Cristian Capellino

About Cristian Capellino

International finance executive, 21+ yrs of principled leadership in US, Asia & South America, mainly in the industrial sector. Deployed in 5 countries in Finance & Planning. Led multicultural teams, 17+ nationalities, embracing diversity, striving in diferent cultures and socio-economic environments. Leading with vision, drive for results & extraordinary commitment, has built high-performance teams that have consistently exceeded expectations & sustained performance after his tenures:* Currently bringing the future of Finance and Digitalization to Orbia, with multi-year global Finance Transformation program, managing USD 30m+ in budget, leading 100+ collaborators -including global VPs-(project basis).*Initiated turnaround of Controllership, FP & A and Taxes at Orbia leading a team of ~30.*Turned around team of 17 in the Andean region: 6 promotions, 5 external hires and changes in roles resulting in improved results & moral.*Was part of a senior team (incl. C-Suite members) tasked with the analysis of a high-profile M&A.*Contributed w/ comprehensive approach towards global reporting and analytics, including digital transformation, design of variation analysis models and analytical templates.*Liaison with senior business leaders (C-Suite President, first and second line) providing analytical support for expansions, transformations & business development plans.*Turned around team of 6 in Dubai, improving information for the senior executive team. Incorporated new functions without headcount, & replaced expats, driving savings of 50% in fixed costs in his team.*Developed financial models to accelerate business development decisions in Europe, Africa & Asia.*Prepared a major restructuring plan ($2.8 bn revenue, 20+ P & Ls) and co-presented it to global CEO and CFO.*Migrated SEA Marketing office from Singapore to Jakarta. Recruited & trained 5 fresh graduates.*Accelerated company-wide budget process by 3 weeks, deepening analysis and insights generation.*Oversaw revamping of a tax planning tool to simulate transactions among more than 80 legal entities.*Co-developed an industrial costs system and models to explain variances.*Streamlined financial models for relevance in post Great Recession world.* Mentored junior employees. Oversaw most functions of Administration, Finance & Planning, plus business assignments. Bachelor’s degree, 5 yrs program, with solid foundations on economy, finance, accounting, management, statistics and law. Top GPA among 2121 graduates, 8.9 on a 1-10 scale. English, Spanish. Study, work, discipline.

Experience

1. Vice President Finance Transformation

   Orbia

   Jan 2022 — Present · US

   Reporting to Global CFO Building and Infrastructure, Datacommunications, Microirrigation, Basic and Advanced Materials, Chemicals, Mining. Starting Jan 2022 I will focus full-time on driving the transformation of Finance at Orbia across the business groups to become better business partners, drive growth and take the function to a new level of digital innovation, effectiveness and efficiency, also enhancing the value proposition and career prospects to our people.

Education

• Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

  Public Accountant (BA or Bachellor Degree, 5 years), Accounting and Finance, 8.93 out of 10 (top score among 2121 graduates).

  1998 — 2003

• British Culture Association

  English Proficiency, English as a Second Language. British Culture.

  2004 — 2005

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2023 — 2025

• Rice University

  Advanced Management Program, Strategy and Leadership

  2017 — 2017

• IMD Business School

  Leadership Program, Organizational Leadership

  2019 — 2019