2019
£50M
ADNOC SARB LTP
ADMA · UAE
Advisory/About
A finance guy, through and through.
Audit and controllership at Deloitte. Every finance function at Dresser-Rand. Then seven years at Siemens Energy, adding the technical, legal, sales and operational side to finance, and growing a new division to $170 million a year.
Nikhil Bahirwani Fractional CFO, Dubai
- $170M
- Annual turnover of the LTP division I grew at Siemens Energy, 2017 to 2023
- $2B
- QatarEnergy NFPS, the largest contract, 2022
- 4
- Landmark contracts won on top of that turnover, 2019 to 2023
- 2011
- The year I started in finance, at Deloitte
From audit to a $170 million division.
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2011 to 2013
Deloitte
Finance and audit.
Where it started: reporting and controllership. Learning what good numbers look like, and how to tell when they are not.
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2013 to 2017
Dresser-Rand
The Financial Management Acceleration Programme.
One of 13 people selected worldwide. Hands-on rotations across every finance function, so I learned the whole engine, not one part of it.
- Accounting
- FP&A
- Treasury
- Controllership
- Tax
- Internal audit
- Cost accounting
- Project finance
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2017 to 2023
Siemens Energy
Finance with a technical edge.
I added technical knowledge to finance, then legal, sales and operations. From 2017 to 2023 I grew a new LTP division to an annual turnover of $170 million.
The products I was selling. 
On stage in front of crowds of 500 people. -
2018
Certified
Two certifications, one year.
Certified Project Manager, and Certified Finance & Commercial Manager, in my second year at Siemens Energy.
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2019 to 2023
Landmark wins, on top of the $170M
Four contracts that defined the division.
2021
$100M
OQ framework agreement
Oman
2022
$2B
QatarEnergy NFPS
Qatar
2023
$40M
ADNOC LNG
UAE
Signing off an agreement for $100 million in Oman. -
2023
The last day
Out of the corporation, into the work.
My last day at Siemens. -
Today
Making Sense, Advisory
Fractional CFO for founder-led businesses.
The same discipline, at the size of a growing business: SaaS and tech first, energy and projects, and founder-led growth.
Where I focus →
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