Heiko Schlittke

• Optimized financial infrastructure, including treasury, accounting, and reporting systems, for a private equity-backed MedTech group. • Conducted financial due diligence and integration of acquisition targets. • Advised on strategic finance initiatives to enable smooth handover to a permanent CFO. • Managing Relations with banks and lenders • Responsible for Budgeting, Forecasting, Accounting, Reporting and annual closing • Main contact for external Auditors

• Directed integration of a $45M annual revenue U.S. acquisition into the $200M NAFTA region business. • Led cross-functional teams (IT, ERP, finance, market analysis) to align operations with corporate strategy. • Reported directly to the Global President and Board, delivering seamless transition and process optimization. • Implementing Productivity and Financial Performance KPI • Oversaw Transfer of product lines to other group plants and vice versa • Financial input and lead on implementation of new ERP

• FD for Foundry EMEA (FD) Finance, a Vesuvius Business Unit with <€200m revenue p.a. Direct Reports in four EU countries (Spain, Italy, Germany and France) as well as UK and Middle East. • Responsible for budget, forecast, month- and year-closings, quarterly/half year performance reporting and support by shared service centre (Krakow, Poland), 
Focusing on Trade Working Capital Trade Profit improvement while supporting the transition of EMEA to a new Finance Operating Model.

• Established Financial Reporting and Analysis for FinTech Start-up • On the negotiation team for 2nd Round Funding, raising US$ 20m • Modelled Budget and Forecasting tools. • Responsible for Budgeting, Forecasting, Statutory reporting. • Lead and Guided Finance Team of three

Regional CEO for Digicel Caribbean and Latin America

Chief Financial Officer of the leading Telecom Provider in Tanzania. Providing Strategic Financial and Commercial guidance to the company with a team of 5 direct reports. Maintaining government relationships with senior ministeries such as Finance and Infrastructure. Representing the company at Board level.