Nabil Rishani

: Define and direct financial, accounting, and administrative functions, delivering strategic, financial, and business expertise for corporate development initiatives encompassing 11 companies in 7 countries. Provide decisive leadership and direction for financial analysis and reporting, cost controls, cash management, and strategic business planning. Evaluate and approve financial reporting in compliance with I.A.S. Signatory party. Devise and establish growth strategies to propel and elevate revenues.

Directed broad range of financial operations including Accounting Department, cash flow analysis, credit control, working capital management, annual budget development, monthly financial reporting, U.S. GAAP and SOX compliance. Formulated, justified, and managed financial data whilst strengthening and implementing internal controls. Forged productive, long-term relationships with senior executives, key stakeholders, and individuals on all levels.

Recruited to provide strategic business and financial guidance for 2 newly developed companies. Established and launched financial and accounting operations for new mobile telephony provider, Klimaphone S.A., including financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and internal control.

Integral member of highly qualified team charged with devising and deploying strategic business plan to launch new chain of 25 high tech stores, Millennium Telecom Stores. • Won enthusiastic praise from senior managers for driving on-time, successful launch of 2 new companies under extremely tight deadlines. • Successfully achieved implementation deliverables, effectively negotiating through logistical/market challenges and often disparate priorities of large and diverse stakeholder communities.

Held chief leadership and management accountability for Accounting and Purchasing/Credit Control Departments. Performed cash flow analysis and managed working capital. Prepared and submitted annual operating budgets. • Overhauled and optimized company’s financial structure, standardizing and instituting efficient and cost effective system of financial planning, budgeting, internal reporting, and control whilst introducing accounting polices, procedures, and best practices.

Conducted, on private basis, management consulting and financial studies pertaining to financial planning, budgeting, internal reporting, and control

When Seabulk Shipping SA emerged as the new ship management company in replacement of Libexim Shipping SA, was appointed General Manager keeping accountability for Accounting Department. Achievements: Gained the constant trust and support of the owners for running an operation focused on best practices.

Primary responsibilities included: - Preparation of vessels' and office annual operating budgets and implementation of same - preparation of major repairs and drydocking budgets in collaboration with Technical department - Management Accountabilitiy for Accounting Department. Achievements: Managed to optimize the control of the costs per vessel by constantly updating policies and procedures. Profitability per vessel reached the industry norm.

Created, set-up, and organized the purchasing department to support sixteen cement bulk carriers. - preparation and control of annual purchasing budgets per vessel - approval of store, spares requisitions, purchase orders

Responsible for co-ordinating purchases of supplies and spare parts for a fleet of twelve cement floating terminals located worldwide. - preparation of annual purchasing budgets per terminal - budgetary and inventory control - approval of stores and spares requisitions - approval of purchasing orders - Decision making pertaining to all purchasing department issues Achievements: The company acquired its first inventory and ordering system , thus attaining an edge in inventory accountability.