IVALDI, Ruy Fernando

E-Mail: adnir3@r.postjobfree.com / Tel. +1-786-***-**** / www.linkedin.com/in/Ruy-Ivaldi 1

PROFILE

Broad experience as a team leader in important corporations (more than 25 combined years in Grupo Clarin and PricewaterhouseCoopers), wide spectrum knowledge (Accountant, Business Administration degree, Marketing Master, Tri-lingual) and multidisciplinary profile.

• Results driven and decision maker / Hands-on Manager: CFO, Controller, COO, New Businesses Developer, FP&A Director, General Manager

• Leadership of the finance areas, with activities in USA and LATAM

• Accustomed to dealing with top level management and shareholders / stakeholders

• Usual board and strategic committees member

• Human Resources management

• Decision maker for strategic and technical issues: acquired abilities to influence top management and shareholders for the efficiency in decision making

• Adaptive to different types of industries acquired as an auditor and also as a corporate at Grupo Clarin

• Most developed financial skills: Financial Planning and analysis (FP&A), Treasury, Banking relations, Reporting, Budgets/Forecasts, Modelling, Internal controls, Auditing, Processes, Financial Statements, Corporate Finance, Valuations, Due Diligence, AR and AP management, KYC, credit analysis, risk management, board presentations, and other

• Other competencies: coordination between departments, project management, negotiation and conflict solving, legal background acquired in the field, tri-lingual (ESP, ENG, POR), coaching/teaching abilities, analytic and detail oriented.

• Industries: advertising agencies and media in general, telecommunications (cable operators and wholesale telecom), eCommerce, newspapers, paper production, banking, insurance. EXPERIENCE

PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) – Senior Manager

2020-Present

- Auditing Department for USA (Core Assurance). Outsourcing department for the practice offices in USA. Auditing for public (PCAOB) companies and non-public (AICPA). CFO for UPCO Group (Upco International, Inc. -Canada-, Upco Systems, Inc. -USA, UPCO Systems SRL -Italy)

2019 – 2020

UPCO Group is a startup in the software and in the telecom wholesale businesses combined, with offices in 5 countries (USA, Canada, Italy, Argentina, and Moldova). ~10 people work in the company. Currently is in a fundraising stage for the development of the App and mergers with wholesale telecoms. Acted as a CFO for the company, also certifying the interim FS in Canada.

- Consolidation of FS to be presented to the CSE under IFRS.

- Responsible of the Finance area including accounting. Legal issues referral.

- Due diligences of other telecom targets for the group. Medula Network, LLC (Clarin Group) – CFO and Controller 2012 – 2019

Medula was an online media broker, primarily for Latam newspapers (~40), with operations in 6 countries (USA, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Peru).

- Responsible for the Administration and Finance areas, HHRR and part of the Operations. Legal issues referral. Global manager.

- Established and shaped the company in the USA and the other countries.

- Decision maker in all the companies’ areas.

IVALDI, Ruy Fernando

E-Mail: adnir3@r.postjobfree.com / Tel. +1-786-***-**** / www.linkedin.com/in/Ruy-Ivaldi 2

Clarin Group – Corporate planning and control Head (FP&A Manager) 1999-2012

- Active responsibility in the creation and development of the Group’s Holding. Organization of the planning and control area from its beginnings. Co-responsible for the MIS design and the monthly/annual reports for the stockholders and board of directors.

- Head of the teams in charge of the monthly reporting, analysis and control and the annual business plans of the principal units of the Group: i) Newspapers, Printing and Internet (including connectivity and sites) as of 2007 (~50% of revenues and EBITDA of the Group in those years); ii) from 2007 to 2012 in charge of the Cable & Internet, Sports’ Channel and Internet sites and eCommerce (adding up to ~70% of revenues and EBITDA of the Group). Reports meant for stockholders, board and top management. Active role in the meetings with the principal stockholders, board of directors and top management of each unit of the Group.

- Participation in the analysis of the principal strategic and business decisions, being involved in high performance teams shared with board members, general managers (CEOs) and other top level management and industry referrals (due diligences, mergers, valuations, strategic contracts or important purchases, etc.)

- Instructor in the Group’s Learning programme.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Project Leader

1992-1998

- Leadership of simultaneous working teams (between 2 and 3 professionals each team):

- Auditing of commercial, banking and service entities.

- Financial Statements to be presented to official entities.

- Building of administrative/internal control procedures.

- Due diligence participation.

- Financial statements under US GAAP and other countries’ GAAP (URU and CHI)

- Consolidation of business statements using inflation adjustments with Argentine GAAP. EDUCATION

Master UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS

Marketing Masters’ Degree (final thesis pending) / MBA (only a part of the programme) University UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES (UBA)

Business Administration (certified)

Public Accountant (certified)

Other education ESADE – PMD – Program for Management Development 2011 Leading Learning Communities – MIT – Effectiveness and Learning Program (1999-2000) Other several courses on management skills and technical development provided by Grupo Clarín, PricewaterhouseCoopers and external (UCA, ESADE, UADE, CPCECABA). Languages English: Proficiency level, FCE, A-Levels, O-Levels. 14 years’ studies in bilingual institution. Used at work as main language. Lived 6,5 years in USA. Now working for USA. Portuguese: advanced level. 2 years’ studies; used at work. French: intermediate level. 4 years’ studies.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY UBA – Economic Sciences – General Administration – Assistant in 1999-2002.

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