Mike Leach
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Professional experience for Mike Leach
- 9 months, Nov 2013 - Jul 2014
CFO, Middle East & AFrica
Ford Motor Company
• CFO for the launch and set-up of a new business unit for Ford across the MEA region • Launched in January, 2014, with set up of governance structure; transition from other Ford regions into new region; development of the operating plan and focus on Growth Strategy for the region.
- 2 years and 4 months, Jul 2011 - Oct 2013
Profit Analysis Manager
Ford of Europe
• Business Plan and Budget consolidation, analysis and reporting of the European plan and turn-around strategy. 2013 Revenue of around $25 billion and 1.2 million unit sales. • Quarterly external US GAAP/Sarbanes Oxley earnings reporting; Quarterly Certification and MD&R • Major cross-functional re-engineering of reporting methodology. 12 month program delivered on time and cost • Lead for Components business & external sales
- 4 years and 10 months, Sep 2006 - Jun 2011
Vehicle Line Controller
Ford Motor Company
• Responsible for Small/Medium segment passenger cars; Focus, CMax, Kuga, Mondeo, SMax & Galaxy. Total program volume over 1 million units annually • Development & control of business structure, investment & cost control. 2011 Global Focus program at over 450,000 unit sales for Europe & North America • Cross functional program strategy, control & process change with Program Management, Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, & Launch teams; Europe, Americas & Asia Pacific regions
- 3 years and 5 months, Apr 2003 - Aug 2006
Finance Director
Mazda Motor Europe
• Completed European Transfer Pricing structure including pan European tax authority approval. Corporate tax savings of $20+million • Pan European Price Harmonisation, dealer margin restructuring & competitive price strategy development. Reduced cross border trade by over 10% and reduced dealer margin cost by $30 million • Finance lead of sales company launch across Scandinavia, Russia, Ireland and Benelux incl. external acquisition & set up of Mazda financial services and products
Educational background for Mike Leach
- 1993 - 1996
Master of Business Administration
Warwick Univerity
- 2 years and 10 months, Sep 1984 - Jun 1987
Economics
Birmingham University
Languages
English
Fluent
German
Intermediate
Spanish
Fluent
French
Intermediate
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