Tim Field

Background

About Tim Field

Director of Clients and Markets at DEfactoED (focused on creating value through online digital education in businesses), Experienced Senior Finance and Digital transformation Leader/ Consultant (The Founders Group, formerly Anglo American plc, EY partner), roles held and skills include Consulting on Digital transformation (both commercial and organisational),financial control, cost reduction, change management, internal audit, risk management, and influencing senior stakeholders. Roles held include: Partner of the Founders Group - Consulting firm working with large corporates to accelerate digital transformation in legacy environments Financial Controller for Anglo American plc Corporate Centre including London and Johannesburg and representative offices globally Project Leader for Anglo American Group cost reduction project (target $500m)- one of three critical Group initiatives at the time Anglo American plc Divisional Head of Risk and Assurance for Kumba Iron Ore, Tarmac Limited, Minas Rio project, Phosphates and Niobium Brazil, Scaw Metals Head of Risk and Assurance for Corporate Functions EY roles included-Partner Risk Assurance - Head of Internal Audit for Lonmin Plc on an outsourced basis-Head of Markets for Risk Assurance Services - Head of sales team that sold the largest internal audit outsource in the world Skills include- Excellent understanding of the challenges presented by the digital economy and techniques aimed at transforming legacy organisations in order to compete - Delivering transformation in complex environments and sustaining change - Managing globally dispersed and culturally diverse teams, achieving measurable results- Quickly developing and leveraging relationships with senior stakeholders to influence change With significant emerging markets experience particularly Sub Saharan Africa and Brazil