Outsourcing and tech services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions, VFS Global, has appointed Jose Manuel Aisa Mancho as its chief financial officer. He reports to Zubin Karkaria, founder and chief executive officer, and is based in Dubai, UAE.
He joins the Switzerland based company from Cellnex Telecom, and will be responsible for the overall finance function at VFS Global, and will also be responsible for legal, data privacy and corporate risk functions.
Mr Manuel who has previously worked in organisations that include Abertis Infrastructures, CriteriaCaixa and Cellnex, and was also a non-executive officer in infrastructure companies such as Hispasat, Sanef or TBI Limited, will leverage his rich experience in strengthening the firm’s finance function and developing strategies to support further growth and development of the company.
As a member of the company’s executive board, he will also play a pivotal role in the overall strategic decision-making at VFS Global – He has over two decades of experience across the suite of finance sub-functions, including mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, investor relations, management control, treasury, and tax.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration as well as a Masters in Business Administration from Esade (Barcelona, Spain), a CEMS Masters in International Management from the London School of Economics (London, UK) and has completed Stanford’s Executive Programme (Palo Alto, California).