Paresh Mehta FCA

Experience

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  BDO Stoy Hayward

  Sept 1984 - Aug 1990

  Audit Supervisior

  Audit & accounting training contract. Secondments to Tax, Insolvency and Corporate Finance.

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  Young & Rubicam

  Aug 1990 - Jul 1992

  UK Financial Controller

  A multinational advertising agency with UK sales in excess of £160M.

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  ADP

  Jul 1992 - Oct 1994

  Financial Controller

  A DaaS subsidiary of ADP Financial Services, to provide real-time financial data on securities and commodities quoted on major exchanges, with UK sales exceeding £60M.

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  Excel Plus Limited

  Oct 1994 - Jan 1996

  Financial Controller

  A £4M marketing company, part of the Omnicom Group. Initial role to head up the Finance and Administration department, eventually lead to facilitating a management buy-out.

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  Perot Systems

  Jan 1996 - Mar 2000

  European Finance Controller

  Part of a US publicly quoted group with sales exceeding $1b. The company provides information technology services and outsourced business solutions to a broad range of clients. Union Bank of Switzerland was one such client where my position was based onsite to the role of European Finance Controller for the MSP.

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  Yazaki Europe Limited

  Jan 2001 - May 2012

  Head of Finance_EMEA

  Initially hired as a consultant for a 6-month assignment. The company is a subsidiary of a privately owned multinational, designing and manufacturing electrical and electronic components for the automotive industry. European operations span 19 countries with sales exceeding €1.5b.

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  RPM Associates

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2012

  Consultant

  Consultant at this progressive enterprise which provides business advisory and support in addition to accounting, tax and audit services.

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  Arem Consulting Limited

  Jan 2013 - now

  Founder and Director

  Arem is an established finance and accounting consultancy, providing interim and fractional CFO/FD support to start-ups, growing and well established businesses.

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  DDB

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2021

  Finance Director EMEA

  Initially hired as a consultant for a 3-month assignment. DDB Europe is part of the Omnicom media group with over 24 markets in Europe and sales exceeding $650M

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  Independent Builders Merchant Group

  Nov 2021 - Jan 2024

  Consultant

  A interim assignment to integrate business acquisitions made by PE backed IBMG Limited. IBMG is the largest building materials supplier in Southern England, following more than 20 acquisitions since 2018. Sales expected to exceed £650M in 2024, spread over 180 locations.