Francisco Javier van Engelen Sousa

Group CFO of Euro 15 bn listed food retailing company. Member of Executive Team with overall responsibility of all Finance matters. Stock price recovery from 6 Euro to 16 Euro, representing over Euro 5 bn shareholder value creation.

Group CFO of Triumph International, Swiss based underwear company. Toal sales of over Euro 2 bn, represented across the globe. Fully vertically integrated, from design to retails ales. As group CFO, responsible for all aspects of finance and administration, including accounting & reporting, global tax, global treasury, M&A, legal, customs, insurance, IT, PMO.

Regional Finance Director for AstraZeneca's biggest selling region. Responsible for all reporting and controlling matters, and local management of treasury, tax, treasury and IT. support to regional CEO for business strategy and loan term planning.

Various positions of increasing responsibility, until regional CFO, with responsibility over corporate finance, business finance and major projects such as Gillette post-merger integration and global value brands strategy development. Lived and worked in Belgium, Morocco, Russia, Holland and Switzerland. Worked across areas of production, sales, marketing, strategy, IT and M&A.

Insights into the attributes of top quality Board of Directors and related governance models.

Effectiveness and efficiency of Board of Directors.

Finance and Accounting, econometrics and quantitive company management