jos de smedt

chief financial officer

About

Developed CanAm Coal Corp. from a junior exploration and development company into an active coal producer. The Company grew from no production in 2009 to some 700,000 tons of annual production in 2014 and annual revenue and EBITDA of some US$65 million and US$10 million, respectively. Raised in excess of $40 million in North American capital markets and in excess of $20 million in equipment financing. Gained more than 25 years of experience in finance and accounting, both in public practice and in industry as Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of an Audit Committee. Delivered on multi-faceted restructuring, reorganization, process improvement and system implementation projects. Initiatives ranged in terms of size and complexity, involved significant change management components and some project teams involved 100+ team members. Enabled to provide a wide range of perspectives resulting from the involvement with small and large enterprises operating in many different industries.

Country

canada

City

calgary

Industry

biotechnology

Skill

risk management, mergers, management consulting, business strategy, business process improvement, change management, corporate finance, business analysis, financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions, business transformation, erp, due diligence, business planning, financial modeling, program management, project management, strategy

Experience

chief financial officer

botaneco

2015-12 - Present · 10 yrs 10 mos

partner and executive

ibm

2002-9 - 2008-5 · 5 yrs 9 mos

* Jos’ role included both project delivery partner and overall management and leadership responsibility for the Travel & Transportation practice of IBM. As T&T leader, he was involved with the Canadian railways; CN and CP, and the Canadian airlines; Air Canada and Westjet and was part of the North American T&T leadership team. Over this timeframe, Jos was involved with: * Delivery responsibility for ERP evaluation and implementation assignments * Delivery responsibility for major strategy, process reengineering and system implementation engagements * Leadership responsibilities for the Canadian T&T practice * Proposal leadership responsibilities for significant Business Process Outsourcing, Application Outsourcing and System Implementation Opportunities all involving Global Resourcing strategies * Project Executive and Transition responsibilities for a major Application Support and Development Outsourcing Agreement involving significant global resources from IBM India

partner

pwc

1998-1 - 2002-8 · 4 yrs 8 mos

president and chief executive officer

canam coal corp

2008-6 - 2015-8 · 7 yrs 3 mos

In 2008, Jos joined a junior exploration and development company, CanAm Coal Corp., as its Chief Financial Officer. Following the financial crisis, Jos was instrumental in steering the Company in a new direction and developing it into an active coal producer through a number of acquisitions in Alabama. The Company grew from no production in 2009 to some 700,000 tons annual production in 2014 and annual revenue and EBITDA of some $US65 million and US$10 million, respectively. In addition, to the CFO role, Jos had responsibility for the overall strategy of the company, identification and review of acquisition targets, due diligence activities and related transaction (financing and securities) activities. As the Company evolved and became a more mature entity, Jos’ responsibilities evolved and culminated in the appointment of President and CEO and joined the Board of CanAm in October of 2012.