- Commercially focused CFO/Finance Director with more than 20 years of experience across online/offline media (film, music, advertising) and technology
- Broad exposure to fast growth companies in both B2B and B2C.
- Extensive international experience, both across EMEA and into the US, including rapid expansion and setting up new legal entities
- Fundraising experience: have raised multiple rounds of equity (Angels, VCs) and venture debt
- M&A Experience, including the subsequent integration of acquired businesses
- Exposure to IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP
- Have led finance functions from a few people to around 25; flexible to be both hands-on and strategic
CFO (Part Time) @ The Adyoulike mission is to enable advertisers to spread their brand content natively in the heart of any type of editorial content.
Our proprietary technology ensures any kind of ads fit each and every publisher website, automatically.
Native Advertising is a brand new advertising concept focused on user choice and engagement. From October 2015 to Present (3 months) London, United KingdomConsultant for Fast Growth Start-Ups/SMEs @ - Working with early stage businesses in Media/Technology space to advise on fundraising, corporate governance, finance, international expansion
- Available for interim/permanent CFO/Finance Director positions, with a focus on VC/PE backed companies From January 2015 to Present (1 year) London, United KingdomCFO @ - Founded in 2005, London-based Rated People is transforming the £40 billion UK home improvement industry by providing a trusted, convenient online marketplace to connect homeowners and tradesmen, creating substantial value for both.
- For homeowners, Rated People offers access to more than 30,000 high quality local tradesmen in the UK, representing 24 trades including bricklayers, builders, carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers and roofers.
- For tradesmen, Rated People offers access to more than 500,000 home improvement and repair jobs a year, helping tradesmen generate more business and find work closer to their preferred locations
- Rated People has over 200,000 tradesmen ratings posted to date From September 2012 to October 2014 (2 years 2 months) London, United KingdomCFO @ TagMan is the smart container tag for enterprise e-commerce.
It is also the World’s leading real-time attribution and Tag Management System since 2007:
•Enabling over 100 leading ecommerce sites to implement marketing solutions faster, cheaper and smarter
•Optimizing over 20m conversions every month, with multi-touch attribution in real-time From October 2010 to September 2012 (2 years) EU Finance Director AOL Advertising @ Responsible for Finance and Facilities in 9 European markets for:
- AOL Advertising Sales
- Advertising.com
- Buy.at
- Tacoda From July 2008 to December 2009 (1 year 6 months) European Finance Director - Advertising.com @ Responsible for Finance and Facilities in 9 European markets, including the Buy.at affiliate marketing group acquired in February 2008 From June 2007 to July 2008 (1 year 2 months) Controller @ 2004/05 European Marketing Partnerships/MTV UK
2006/07 Viacom Networks Italia (Paramount Comedy/Nickelodeon) - JV with Telecom Italia From March 2004 to June 2007 (3 years 4 months) Film consultant @ From January 2003 to November 2003 (11 months) Sydney, AustraliaConsultant @ Various projects for MD and COO of the Studios From September 2002 to December 2002 (4 months) Snr Manager FP&A Europe - BVI @ Buena Vista International is the Film Distribution arm of Walt Disney, covering WD animation (incl Pixar), Touchstone Pictures and Miramax. Led FP&A team reporting to CFO - Europe. From January 1998 to June 2002 (4 years 6 months) Assistant Manager @ Corporate Recovery From 1996 to 1997 (1 year) Graduate to Supervisor @ Corporate Recovery From 1992 to 1996 (4 years)
WSET From 2012 to 2013 Masters, Audiovisual Management @ European Media Business School From 2002 to 2002 Professional Year, Accounting, Taxation, Audit, Advanced Insolvency, Ethics @ Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia From 1993 to 1994 BComm, Double Major in Economics and Accounting @ The Australian National University From 1987 to 1991 Darren Quigg is skilled in: E-commerce, Leadership, Start-ups, Budgets, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Management, Online Advertising, Digital Strategy, Affiliate Marketing, Forecasting, Business Strategy, Financial Modeling, Strategy, Strategic Planning
Websites:
http://www.ratedpeople.com