Ascendis Health
Robin-Ashleigh Alberts is a Sales and Application Specialist at CardaXes, a position held since August 2021. Previously, Robin-Ashleigh served as a Sales Representative at ALB'S Creations PTY from January 2019 to December 2020 and as a Quality Assurance Officer at Action Medical Supplies for a year in 2017. In this role, responsibilities included establishing and agreeing upon in-house quality procedures, standards, and specifications while ensuring customer requirements were met. Earlier experience includes teaching as a Kindergarten Teacher at a Pre School from January 2016 to December 2017. Robin-Ashleigh's educational background features a degree in Early Childhood Development, focusing on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching, obtained through a program with UNICEF between January 2016 and July 2017.
Ascendis Health
Background Ascendis Health is a health and wellness company founded in 2008 and listed in the healthcare sector of the JSE in November 2013. In 2015, the Group embarked on an international growth strategy and acquired four businesses in Europe: Farmalider in Spain (2015), Remedica in Cyprus (2016), Scitec in Hungary (2016) and Sunwave Pharma in Romania (2017). Today Ascendis Health has a global reach with well-known brands and products sold to more than 120 countries across all continents. Strategic focus Against a backdrop of too much debt and limited operational flexibility we have set out a three-pillar strategy with the following focus areas: Pillar1: Stabilise (‘Fix the balance sheet’) • Set the medium-term portfolio strategy – which companies we should keep and which we should sell • Restructure existing debt to match the long-term portfolio strategy • Introduce sufficient new money to restore operational flexibility and ability to execute ‘Optimise’ Pillar Pillar 2: Optimise (‘Right-size and create platform businesses’) • Set the operating model to align with portfolio strategy and reduce complexity • Implement Project Office discipline to drive efficiencies, capital allocation optimization, and margin management strategies in each Business Unit • Create Business Unit specific incentivization programs and develop owner-manager mindsets Pillar 3: Grow (‘Maximise value and grow the platforms’) • Deleveraging strategy to take onto account the interim cash conversion profiles of the underlying business • Remain flexible to access attractive market windows • Deploy capital to underpin steady state portfolio