Alexandre Schmitt

Fundraising, M&A / Exit Support: - designed the company's financial model: 3 statement model with unit economics module - coordinated the due diligence documentation - attended calls with potential investors - prepared the financial-related parts of the pitch decks - management of the sale of a part of the business: definition of the scope of the transaction, review of the asset purchase contract with legal team, production of the accounting policy and of the financial statements for the divested segment.

(eos Products ceased operating in the EU in August 2020) Organised the Financial Planning function for the Europe Region: - designed the budget model for a multi-country/multi-currency region - designed a weekly sales report that included actual and forecast - designed a consolidated Europe-wide demand planning model: 100+ SKUs and 27 retail Customers - organised and ran the quarterly review process

What was achieved: - improved revenue forecast from 61% to 95% accuracy at a $200m Revenue / year business unit - enhanced the finance function’s usefulness during the business’s most protracted crisis by drawing contingency plans and monitoring their execution. The effort helped the business preserve its high margin and its solvency. Day to day responsibilities: - led the production, the review and the delivery of a Europe-wide budget (45 offices) - EMEA CEO and European senior management team’s main poi

Responsible for all financial and tax issues for one of BASF’s largest legal entities: - coordinated with the shared service centre the production of monthly, quarterly and year-end group and statutory closing and reporting - ensured tax returns are completed accurately and on a timely basis main point of contact for external auditors - responsible preparation of statutory accounts Advisory role to the country CFO on group financial reporting and on technical accounting issues (payroll, IFRS)

Post-merger integration Accounting and Corporate Reporting: - planned and executed integration of 3 newly-acquired companies to group financial reporting in multi-currency and cross-border contexts - converted legal chart of accounts to group chart of accounts - converted financial statements from US GAAP to IFRS - monitored migration of data to SAP - supervised production of first-time annual financial statements and notes under IFRS - integrated statutory accounts in SAP-FI Development of European shared

- implemented a driver-based planning process (5 year plan) for a business unit with a $2bn cost base - managed the reporting of post-merger synergy projects: tracking of operational savings, presentation and reviews. The projects achieved $500mio reduction in runrate - within Finance, contributed to setting up the governance for the post-merger projects with the Project Management Office - rolling forecast for a business unit with an $80m revenue