Catherine Ng

Finance Director

Hong Kong·catherine.ng@example.com·+852 5550 1736·linkedin.com/in/catherineng

Summary

Finance director with 16 years leading finance for financial services and consumer businesses across Asia. Partners with CEOs on strategy, capital and performance, and builds finance teams that close fast and forecast accurately. Strategic partner to leadership, comfortable with boards, regulators and investors, and committed to developing finance talent.

Experience

Finance Director, Asia PacificApr 2019 – Present

Meridian WealthHong Kong

Led finance for a $900M-revenue business across 7 markets, with a team of 45 people.
Improved operating margin from 18% to 24% in 3 years through pricing and cost programs.
Raised $250M in debt financing on terms 60 basis points better than the previous facility.
Cut the monthly close from 12 to 5 days and forecast variance to under 3%.
Partnered with the CEO on 2 acquisitions worth $180M, leading valuation and integration.
Introduced a shared-services centre for 4 markets that cut finance operating costs by 22%.

Head of FP&AFeb 2014 – Mar 2019

Pacific Consumer GroupSingapore

Built the planning and forecasting process for 12 business units with $2B in revenue.
Implemented a planning system that reduced budget cycle time from 4 months to 6 weeks.
Identified $40M in cost savings through a zero-based budgeting program.
Presented quarterly performance to the board and audit committee.
Led the finance integration of a $90M acquisition, delivering synergies 20% above plan.

Finance ManagerJan 2009 – Jan 2014

Pacific Consumer GroupSingapore

Managed reporting and controls for 4 markets with $500M in combined revenue.
Led the finance workstream for an ERP migration across 4 countries, completed on schedule.
Introduced monthly business reviews that improved forecast accuracy across 4 markets.

Projects

Women in Finance AsiaJan 2018

Mentor

Mentored 10 rising finance leaders through a year-long programme.

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Finance Director, Asia Pacific at Meridian Wealth — what each line does right.

Led finance for a $900M-revenue business across 7 markets, with a team of 45 people.
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Improved operating margin from 18% to 24% in 3 years through pricing and cost programs.
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Raised $250M in debt financing on terms 60 basis points better than the previous facility.
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Cut the monthly close from 12 to 5 days and forecast variance to under 3%.
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Partnered with the CEO on 2 acquisitions worth $180M, leading valuation and integration.
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Introduced a shared-services centre for 4 markets that cut finance operating costs by 22%.
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