Erico held the governance of the joint venture together. Two shareholders, two boards, one set of numbers everyone could trust. And he won the financing that made the plant possible.
Fractional & Interim CFO
Finance leadership for ventures and portfolio businesses.
Fractional and interim engagements, structured in four distinct ways, each delivered at the intensity your situation requires.
The Premise
A business leader who operates through the finance seat.
Over more than a decade as a CFO, I have built finance functions from a blank sheet, scaled them as businesses grew, turned loss-making operations around, and run finance for a CHF 4.6 billion global business through the worst disruption its market has seen — across five continents, in emerging and mature markets, in ventures at inception and in a multi-billion operation.
That range is the point. Most finance leaders know one stage of a business well. I have operated across the whole arc, from the blank sheet to global scale, and I use finance to drive the commercial and operational decisions that move a business — not as a back-office function.
- Revenue scope
- CHF 4.6bn
- EBIT per ton growth
- +21%
- M&A executed
- ~USD 1.5bn
- Finance functions built from zero
- 2
- Project financing secured
- USD 120M
- People led
- 130
Revenue scope
EBIT per ton growth
M&A executed
Finance functions built from zero
Project financing secured
People led
Four ways to work with me
Four distinct engagements, one operator behind each.
- 01
The Finance Read
A fast, senior diagnostic of where finance stands, what is at risk, and where the value is.
A short, fixed-scope read of margin, cash, reporting and team, delivering ranked priorities and quick wins. Sold on its own or as the way in.
- 02
Foundations & Scale
Building the finance function from the right foundation, and scaling it with growth.
For a business standing finance up or outgrowing it — from someone who has stood up finance from a blank sheet twice and knows how to right-size rather than over-build.
- 03
The Finance Seat
Ongoing finance leadership that drives commercial and operational decisions, not just reporting.
CFO-level judgment on a retained basis, at a fraction of a full-time cost — steering margin, cash and capital, and developing the team rather than replacing it.
- 04
Cost & Commercial
Turning a business around by restructuring cost and rebuilding commercial viability at once.
The two-sided turnaround — cost discipline and commercial rebuild together, leaving an operating model the team can run themselves.
How to engage
The expertise, at the intensity you need.
Diagnostic
A short, fixed-scope read, on its own or as a way in.
Retained
An ongoing fractional relationship, scope and rhythm agreed.
Project
A defined mandate to a specific outcome, with milestones.
Success-based
An optional component tied to a measurable outcome, combined with a project or retained structure. Suited to turnaround, cost and M&A mandates.
Every engagement is scoped and priced to the situation.
In their words
Erico built a highly reliable finance function, earning substantial respect from top management. We established ourselves as the undisputed market leader in South America.
The most commercially engaged finance leader I have worked with, in the pricing, customer and mix discussions rather than waiting for the numbers afterwards. A genuine partner rather than a scorekeeper.
A note on how I work.
I take on a small number of engagements at a time, because the value of this work depends on genuine attention rather than volume. If your business has to be built, scaled, turned around, or steered through something that matters, I would welcome a conversation.
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