Sales Development

William Mustard ** Cottage Road Mount

Kisco, NY *0549

************@*****.*** (914)

*** ****

CEO ... President ... CFO

P&L / Bank & Investor Relations / Corporate Development / M&A / Fund

raising (debt and equity)

Business Development / Large Companies, Startups & Turnarounds / Value

Creation / Strategic Planning

International experience in public and private companies. Skilled in

orchestrating complex cross-border financial transactions to drive soaring

growth for shareholders. Able to rapidly synthesize information and make

timely, high-quality decisions. Strengths include...

. Identifying and rectifying the root cause of underperforming

operations

. Developing the vision, strategy and executable business plans to

achieve it

. Maximizing profits using global marketing, finance, sales and

operations skills

. Using dynamic leadership talents to build high-performance executive

teams

MA (Honors) in Economic Science, and CAS in Accounting - University of

Aberdeen, UK. Chartered Accountant - Institute of Chartered Accountants

of Scotland (CPA equivalent). Extensive additional education at Oxford

University and Harvard Business School. Dual citizenship: US and UK.

Selected Accomplishments

Orchestrated sale of software development company for 6X sales multiple.

Pursued search for strategic buyer where software application was a good

fit to their existing business model and markets served. Led all

negotiations, returning far more than expected to sellers.

Propelled $200M in sales revenue and positive cash flow for private equity

investment company start-up. Raised $60M in equity, debt, and development

financing from investors, banks, and strategic partners. Launched or

acquired 20 start up or turnaround companies. Built a valuable investment

portfolio.

Prepared company for IPO. Shaped and finalized the tax-free de-merger of a

substantial subsidiary grouping in a complex reorganization in preparation

for an IPO of that investment holding company.

Turned around a military electronics business in deep decline following the

completion of a major US military contract with nothing to replace it.

Restructured the business to focus on product development, cost savings

including plant closures. Laid foundation to drive sales from $30M to a

current level in excess of $100M.

Built long term sustainability into satellite pay TV business. Revamped

and rationalized the satellite pay TV business by transforming the cost

structure and increasing prices to sustainable profitability. Decreased

costs and overhead by $10M.

Reversed rapidly eroding financial condition of Millicom. Shares had

fallen from $20 to $3. Architected and executed tax-free cross-border

merger of US and international companies. Led new company to NASDAQ

listing. Increased share price fourfold+ and managed debt burden down from

$100M to $50M in 3 years.

Raised capital that enabled Millicom to fund its operations and

international wireless businesses. Orchestrated a tax-free sale of a Hong

Kong cellular business for $150M fueling growth capital. Spearheaded

domestic and international fundraising projects including primary and

secondary offerings. Negotiated financing with banks.

Employment History

Managing Director - Cairn Executive LLC - 2004 to present. Cairn provides

international companies consulting, Board advisory and interim management

services. Personally lead multiple business projects for client companies.

Also, formed an alliance with an M&A firm to represent buyers in corporate

transactions. Clients are private equity, strategic and private investors

operating seeking transactions between $20M and $500M.

President, CEO and CFO - Great Universal Incorporated - 1994 to 2003. An

investment holding company, part of Swedish/Luxembourg-based Stenbeck

organization. Portfolio businesses include, military electronics,

satellite pay TV, call center operations and CRM, telecoms technology R&D,

consulting and more. Recruited as EVP and CFO in 1994. Promoted to CEO in

1995.

Also served as Managing Director of SISF, an international professional

service company providing business risk management, financial

investigation, corporate governance (including SOX), internal audit for The

Stenbeck Group operating in 50 countries through 400 companies and

ventures.

CFO - Millicom, Inc. - 1992 to 1993. NASDAQ listed international

development stage group with fixed and wireless communications and media

operations in 20 countries. Group Financial Controller - 1990 to 1992.

Earlier, progressed through financial management assignments with Millicom

and Ernst & Young.

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