George Adams
George Adams
George Adams is a highly experienced and accomplished executive with more than 25 years of financial management and business consulting expertise in various industries such as financial services, insurance, and petro-chemical. He holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Throughout his career, George has been recognized for his strong leadership skills and financial acumen, displaying proficiency in the CFO function, shared services, decision support, controllership, and financial systems in industry/consulting sectors. He has led cross-functional teams in driving financial management and organizational/process transformation and demonstrated expertise in the recruitment, development, and direction of highly skilled financial management teams to support achievement of organizational goals and objectives.
George has held several senior executive positions in organizations such as Bank of America, Aviva plc, and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (LaSalle Bank), where he has led projects to achieve strategic financial planning, balanced scorecard/KPIs, customer/product profitability, shared services, outsourcing/off-shoring, P&L/budget development & management, controllership/financial controls, vendor management, cost reduction/productivity enhancement, process transformation/automation, business transformation/ turnarounds, recruiting/talent management, project/stakeholder/change management, project evaluation/portfolio management, greenfield operations, international finance experience, and technology finance management.
He has also worked as a senior associate at PwC (Coopers & Lybrand Consulting) and a division CFO at BP Amoco, where he was responsible for Chemical Houston Operations (Olefins and Polymers).
Overall, George is a highly qualified executive with a proven track record of driving measurable results and transforming organizations through his expertise in financial management, leadership, and change management.