Saqib Khawaja

FD/CFO

East of England North

Saqib Khawaja In 60 Seconds

I’m a commercially astute CFO with 20+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in a variety of sectors. I help businesses scale, restructure, and prepare for exit where needed. I bring a hands-on, strategic mindset to every role—transforming financial operations, enhancing profitability, and delivering multimillion-pound efficiencies.

Specialist Skills

M&A Specialist

Extensive experience in acquisition targeting, due diligence, integration, and preparing businesses for successful PE exits or trade sales.

Cash Flow Improvement

Proven ability to unlock cash through working capital optimisation, debt restructuring, and real-time financial insight.

Executive Coaching

Trusted adviser to owners and investors, bringing clarity to strategic decision-making and ensuring high-quality governance and performance monitoring.

Profit Improvement

Expert in reshaping underperforming operations into scalable, profitable businesses ready for sale or investment.

Management Information

Deep experience in ERP implementation, reporting automation (e.g. KPI reporting and Dashboards), and modernising finance functions across entities.

Track Record Highlights

Led a European restructure of a Group from six independent legal entities into one EU group business, laying the groundwork for a future PE sale.

Delivered £2.3M in working capital improvements and a £1.1M net debt reduction through targeted inventory and debt programs.

Secured the exit of four angel investors with strong ROI and refinanced debt facilities, saving £200K annually in interest costs.

Spearheaded an EBITDA growth strategy from £6M to £14M in four years, alongside £5.5M working capital savings and the acquisition/integration of a £35M competitor.

Successfully integrated multiple acquisitions across Europe, including a global fish feed business and SAAS firms, and was a key leader in a €45M trade sale generating a €27M profit.

Sector Experience

Agriculture & Farming: Animal Nutrition

Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: Feed, Displays, Corrugated, Packaging

Services: On Farm Assurance, Advisory, SAAS

Technology, Media & Telecoms: Gaming, Telecoms, SAAS, Online Publishing, Education Technology

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