George Adams

About George Adams

Highly qualified Executive with over 25 years of financial management/business consulting experience in the financial services, insurance, petro-chemical and other industries. Significant expertise in working with senior executives and helping them focus on the key operational and strategic levers to drive measurable results. Solid knowledge of the CFO function: shared services, decision support, controllership, and financial systems in the industry/consulting sectors. Leadership in change management, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams in driving financial management and organizational/process transformation. Knowledgeable leader in the recruitment, development and the direction of highly skilled financial management teams to support achievement of organizational goals and objectives.Specialties: Strategic Financial Planning, Balanced Scorecard/KPI\'s, Customer/Product Profitability, Shared Services, Outsourcing/Off-Shoring, P&L/Budget Development & Management, Controllership/Financial Controls, Vendor Management, Cost Reduction/Productivty Enhancement, Process Transformation/Automation, Business Transformation/ Turnarounds, Recruiting/Talent Management, Project/Stakeholder/Change Management, Project Evaluation/ Portfolio Management, Greenfield Operations, International Finance Experience, Technology Finance Management

Experience

1. Strategic Program Advisor - Office of the CIO

   Scotiabank

   Dec 2025 — Present

Education

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  MBA, Finance and International Business

  1989 — 1992

• University of Illinois Chicago

  Bachelors of Science, Accounting

  1977 — 1981

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Credit Risk
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Restructuring
• Management Consulting
• Corporate Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Internal Controls
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Managerial Finance
• Chemical Industry
• Shared Services
• Finance
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Management
• Financial Services
• Management Accounting
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Accounting
• Vendor Management
• Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Risk
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Planning
• Project Management
• Process Improvement
• IT Strategy
• Insurance
• Acquisition Integration
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Cash Management