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Anders Kruus

Anders brings over 25 years of executive leadership experience, specializing in finance and business strategy. He has led finance and sales teams across a wide spectrum of organizations, from high-growth startups to major banks, including public, private, and Indigenous entities. Anders combines deep financial and operational expertise to drive P&L growth and create sustainable value, aligning business strategy with cash flow optimization and scalable operations.

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Track record highlights

  • Spear-headed a $100mm cross-border REIT IPO in Canada to quickly access stable equity
  • Wrestled group expenditures to 41% below the previous year through activity-based costing and zero-based budgeting
  • Sourced new structured risk capital to expand real estate assets from $90mm to $230mm in 18 months
  • Turned around a stagnant FX sales team, using targeted resourcing to achieve 40% revenue growth
  • Presented a publically-listed company to over 100 advisors, institutional investors and analysts to deepen share liquidity
  • Implemented a cloud-based, globally consolidated, IFRS-compliant accounting platform (Xero) with automated accounts payable and expense processing, fully integrated with CRM systems
  • Led M&A initiatives at Indigenous Impact Fund, overseeing financial and business analysis, deal structuring, due diligence, and negotiations for portfolio investments

Sector Experience

  • Real Estate: Residential, Senior Housing
  • Mining-Resources-Energy: Renewable Power
  • Banking-Financial-Services: HNW Sales, Capital Markets
  • Construction: Residential & Site Development
  • Not-for-Profit: Indigenous & Environmental

Anders's specialist skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

Integrate cash planning, budgeting, and multi-year financial plans with business KPIs, enabling responsive updates and comprehensive scenario analysis

Leadership

Identify internal value-added roles versus outsourced support functions, develop role descriptions for talent alignment, and drive personal development plans and market-aligned compensation

Technology Evangelist

Drive continuous automation of repetitive, manual, or error-prone processes, enhancing and upscaling existing talent rather than replacing it

Cash Flow Improvement

Analyze the impact of KPI metrics on cash flow, integrate cash and capital planning into the overall business plan, and actively manage terms of trade and working capital to maximize cash efficiency

Banking Relationship

Leverage deep experience with bank credit processes as both analyst and client, structuring bank facilities and developing tailored reporting to optimize financing

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