CFO Appointment
London 1st December 2021.
Accloud is please to announce the appointment of Ilona Zelentsova as Interim CFO. Ilona will help guide the company through to post listing and the assist in assisting the board to appoint a Finance Director/CFO
Ilona is a formidable Strategic Finance Business Partner/CFO/Finance executive with more than 15 years experience specifically focused on generating growth, improving profitability and streamlining operations in several sectors from the financial services (including insurance and foreign exchange), to IT and retail in companies ranging from small to multinational matrix organizations. Self-starter who is very comfortable in highly fluid, rapidly changing environments from start-ups to established multinationals undergoing everything from rapid growth to divestiture.
Specialties: Private Equity, Strategic Growth, Change management, Fund raising/Financing, Business, IPO. Transformation, Reorganizations, Operational Integration, M&A transactions and Investments analysis, Budget & Forecasting, Business and Financial controlling & analysis, Performance & KPI management, Cross-functional, Cross-border Management, Business development, Outsourcing of finance and administration functions, Accounting, Process improvement, Tax & Transfer pricing, Treasury & Cash-flow, Working Capital management, Risk & Governance management, SOX.
Ilona has a wealth of experience, previously working with:
- Mataxis AB/ Matrix Ltd, London and Stockholm advising client companies in strategic changes and transformation aimed at generating growth and improving profitability
- KKR/ Hilding Anders Group, Malmo, Sweden as Group Finance Director
- Flowbird/Kale, Stockholm, Sweden as Group CFO
- American Express Nordic, Stockholm, Sweden as Nordic CFO and Finance Director