Gabriela Cao

Gabriela Cao has extensive work experience in finance and leadership roles. Gabriela most recently served as the Finance Director at Volution Group plc since November 2021. Prior to that, they were the Divisional Finance Director at AM FRESH Group from August 2020 to October 2021. Gabriela also worked as the Head of Finance (Business Process Transformation and Shared Services) at Synthomer from September 2016 to June 2020. Gabriela has held various finance positions at companies such as Konica Minolta Marketing Services, inVentiv Health Commercial, Pitney Bowes, Sitel, Tyco, Chevron, and Air France. Their roles include Europe and US Financial Controller, Financial Director Europe, Financial Controller UK, European Financial Controller of Shared Services Centre, EMEA Finance Manager of Shared Services Centre, Management Accountant of SSC, Financial Analyst, and Treasury Officer.

Gabriela Cao's education history includes a Bachelor of Economics degree in Tourism and Accounting Services from the University of Transilvania, which they obtained from 1990 to 1995. Gabriela pursued further education in 2001 to 2003, completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the University of Westminster, focusing on Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services. In 2004 to 2006, they attended ACCA, where they likely studied a field related to accounting or finance, although the exact degree is not specified. In 2018, they obtained a Prince2 Practitioner certification from PeopleCert, and in 2019, they completed a Change Management course from PROSCI. Lastly, in 2020, they obtained a Green Belt Certification from Lean 6 Sigma. More recently, in 2021, they attended the University of Cambridge for a course on Business Analytics, specifically focused on making decisions using data.