Massimo Ruffoni

• Project management on assigned research themes. • Research developments on financial and strategic topics such as strategic planning, business development, corporate finance, employee equity programs and incentives, risk management, M&A, organizational design, organizational behaviors, accounting, entrepreneurship and sustainable performance.

• M&A implementation. • Process re-engineering and optimization with Kaizen methodology (lean). • Project management and trainings. • Business development.

• Accountability for planning and forecasting activities (FP&A) for the division (sales $250 mm.) • Enterprise risk management • Managed M&A due diligence, negotiations and integrations, including the acquisition of an Italian company (sales $10 million). • Sparing partner for divisional CFO • Supervised and improved Budget and Actual analysis processes, including building an effective system to investigate variances. • A keen coach and supervisor for new members of the team.

• Accountable for credit limits with $ 4 mm DoA by account. Required in depth business analysis for customers (Planning, Variances, Networking capital): gained knowledge of customers beyond financial reports by working with sales and doing industry analysis. • Enterprise risk management • Corporate finance: financial planning, working capital management. • Cleaned up AR aging minimizing overdue amounts. • Completed Treasury Due Diligences.

• Statutory and Group reports in accordance to local accounting principles, IFRS and US GAAP ($ 1.2 bn sales). IFRS first implementation • Corporate finance: Internal dividend process, debt financing, financial planning, working capital management. • Accurate application of accounting principles and internal control procedures ( SOX, and European laws). • Improved financial operative process and procedures. • Supervised Financial Due Diligence

Leader of a team (2-5 people). • Execution of Due diligence activities for M&A process • Organized IPO advisory activities • Designed advisory activity for internal procedure mapping and sustainability reports • Improved Process design • Managed Risk management services • Trained teammates about financial and treasury topics • Performed Yearly and quarterly audit reports • Conducted the audit of internal procedures in accordance to SOX and Italian 231/2001 law

• Studies curricula focused on finance, strategy, M&A, organizational design and behaviors. • Dissertation on Behavioral Economy: ‘Organizational design of the marketing department in the Healthcare industry’.

Awarded with distinction. Area of study includes corporate finance, marketing, management, accounting, operations and business modelling