Chris Gibbs
Senior Finance Professional
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About
Competent and trusted senior finance leader, greatly experienced in both business partnering and financial planning and analysis, combined with a highly developed sense of commercial acumen. Experience gained across multiple industries working in private equity, listed companies and SMEs, who is fundamentally driven by the challenge of positively influencing business performance.
Experience
Wagonex Limited
Automotive FinTech scale-up designing, building, and managing flexible, all-inclusive technology automotive subscriptions,
enabling vehicle suppliers to offer subscription options direct to consumers.
May ‘23 – Present: Head of Finance | Cardiff / Hybrid
RAC Limited
Private equity owned British automotive services company with c.12.9m membership base and £653m revenue.
June ‘21 – May’23: Senior Finance Business Partner – Consumer Roadside | Bristol / Hybrid
GoCompare Group
Leading UK financial services, utilities, and home services comparison website, generating c.£170m in Group revenue.
May ‘17 – May ‘21: Senior Finance Business Partner – Financial Planning & Analysis | Newport
Arcadis NV
Leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, with 27,000 people in over 70 countries, generating c.
€3.3Bn in revenues annually.
Aug ‘16 – May’17: Finance Business Partner | Cardiff
CGI UK Limited
Global provider of end-to-end IT and business process services with 65,000 professionals in 40 countries across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe with turnover of c. CA$10.3Bn. In August 2012 CGI Group Inc. acquired Logica PLC.
Jun ‘15 – Jul ‘16: Senior Financial Analyst | Financial Reporting | Bridgend / Reading
Oct ‘13 – May ‘15: Senior Financial Analyst | Project Accounting | B2B | Bridgend / Bristol
Sep ‘12 – Sep’13: Financial Analyst | Project Accounting | B2B | Bridgend / Reading
Jan ‘12 – Aug’12: Business Consultant | Logica Business Consulting | B2B | Reading / Birmingham / London
Sept ’10 – Dec ’11: Pre-Sales Consultant | Intelligent Transport Systems | B2B | Reading / London
Education
- Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), ACMA | CIMA | 2016
- MSc in Management (Finance) | Swansea University | 2008
- LLB in Law | Swansea University | 2007
