Fernando Severino

Direct operations across several functions, including Planning & Control; Marketing & Commercial (retail and wholesale); Customer Care (Contact Centres and Retail Stores); Financial Reporting, Accounting, Revenue Assurance, and Tax; Treasury & Finance Management; Logistics, Sourcing, and Procurement; and Human Resources. Lead team of 14 direct reports and 300 staff members. Define and track quarterly cycles of cost review.

[Bloomberg tick: PTC PL] Led team of 50 orchestrating SOX implementation across Portugal Telecom Group, including Portugal, Africa, and Brasil. Directed special corporate process optimisation projects aimed at improving efficiency and control of corporate processes. Coordinated risk management, with focus on predicting and mitigating relevant enterprise key risk factors. Provided key support for Group Executive Committee and Audit Committee. Worked closely with external auditors.

[Bloomberg tick: PTC PL] Led team of 6 direct manager reports and 88 staff members across Consolidation, Fixed Assets, Financial Disclosure, Accounting, Internal Control, and Tax departments. Coordinated transactional processes across 40 PT Portugal companies (with almost €4B in revenue), including monthly reports and statements, local tax forms, internal control procedures, and management reporting.

[Bloomberg tick: PTC PL] Coordinated successful development, execution, and delivery of several corporate projects, including definition of Internal Control Manual over relevant processes, creation of centralised sourcing and procurement function, and analysis of collection gaps to improve PT business segments. Orchestrated migration of financial and accounting activities of Mobile Business to PT Shared Services.

[Bloomberg tick: PTC PL] Provided critical support for Corporate Internal Audit launch, defining corporate methodologies, corporate risk and processes model, and risk/process matrixes with executive feedback. Conducted strategic analysis and comprehensive audit of current risk management approach being conducted by each department (where relevant).

Business Audit & Advisory. Collaborated on development of data for PT Multimédia IPO and leading audit of telecommunication, media, and construction companies. Details available on request

Finance