nick morten

Team Leader in NOMAD Volunteers - NGO distributing earthquake relief supplies in Pakistan post-2005 earthquake.

Currently engaged in spectrum valuation in South Africa

Business Partner to Strategy & Wholesale function, simplifying month-end process and increasing integrity of Wholesale division forecasting Finance lead on NZ ‘Digital Dividend’ 700Mhz Spectrum auction ($0.2bn), responsible for approach, design, and calibration of spectrum valuation model for 700Mhz spectrum, including board briefings & stakeholder management Financial modelling lead on TelstraClear acquisition ($0.8bn) – including remodelling of historic business case, initial due diligence, and close work with UBS during final diligence, and on-going synergy tracking, PIR, and combined entity 5-year long range financial planning Ad-hoc analysis of strategic business opportunities including other M&A analysis and confidential opportunities arising from roll-out of government-funded fibre-to-the-home initiative Ownership of competitor benchmarking process, including creation & ownership of industry shadow P&Ls for all major industry players, and creation, ownership and presentation of board briefing pack

* Central planing role, including consolidation & review of business unit plans including preparation of presentation and briefing notes to Executive team * Creation, co-ordination, ownership & presentation of annual 5-year Long Range Plan financial plan, including stakeholder engagement, financial modelling, risk & opportunity analysis, and board presentation * Ad-hoc financial modelling of strategic issues, including development of modelling tool used by Regulatory team during Mobile Termination Rate review period, and Rural Broadband Initiative financial modelling, and other adhoc projects * Redevelopment & ownership of major competitor analysis model and on-going operation of market model, including development of market share validation models * Support migration to new enterprise planning platform (HFM and EPM)

* Analysed financial performance analysis of both Wholesale, Customer Care and New Business functions * Responsible for budgeting, re-forecasting and month-end processes, including running P&L review session with Service Leadership Team * Developed standardised business case templates, and reviewed investment business cases for both new products, in/out sourcing, and cost saving initiatives * Revised & executed Wholesale price benchmarking exercise, including interaction with external auditor

Opex analyst responsible for Marketing & New Media month-end reporting and forecasting

Participated in a variety of roles, including end-to-end development & launch of a mobile-internet based donation platform promoting the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust

* Team member in Regional Finance team responsible for performance management, business partnering & governance, focused on Germany, Netherlands, Czech, Romania and Hungary * Decision support to Regional CFO & CEO on business cases relating to key commercial, pricing and investment decisions that impact the markets, including M&A analysis, spectrum pricing & valuation, and wholesale pricing reviews * Developed annual target setting model successfully rolled out across for use with all European operating companies

599 Topic - "An Investigation into the Impact of Telecommunications on Economic Growth in Less Developed Countries" Activities and Societies: AIESEC, SIFE, University of Waikato Snow Club2004-5 exchange student to Koc University, Istanbul.