HUIMING CHEN
A Heart for the World
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Huiming Chen
Feb 2018 - Apr 2021
REGIONAL FINANCE DIRECTOR - PHARMACEUTICAL
Regional finance director for a global pharmaceutical company's UKI, Nordics, Benelux, and Middle East markets spanning across 26 countries. Lead a finance team of 10 analysts, accountants, managers located in the UK, Budapest, and India to supervise the full P&L of the in-scope regions within EMEA. Have direct financial responsibility for a $250 million annual turn-over business, from revenue, expense, to profit and working capital performance. Serve as the finance leader for the regional commercial teams to drive top line growth and margin accretion. At the decision making table for tender pricing, commercial contracting, strategic planning, go-to-market strategies, etc.
Aug 2015 - Jan 2018
GLOBAL FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS MANAGER
Provide financial planning and analysis (FP&A) leadership for a global pharmaceutical company with $1.6 billion annual revenue. Responsible for developing provocative and effective sales to profit business intelligence across regions, products and functions. Lead all planning cycles including quarterly forecasts and reviews, 2-year strategic plan, and 1-year operating target. Reporting directly to the BU's Global CFO, lead a team of 5 FP&A analysts and 1 finance graduate trainee to deliver FP&A leadership at both global and regional level.
Jan 2012 - Jul 2015
MANAGER - INTERNAL AUDIT AND CONSULTANCY
Increasing responsibility from Associate (1st year), to Senior Associate (2nd year), to Audit Manager (3rd year). Global travel with international teams to solve top priority initiatives and audits across a multinational conglomerate's subsidiaries in the U.S., U.K, Italy, and China. As a manager, lead 5-8 associates to cover 3-5 areas simultaneously for each assignment; define vision and collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and implement recommendation. As an associate, leverage strengths in analytics and external research to risk assess, conduct audit, and obtain Senior Leadership Team’s buy-in; recognized on critical thinking, learning agility, and accountability.
Jul 2009 - Dec 2011
GRADUATE TRAINEE - FINANCE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Selected to join an intensive and well-regarded 2-year graduate level leadership program for future finance leaders. Completed four rotations at various business units within a global industrial company, covering financial planning and analysis, supply chain and R&D finance, long-cycle business commercial finance, etc. Won two awards at work for lean project and commercial excellence. Also successfully completed all four required financial and strategic courses while working full time.
Jan 2022 - Present
REGIONAL CFO - BIOTECH
CFO for Europe of a market leading biotechnology and life science tools company with a clinical and research focus. Provide finance and business leadership to the regional organization with a $1.3 billion revenue to drive both short term and long term strategic goals. As executive member at the leadership team, partner with SVP - Head of Region to formulate and execute a multi-year growth agenda.
May 2021 - Jan 2022
GLOBAL FINANCE DIRECTOR - MEDTECH
Global Finance Leader for a few segments' equipment, service, and digital solutions' offering within a world-renowned medical device company. Have full franchise coverage of a $1.5 billion business including R&D, NPI, capital allocation, commercial, supply chain, and free cash flow. Partner with global general managers to deliver profitable and sustainable growth for the business at a global scale.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Huiming Chen
Sep 2020 - Present
PHD CANDIDATE OF MANAGEMENT
Executive PhD student at the Bayes Business School, at City University of London. My research area is micro organizational behavior, which is the study of both group and individual performance and activities within an organization. This area of study examines human behavior in a work environment and determines its impact on job structure, performance, communication, motivation, and leadership.
Sep 2007 - Jun 2009
MASTER OF ECONOMICS
Admitted into Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU, China Top 10) master degree program with full scholarships (top 5%) and graduated with honors as “Excellent Graduate of SYSU (2009)”. Research paper ‘Analysis on the Financial Effects of Non-profit Organizations Financial Information Disclosure’ was published on Journal of Finance and Economics in China (Nov. 2007).
Sep 2003 - Jun 2007
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS
Admitted into Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU, China Top 10) bachelor degree program with new student scholarship (top 2%). Throughout the four year of undergraduate study, awarded first-class scholarships (top 5%) for each year and graduated with honors as "Excellent Graduate of SYSU (2007)". Selected as 1 of the 6 winners to participate in a half-year fully sponsored service-learning program at the University of California, Berkeley to study NGO/NPO in the United States.
QUALIFICATIONS
Huiming Chen
Feb 2021 - Present
FCMA, CGMA
Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) is the global designation for management accountants. It’s powered by the resources and expertise of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and UK's Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), two of the world’s leading accounting organizations. Awarded Fellowship by CIMA (FCMA) in recognition of strategic leadership experience.
A STRATEGIC LEADER
A BUSINESS SCHOLAR
