Mr. Alistair Watson

  • Forename: Alistair
  • Surname: Watson
  • Primary Position: Chartered Accountant - Economic Modeller
  • Secondary Position: Macro - Economic Modelling Specialist

Brief CV

Consulting skills and experience • Six years to present in Arthur Andersen Perth Business Consulting. Senior manager in Arthur Andersen mining industry group. Managed a wide range of consulting projects for mining industry clients • Major organizational restructuring • Finance function reengineering – all aspects of mining industry financial management • Business process reengineering • Strategic and business planning • Financial modelling — outstanding mining industry modelling skills • Financial management systems selection and implementation • Corporate and asset valuation • Management report enhancement • Budgeting and budgeting tools • Supply chain management • A wide range of other areas including: Privatisation; Large scale project management; Organisation design; Training and change management, Systems dynamics etc. Audit experience • Four years in Arthur Andersen Perth Audit division, reaching experienced senior level • Responsible for major clients from a range of industries including mining, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities • Excellent accounting skills, experienced in all aspects of mining industry accounting • Consistently rated as excellent or outstanding Industry experience • Mining, Utilities, government agencies (police, treasury, transport), healthcare • Mineral experience: gold, diamonds, iron ore, tin, phosphate, mineral sands International mining experience • Participated in several World Bank-sponsored technical assistance and privatisation projects for government-owned mining companies in developing countries • Indonesia, Zambia, South Africa, Jordan, USA, Russia, India General skills • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills • Excellent business analysis skills

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce majoring in finance and marketing
  • Chartered Accountant
  • First time passes on all units

Languages *

  • English: 10

* N.B. Language skill is scored on a scale between 1 and 10.

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