Karl Sousa

Background

About Karl Sousa

I AM AGROWTH FOCUSED SERVANT LEADER: I am a strong leader with purpose, growth mindset, enthusiasm, empathy, with high work ethic to reach high standards, hands-on, customer centric, with willingness to serve and with my team at heart. That's how I reach superior results through my teams and organization at large. In every position I tend to measure my success through diverse metrics including NPS (customers and employees), profit contribution and ROI. MY EXPERTISE: I have over 25 years of experience working successfully with cultures around the world, I have been able to transform challenges and "impossible myths" into growth opportunities. Within 2 years of being CFO in the UK, I significantly contributed to transforming the business model and to turn-around +10 years of market decline. Within 2 years into my role as CFO in Brazil, I significantly contributed to transforming the business model, driving improvements in profitability and accelerating the share-of-market growth. INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: I have been exposed to multiple business scenarios over the course of my career, including merger & acquisition, post-acquisition, demerger of operations, business model changes and organizational re-designs, organizational and business transformation, joint ventures, manufacturing models (including contract manufacturing and tolling) and commercial models (B2B, omni-channel B2C, buy/sell, profit sharing, DSD, EZD, KA, wholesaler, partnerships). This has been gained in: FMCG | Manufacturing | Sales & Distribution | Agronomy | Technology. GLOBAL LEADER AND EXPERTISE: Successfully delivered achievements in more than 16 assignments in 5 countries: Portugal | Brazil | Switzerland | Sweden | United Kingdom. From Switzerland and Sweden together I covered around 180 markets and around 50 manufacturing centers. Domestic roles in Portugal, Brazil and the UK. Headquarter and global roles in Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden. WHAT I DO BEST: To date my career has been characterized by achieving positions of increased responsibility allowing me to develop local and global business expertise in: Corporate Finance | Financial Planning | Financial Controlling | Business Strategy | Business Development | Business Transformation | Change Management | Restructuring | Risk Management | Leadership | Manufacturing Finance | Commercial Finance | Growth Algorithms | Financial Modelling.