Suresh Kumar

Chief Financial Officer – Eastern Africa: Jan 2013 - present Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Head of Finance Organization in 7 countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique & Namibia) directly in charge of a workforce of 32 FTEs / Turnover M€50. - Executive Director in 4 Country-organization - Develop and Implement Business strategy based on short, medium and long term targets.  - Compliance Head for Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Mauritius & Madagascar. - Develop IKO, KPIs to improve individual performance and optimization of resources - Build Team spirit & multitasking capabilities within employees to ensure employee engagement. - Lead Finance Transformation and change management initiatives - Business Case preparation and presentation to seek approval from global Head Office Key Accomplishments - Successful completion of internal Audit in KE, UG & TZ with “Adequately Controlled” rating - T€502 Bad Debt Recovery in Year 2013 - 2015 - Clean Balance Sheet with “No Surprises” - managed to recover T€750 (positive P&L Impact) - Reduction of Net Working Capital to M€2.1 in Year 2015 vs. M€5.7 in Year 2012 - Asset Charge reduced to T€205 in Year 2015 vs. T€915 in Year 2012 - DSO reduced to 40 days in Year 2016 vs. 66 days in Year 2012 - Reduction in AR Over 90 Days to average T€827 in Year 2015 from M€2.3 in Year 2012 - Best Team: Avg.>25% improvement on EOS KPIs vs. Year 2012(Active Leadership 93% ie +26% improvement - Employee Engagement +84% ie. +32% & Communication 93% ie. +36%)

Country Manager: November 2011 – December 2012 Doha, Qatar - Formulating business strategies for products and services. - Product Development, Company Management & Sales Management. - Country Financial Budget, Operational KPIs, Project and Tender Management. - Establish Sales Organization. - Managed to deliver 1.2 million EBIT in Year 2012 ie, 35% above Budget for Year 2012

Chief Operating Officer: August 2011 – October 2011 Doha, Qatar - Responsible for Business operation & Customer Service. - Manage the expansion of Warehouse Service. - Set up price desk as a part of strategy to support Product Development. - Re-engineering the operation process and enhancing productivity. - Responsible for Quality, Business Process Management & Vendor Management.

Responsible for PtP Finance process

MNC currently merged with CEVA Logistics. Worked as Branch; and was responsible for Chennai, Cochin & Trivandrum Branches in India.

One of the leading logistics company – Worked as; and was responsible for Cochin & Trivandrum branches in India. Responsible for Finance, Controlling, HR, Administration & IT.