.

Business Planning

10 year, 5 year strategic plans down to 1 year operating plans and budgets.

Financial Operations

Leading edge finance function controllership, financial planning & analysis.

Systems and Controls

Oracle NetSuite, SAP Hana implementations with leading control environments.

Track Record Highlights

Managed the £85m bid for Small World Financial Services working with PwC and leading an assessment and bid management, conducting financial due diligence, commercial & legal due diligence.

Negotiated a $80m loan facility with HSBC for the funding of a submarine cable build in telco following discussions with Asian Development Bank and International Financing Corporation.

Led the successful $550m IPO of a Cable & Wireless plc telco subsidiary after an 18 month preparation phase.

Prepared 5-year business plans for a fintech start-up using MS Excel and LivePlan for p&l, balance sheets and cashflows for professional services of data science to insurer & SaaS products.

Instrumental in the $1.5bn exit sale of the business to PLDT Smart and Globe in the Philippines by negotiating the finer details of the deal, overseeing the sale and purchase agreement.

Sector Experience

Technology, Media & Telecoms: Mobile phone sector 3G 4G prepaid and postpaid

Banking & Financial Services: CME Futures, motor insurance brokers

Not for Profit: Further Education FE sector as role of Chair

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