Lai Chen

Background

About Lai Chen

I am a highly accomplished senior leader with over 10 years success in CFO/Controller roles driving strategic initiatives in businesses of varying sizes ($100M -$500M in annual EBITDA) to growth and operational excellence. In my 20+-year career, primarily in the energy sector, I have consistently initiated business strategies or have been tapped by Executive leadership to take on diverse challenges across commercial negotiations, business development, project and change management of enterprise-wide initiatives Counted on for my business acumen, financial wisdom, and enterprise risk management lens, I am also known to influence continuous improvement initiatives by being resourceful, resilient, and creative in getting teams aligned and delivering organizational outcomes. My leadership, peers and teams will say they know me to be respectful, trustworthy, collaborative, authentic and empathetic when it comes to stakeholder engagement style. Select Achievements √ Integrated multiple corporate acquisitions with cumulatively $7+B worth of assets including the transition of business systems, processes, and people √ Collaborated with C-Suite and Executive leadership team to establish key performance indicators and prioritize enterprise-wide operational excellence initiatives √ Formed and mentored financial teams up to 30 direct and indirect reports; directed project teams consisted of up to 200 cross-disciplinary members √ Coordinated and served as expert witness in two arbitration proceedings, and won favorable decisions √ Founded multicultural inclusion network and produced development programs for employees with diverse racial, ethnical and cultural backgrounds Areas of Expertise • Financial Reporting | SOX Compliance • Financial Analysis| Business Valuation • Integration | Transformation • System Implementation | Innovation • Mergers | Acquisitions • Treasury and Capital Markets • Commercial Negotiations • Business Development • Project | Change Management • Risk Management