Philippe Da Costa

Experience

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  Pôle Sud

  Jul 2007 - Dec 2009

  Certified Public Accountant

  Chartered Accountant & AuditorIn charge of a diversified client portfolio as Chartered Accountant (60%) and auditor (40%):- Control/Audit of accounts,- Preparation of yearly accounts,- Preparation of various tax forms - Client management- Various missions: company valuation, company transfer, profitability improvement assessment, financial procedures, profit-sharing agreement for employees, stock-option…

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  Veolia

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Finance Manager SEEG Gabon

  Turnover 320 M€ / 1 600 staffManagement of a team of 27 persons under the supervision of the CFO. - Animation & coordination of finance team in the headquarter and over the country.- IFRS and OHADA (West Africa) monthly reporting, budget and long term plan.- Working capital management.

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  Veolia Middle East

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

  Chief Financial Officer Veolia Oman

  - Initial Public Offer (IPO) management of Sharqiyah Desalination Company SAOG listing on the Muscat Security Market (MSM) in June 2013: offload of 35% of the share capital Market capitalization 82 Million USD http://www.tradearabia.net/news/BANK_238746.html- Company valuation – financial prospectus – marketing road show- Acting as chief financial spokesperson with the investor community- Management of all advisors involved in the operation - Managing relation with the Omani stock market regulator (MSM)- Internal control upgrade to comply with MSM regulations- Secretary of the Board of DirectorsProject Director in the successful bid to design, finance, build and operate a desalination plant and financing of 220 Million USD- Multi-stakeholders’ negotiation on a complex deal from the tender phase to the Commercial Operation Date - Multi-disciplinary team management to cover various aspects of the project (legal, financial model, fund raising, risk management) - Dealing with a consortium of 4 international lenders to reach financial close and interest rates hedging - Management of structuring project documents - Financial and legal advisor management - Handling detailed project finance models and relate levers of structure to tariffThe project has been awarded best Middle-East Public-Private Partnership deal of the year 2015 by EMEA finance. http://ow.ly/hReu3007Sjy Show less

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  Veolia

  Feb 2016 - May 2018

  Chief Financial Officer

  Water and waste water concession in Ecuador.- $ 170M Turnover – 1150 employees – 2.6 Million population attended – $ 70M/year Investment (Equity + Third-party funds) - Management and mentoring of a team of 80 persons in finance, administration, procurement and security department- Negotiation and debt restructuration with the largest Ecuadorian banks and Multilateral agency (BID) for an amount of 100 M$- Oracle (JD Edwards) finance ERP implementation- Lead the extraordinary tariff adjustment with the local authorities and regulator (business model, contractual modification and negotiation)- Budget & Long-term plan monitoring Show less

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  Awasr

  Jun 2018 - Jan 2021

  Head Of Finance

  - SAP FICO, Billing & Charging implementation- Finance modeling to launch new products - 3 years strategy roll-out, budget forecast on fast growing environment- Working capital management and customer collection enhancement- Financial department enhancement to comply with telecommunication regulations and Muscat Security Market requirements (Standard Operating Procedures, dunning policies, internal audit etc)

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  GS Inima Barka 5 Desalination Company SAOC

  Feb 2021 - May 2023

  Chief Financial Officer GS Inima Barka 5 Desalination Company
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  SWS Holding

  Jul 2022 - now

  • Chief Financial Officer, SWS Holding, ADQ subsidiary

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Finance Director, SWS Holding, ADQ subsidiary

    Jul 2022 - May 2023
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  Al Etihad Biwater Waster Waster Co. PJSC

  Mar 2024 - now

  Member Board of Directors