Antonio Calisto Pato

About Antonio Calisto Pato

As a global CFO with deep cross-border experience and public company discipline, I help…

Experience

1. Group Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

   SPAR Group

   Feb 2023 — Present

   Listed on NASDAQ as SGRP, SPAR Group, Inc. is a multinational leading global merchandising and marketing services company, providing a broad range of services to retailers, manufacturers, and distributors worldwide. • Reports to the CEO as a critical member of the Executive Management team, with a strategic role in the overall management of the company. Primary day-to-day responsibility is to plan, implement, manage, and control all financial-related activities of the company. • Directly responsible for accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, job costing, cash flow, deal analysis, negotiations, M&A, financial analysis, tax strategy, internal controls, and direct interaction with the Board of Directors, CEO, COO, and the remaining executive team. • Drive the Company’s financial planning and continuously assess and communicate organizational performance against budget and strategic financial objectives. • Oversee the preparation and communication of monthly and annual financial statements, including 10Q and 10K. • Oversee long-term budgetary planning and cost management. • Participate in critical decisions about strategic initiatives, corporate strategy, operating model, business strategy, and operational execution. • Partner with the CEO on operational and strategic planning and execution. • Control and evaluate the organization’s capital structure. • Identify critical risks in the business and financial statements.

Education

• Leiden University

  LLM Master of Advanced Studies in International Tax Law, International Tax

• Portuguese Bar Association, Portugal

  Specialization Certificates in Tax Proceedings and Corporate Law

• Instituto Superior de Gestão

  Post-graduate degree in Tax

• Harvard Extension School

  Corporate Finance Graduate Certificate, Corporate Finance

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Universidade Católica Portuguesa

  Licenciatura - combined 5-year Undergraduate and Law degree

Skills

• Tax Controversy
• Tax Audits
• Indirect Taxation
• Transfer Pricing
• Team Management
• Tax Preparation
• Internal Audit
• Emea Tax
• Tax Treaties
• Financial Reporting
• Tax Compliance
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Due Diligence
• Internal Controls
• Tax Accounting
• Tax Law
• Private Equity
• Ifrs
• Management
• Us Gaap
• Accounting
• Account Reconciliation
• Tax
• Tax Research
• Income Tax
• Portuguese
• Vat
• Us Tax
• International Tax Planning
• Tax Advisory
• Ec Tax
• M&a Experience
• Valuation
• International Tax
• Compliance
• Board Advisory Services
• Mergers
• Tax Policy
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Intrastat