Georgina Woo

Background

About Georgina Woo

A finance professional and team player with good track record in restoring and managing business profitability through collaboration with other functional heads, change and talent management, restructuring, operation review and cost control.Guided the company out of the various financial crises through implementing effective costs control programs, better working capital management and efficient human resource management. Set up and implemented Global Support Cost Allocation Agreements throughout Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, India and China) to support the central marketing activities, product development, IT support, global and regional management support.Assisted in the set up of the Inventory Hub in Hong Kong, which improved the company’s inventory turnover for the Region from 3 to 6 times. Explained the Emerson ethos to customers in India and China. Areas of discussion involved ethics, payments and pricing, and also explored ways to help the Indian and Chinese clientele to improve their cash flow and trade credit terms. Managed cross country human resources and various restructuring exercises.Trained and established a stable and efficient finance team throughout Asia Pacific, which provided timely and quality management reports for strategic planning and decision making. Raised efficiency of the back office support team and enhanced the credibility of the financial data through improved work processes and productivity. Implemented and strengthened the understanding of corporate and trade compliance in the Asia Pacific team through education, communication and audit.