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Strategy day preparation and financial scenario analysis
Thao worked on a technology services group’s most recent board strategy day, including the financial modelling and strategy analysis supporting the discussion. The work connected business-line forecasts and market context with alternative growth and portfolio choices. It made operating assumptions, earnings and cash implications easier to compare, while supporting the preparation of a coherent set of board materials. The contribution helped the CEO, CFO and directors examine the trade-offs behind the strategic options and relate them to the planning cycle. Her role combined financial analysis with the synthesis needed to make complex choices accessible for executive and board discussion.
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Financial and strategic analysis for a telecommunications regulatory engagement
Thao provided financial analysis and strategic assessment in telecommunications, including benchmarking to inform a regulatory engagement supported by KA. Her work connected financial and operational evidence with the questions underlying a major expenditure review, helping develop a consistent basis for comparison and decision making.
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Peer analysis and business adjacency for operating model decisions
Thao analysed peers and benchmarked the degree of adjacency between businesses in diversified groups to support comparisons and decision making for a board paper. Her assessment examined how different business models and operating requirements shaped the rationale for group, business-unit and shared-service roles. The work provided an objective analytical basis for considering operating model choices.
