Draft Announcement: Eileen TeoI am

Draft Announcement: Eileen Teo
I am happy to announce that Eileen Teo will be returning to office after a period of extended leave. Effective Nov 1, Eileen will take on the role of Finance Projects Lead. In this newly created role, Eileen will support key company projects including Project Darwin and the Finance Operating model. Eileen will continue to report directly to Nico Van Hoecke, EM Finance Lead.
Eileen has extensive financial experience and exceptional leadership capabilities. Most recently, as the Asia Pacific Finance Lead, she provided financial insights and supported the Asia Pacific Leadership team to drive business performance and implement strategic initiatives aligned with the company’s objectives. Under her leadership, the region has consistently maintained strong financial stewardship and controls. As a strong advocate for talent management, she has built a strong team and a pipeline of Finance leaders in the region.
Eileen joined Merck in 2001 and has progressed through various roles with the company including; Finance Director MSD Malaysia, Regional Finance Director, Asia as well as Integration Controller. She has sponsored, led and successfully executed various company initiatives throughout her career with MSD.
Eileen’s broad experience and track record of success make her suitably qualified to lead and support these transformational projects.
Please join me in wishing Eileen well in her new role.

Nico Van Hoecke

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Draft Announcement: David Scott
We are delighted to announce that David Scott (Dave) is appointed Asia Pacific Finance Leader effective November 1, 2015. Dave will become a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Team (APLT) and be responsible for the full suite of finance functions in the region including Accounting & Control, Business Support, Financial Stewardship and Tax and Treasury. In this role, Dave will report to Nico Van Hoecke with a dotted line to Jan Van Acker.
Since last December, Dave has assumed the role of the interim Asia Pacific Finance Leader with much success. He quickly stepped into the role and gained a good commercial understanding of the region, becoming a respected member of the APLT. Dave has provided excellent business support and strong financial leadership to the APLT and the Finance teams across the region. Additionally, Dave also took on the important role of Finance Leader for Project Darwin, a critical global initiative for the company. Dave’s solid business partnering capabilities, results oriented nature and strong collaboration will serve him well as he supports Asia Pacific to drive its growth aspirations.
Dave is a seasoned Finance Leader with more than 20 years of experience. He joined MSD Australia in 2002 and progressed through different roles of increasing responsibility in Finance before taking on an assignment as the Finance Leader in Ireland in 2006. In 2011, Dave moved to Hungary and became the Finance Director for MSD Hungary.
In 2014, Dave was promoted as the Finance Director for Australia and New Zealand. Within a short period of time, he established himself as a strong business partner to the Managing Director and CLT where he demonstrated exceptional leadership behaviors towards his team and colleagues both locally and outside the country. He supported the CLT to strengthen the business and drive growth in priority franchises as well as transformation initiatives both within GHH and Finance.
Dave holds a degree in Commerce-Accounting from the University of Western Sydney and is an Australian Chartered Accountant. Dave will relocate to Singapore with his family in January 2016.
Please join us in congratulating Dave in his new role.
Jan Van Acker/Nico Van Hoecke

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Draft Announcement: Paul Dodd
As an extension of the recently announced changes in the Asia Pacific Finance Leadership team, we are very pleased to announce that Paul Dodd is promoted to the position of Finance Director – Australia & New Zealand, effective November 1. Paul will assume full responsibility for the leadership of the ANZ Finance Team, in addition to supporting and working in close collaboration with the ANZ Country Leadership Team.

Paul has been in the same role, on an interim assignment since January 15th. During this time, Paul has been a core member of the ANZ CLT, demonstrating his strengths in leadership, financial controlling and business partnership. Paul is recognized for his strong leadership and continued support to the organization in challenging market conditions. In just a few months Paul has lead the teams through external audits by different authorities, represented the company at public hearings, provided solid financial stewardship for various business development initiatives and supported multiple forecasts including country presentations to senior leaders of the company.

In the preceding two years, Paul worked as Finance Director for the Gulf Region based in Dubai where he led the development of the Finance function to being a strong business partner to the organisation, oversaw the implementation of the Local Market Model changes for the Gulf as well as successfully managed through the supply chain integration under the LEI initiative.

Paul holds a degree in Accounting & Financial Management from Loughborough University in the UK. Paul began his career with MSD UK in the FP&A team before progressing to other diverse roles within Finance including assignments in the European Treasury Centre in London, the US cash management team in Whitehouse Station, NJ, the EEMEA regional finance team in Lucerne and Finance Director in Dubai.

Paul will report to Dave Scott, AP Finance Lead with a dotted line to Susanne Fiedler, Managing Director ANZ.

Please join us in congratulating Paul through on this promotion and wishing him every success in the new role.

Dave Scott / Susi Fiedler