Speaker Profile
GEORGE BENAROYA
George Benaroya, Global Financial Executive who visited clients in over 190 countries to enable companies to sell more units, at a higher price, which was produced at a lower cost. Consistent career progression (from Finance Supervisor to Vice President) at world-class multinationals in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia, including Procter & Gamble, Tetra Pak, and Beiersdorf/Nivea. Since early 2017, Benaroya holds the position of Vice President, Finance at LTI, with global responsibility for pricing solutions, M&A and process improvement. In 2015-2016, Benaroya served as Vice President & Global Controller at Dawn Foods, where he deployed a patented process to steer financial performance through actionable management Information, enabled the Shared Service organization to deploy a path to World Class and implemented pricing and direct debit solutions at customers across the US. For 3 years beginning in March 2012, Benaroya held the position of Vice President-Finance, Emerging Markets at Beiersdorf AG (Nivea, La Prairie, Eucerin). The region included Latin America, Russia, and Central Asia, the Middle East & Turkey, India, and Africa. During his tenure, the region recorded growth in excess of 15% per year and absolute levels of profitability. Through February 2012, he held a number of management positions at Tetra Pak for 12 years. Among other accomplishments, Benaroya implemented a direct debit collection system which reached 73% of sales in six months, a worldwide benchmark; re-launched the Financial Analysis, Reporting & Planning function and personally managed complex geographies. He was based out of Switzerland, Japan, Sweden, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. Prior to that, Benaroya held several managerial positions at Procter & Gamble and Clorox in the Americas for eight years. In 1992, he received a fellowship from The American University where he researched the performance of stocks, bonds and real estate for the period 1960 to 1990. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BBA in Finance from Kennesaw University (1991) and with an MBA from The American University in Washington DC at the age of 21. All education on full-merit scholarships. Benaroya is fluent in Spanish.
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