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Margaryta Pugachova
Interim CFO
Margaryta is an ACCA-certified finance professional with 20+ years of experience and a track record of guiding companies' finances through exponential growth from the outset to $70+ million turnovers, Series A raise, execution of M&A deals of $20+ million, and securing $11+ million debt financing. She began her career at Deloitte, rising through private equity to CFO roles in various industries (fintech, ad tech, and IT). Margaryta is keen to apply her experience to a variety of stakeholders.

Juba Tsuladze
Interim CFO
Juba is the founder of angioClast, a Cambridge-based biotech startup focused on cancer research. Before entrepreneurship, Juba was a seasoned CFO with multi-industry experience and worked on projects, ranging from an equity sale of a $150 million telecom company to a $50 million hotel business turnaround. He joined the Toptal network to resolve diverse FP&A, M&A, buyouts, and strategic analysis challenges.

Neel Augusthy
Interim CFO
Neel is a finance leader and change agent with 10+ years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of $100 million+, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.

Arnaud Soupa, CFA
Interim CFO
Arnaud is CFO consultant. After an international corporate career of 20+ years working at prominent players like Veolia and PwC, he ventured into the startup space as a co-founder and CEO. For the past seven years, he has been helping small and medium-sized businesses scale up, adopt more sophisticated practices, and tackle increasing complexity. Arnaud appreciates the opportunity to engage with various visionary, demanding, and talented stakeholders.

Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA
Interim CFO
Aleksey served in CFO roles of public and VC-backed private companies. As an investor, he contributed to 25+ private equity deals that have deployed $500 million. He has advised 50+ clients on raising $1.6 billion in equity in the healthcare, consumer, media, software, energy, and industrial sectors. Aleksey enjoys working with officers of early-stage and mature small-cap firms, and he freelances because it exposes him to a wide range of companies.

Guilhermo Pereira
Interim CFO
Guilhermo has 20 years of experience in finance, working for large consumer goods and pharmaceutical companies such as Unilever, Mondelez, Novartis, and GlaxoSmithKline. Over the last ten years, he has been CFO for different markets across Latin America and Europe, managing businesses with up to $1 billion in sales and engaging in projects involving M&A, restructuring, joint ventures, and ERP implementation. Guilhermo joined Toptal to share his experience across other industries and businesses.

Emilio Labrador
Interim CFO
Emilio has 25 years of CFO experience in Europe and Latin America. An expert in cross-border M&A, he has executed two $300+ million acquisitions and one $400+ million disposal. Emilio has worked on strategic reorganization projects and started subsidiaries in the oil and gas, automotive and industrial sectors. He enjoys freelancing to use his experience and international exposure to maximize value for his clients.

Euro Trapani
Interim CFO
An experienced CFO, Euro has 18 years of experience working for multinational corporations in the consumer retail and manufacturing industries. As a freelancer, he enjoys utilizing his expertise in challenging projects involving cross-border M&A, financial modeling, and group corporate governance redesign. Euro has worked across the world with businesses of different sizes and understands the needs of both corporations and early-stage companies.

Valentine Sabulis
Interim CFO
Val is a seasoned professional with broad experience working as a CFO and COO across various enterprises in Australia, the US, and the UK. He has held senior roles in finance, operations, technology, and product management in startups and established corporates. Having worked with over 100 newly formed and high-growth ventures, Val is now a full-time independent consultant specializing in startups.

Saadat Ali, CPA, FCA
Interim CFO
Saadat is a finance executive with 30 years of enterprise leadership experience at Shell, Johnson Controls, and Schlumberger across six countries and three continents. With deep expertise in FP&A, accounting, business planning and management, auditing, and ERM, Saadat has led major initiatives and won the Shell Global CFO Award and JCI's Merit Award. He adds exceptional value to enterprise and team success through collaborative and decisive leadership.

Mario d'Aragona
Interim CFO
Mario has a proven track record of improving a company’s financial results, such as turnaround of a loss-making company or costs and yield losses reduction by over 10% in Heinz Kraft. He supports companies in finding tailor-made funding solutions by early-stage investments and introducing them to his inner circle of investors and Nasdaq. Mario is enthusiastic about freelancing and providing exceptional entrepreneurial knowledge with his vast global experience to meet and exceed targets.

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