Chief Financial Officer & Operations Director at BG LIFT S.r.l. (2024-01 – Present)
International manufacturer of compact crawler cranes and lifting solutions; predominantly export-oriented business.
- Report to the Chairman with integrated responsibility across finance and operations, supporting the transition from entrepreneurial growth to a structured, scalable management model.
- Define the business and industrial roadmap, translating growth targets into production capacity, supply-chain priorities, investment plans, performance indicators and cash requirements.
- Coordinate controlling, accounting, treasury, working capital, business planning, IT/data and operational-improvement streams; strengthen governance, reporting and segregation of duties.
- Drive production-planning and industrialisation initiatives, including APS/MES architecture, capacity and workload modelling, master-data discipline, inventory controls, manufacturing flows and external subcontracting.
- Lead management reviews across customer orders, production, margins, inventory, cash flow and investments, creating clear ownership and action tracking across functions.
- Support strategic supplier, OEM and distribution negotiations, international contracts, banking relationships and financing initiatives for growth and capital expenditure.
- Coordinate complex cross-functional programmes involving Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, HR, external partners and international authorities.
President / China Business Integration Director at Shandong BRGP Friction Technologies Co. Ltd. (Brembo Group) (2023-02 – 2023-06)
50/50 industrial joint venture in friction materials and automotive components.
- Led joint-venture governance and business integration, negotiating the JVA, Articles of Association and operating principles with the partner and global headquarters.
- Built a multi-year strategic and industrial roadmap with milestones, governance forums and performance indicators; aligned Quality, R&D, Operations and Logistics with regional and global functions.
- Assembled and coordinated the leadership team and introduced a KPI-based operating rhythm to strengthen accountability, consistency and execution.
Country Chief Financial Officer - APAC Scope at Brembo China (Brembo Group) (2014-05 – 2023-02)
Senior country leadership role spanning a fast-growing, multi-entity and multi-plant industrial platform.
- Directed Finance for 6 legal entities across APAC; led a team of 40 and supported 7 plants, 2 JVs, 2 technical centres and an aftermarket logistics hub while partnering with the CEO through approximately 22% CAGR (2014-2023).
- Led Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Compliance, Controlling and performance management; strengthened budgets, forecasts, scenarios, pricing/RFQ discipline, project profitability, plant cost control, capex and working capital.
- Turned around a joint venture to profitability and reinforced commercial and operational governance through clear accountability, decision rules and execution controls.
- Secured regional cash-pool access and credit lines of approximately EUR 150 million while maintaining group treasury and risk policies.
- Led ERP, MES and management-system implementations, improving data quality, reporting speed, control effectiveness and business-process discipline.
- Supported boards, corporate and legal matters, powers of attorney, litigation, JV agreements and stakeholder discussions with authorities and partners.
Group Manufacturing Controller (including Interim UK CFO, 2013) at Brembo S.p.A. (2010-11 – 2014-04)
- Led a manufacturing-controlling team of 9 and strengthened performance-management capabilities across Poland, the Czech Republic, the UK, India and China.
- Deployed ERP and manufacturing-control standards covering BOMs, routings, product costing, quotations, KPIs, capex and working capital; owned planning and actuals and served as UK CFO ad interim in 2013.
Group Manufacturing Controller | Consolidation Manager | Plant Controller at Maflow Group S.p.A. (2003-07 – 2010-11)
Held progressively broader plant, regional and group responsibilities in a complex international automotive supplier with a 15-plant footprint.
- Supported Maflow Polska relocation and scale-up to approximately EUR 100 million revenue and 1,600 employees; later shaped controls across 15 plants, supported the CODAN Gummi A/S acquisition and led an approximately EUR 50 million treasury initiative.
Controller at MSX International (2001 – 2003)
Junior Auditor at PwC (2000 – 2000)
Accounts Payable at FIAT Auto (1999 – 1999)
