Ron Sewell

Background

About Ron Sewell

A hands on FD with extensive commercial experience in B2B services sectors in facilities management and business travel, manufacturing and distribution sectors. Global FD, successful business partner and leader driving Margin growth and supporting financial transformation of EBIT, cash and improved controls. Introduced client profitability and driving radical process and system changes to internal reporting, planning (strategy, budget & forecast) and initiative generation resulting in over 5% CAGR. MI trend analysis which led to a £2m revenue opportunity. Finance lead in service centre and logistics re-engineering, saving HRG £3m and BOC £15m. Extensive cash flow experience within a PE structure, introducing rolling forecasts and £30m working capital improvement.Leadership of large (+90 FTEs) finance function with significant project and transformation experience. Skilled at motivating teams and individuals, resulting in a service orientated and high performance work culture. Extensive change management implementing country and global finance projects to deliver shared services with process and organisational design leading to savings at HRG £2m and BOC £6m. In 2015 I became a trustee of a children’s charity, implementing finance processes.