David Tonnel

About David Tonnel

C-Suite Executive and Board Member with record of success partnering with Boards, CEOs, and leadership teams to drive acquisitive and organic growth, improve margins, access capital and generate value in capital intensive businesses and public companies.Global leader having lived/worked internationally with 20 years progressive executive leadership across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Africa. Foundation at Big 4 (EY) with diverse finance and operating roles culminating as Chief Accounting Officer of $3B company.Extensive experience in complex transactions, integrations, and business transformations, and structuring/optimizing businesses globally to enable growth. Deep understanding of the operations of the business. Strong technical background in Finance, Accounting, SEC reporting, and controls. Prudently allocates funds to business development, financial structure, liability management, and return to shareholders.Builds high-performing teams, infrastructure, and processes that improve efficiency and transform organizations into value added Finance functions that support the business. Have delivered extraordinary business outcomes by relentlessly pursuing financial stewardship, disciplined execution, continuous process improvement and automation, and cross functional collaboration.Board Member on multiple subsidiary Boards bringing a blend of practical operating experience as leader of a $2B P&L business and as a finance expert navigating volatile markets, diverse business/industry cycles, and growth curves.

Experience

1. Chief Accounting Officer

   NuScale Power

   Mar 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   NuScale is the leader in commercially ready Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology, designed to deliver reliable, carbon-free energy at scale. It is the only SMR technology currently approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Education

• HEC Paris

  Master, Audit, Control and Finance

  1988 — 1991

• Ipesup

  Classe Preparatoires HEC

  1987 — 1988

• Lycee Jean Perrin (Lambersart, Nord)

  Baccalaureat C , Mention TB

  1984 — 1987

Skills

• Ifrs
• Accounting
• Cultural Diversity
• Financial Audits
• Corporate Finance
• Internal Controls
• Financial Reporting
• Oilfield
• Project Finance
• Operations Management
• Financial Analysis
• Joint Ventures
• Budgets
• Finance
• Auditing
• Energy Industry
• Offshore Drilling
• Energy
• Internal Audit
• Natural Gas
• Financial Modeling
• Upstream
• Due Diligence
• Mergers
• Financial Accounting
• Process Improvement
• Petroleum
• Us Gaap
• Analysis
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Acquisition Integration
• Oil/Gas
• Offshore Operations
• Business Development
• Risk Assessment
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Treasury
• Supply Chain
• Cost Accounting
• Management