Completed the merger of 4 agricultural cooperatives

Set up structured medium/long and short-term financing (€23M, pool of 6 banks + bond fund)

• Delegated negotiations (covenants, bank margins)
• Annual short-term facilities (€2 to 4M)
• Business plans (project and group)

Organised, coordinated and supervised accounting and tax for the group's companies

• Introduced formal procedures (closings, customers, cooperative members).
• Budgeting, reporting and analysis tools

Managed HR and legal

• Helped define the management policy (moving beyond a start-up organisation)
• Introduced profit-sharing, health insurance and supplementary pension schemes.
• Managed disputes (customers, employees, fraud, customs, labour inspectorate)

Internal and external communication (board, partners, members, employees, banks, auditors)