Miquel Batlle Alcaraz

• Finance Control of the operations located in 15 countries located in Africa including production, distribution and sales areas; • Monthly report, balanced scorecard and KPI’s and ad hoc reporting to support business strategy; • Preparation and budget control (annual and long range plan to 3 years); • Preparation and control of investment plan; • Definition of new control system and integration of the reporting system for all countries in scope.

Directed the finance and administration of the 11 plants and its related logistic costs located in Spain and Portugal with a total budget of approximately EUR 230 Mio and 13 direct reports; Key role in business turn-around including EUR 10 Mio improvement in Operating Profit in 2 years period driven by changes in business model, expense reductions and improved control; Reengineering of finance area and improvement of Sarbanes-Oxley; Redesign and implementation of new business KPI’s, profitabilit

Audit Manager Manager responsible for the financial audit plan and projects in Sara Lee International (worldwide except EEUU) – (direct reports: 5 people); Developed and implemented overall vision and strategy to effectively address audit risk for key lines of business including Coffee and Tea, Household and Body Care and Bakery; Implemented aggressive, risk based audit plan resulting in 80% companies visited and 90% audit coverage as a percentage of sales. Audit findings and recommendations commu

Departamento: Finanzas, Supervisor de Auditoría Interna de auditorías financieras, controles internos y de cumplimientos (Sarbanes-Oxley)

Responsible for cost accounting; General financial analysis and follow up on budget deviations; Improvement of working capital by executing inventory optimization programs; Design, document and implement a new internal control system; Responsible for the implementation of the ERP system (EXACT); Preparation of month-end reporting.