Unreasonable Mentors
Alastair Sheehan
Finance Director at Pearson
Alastair is an Unreasonable Mentor. Alastair was part of Project Literacy Lab 2017, and has advised over 13 Unreasonable companies.
Executive with over 20 years finance, operations and business partnering experience, highly motivated with strong commercial & financial acumen. Sector experience in Technology (hardware, software) and Services, in both start-up and multinational blue chip companies. Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate internationally, at both operational and strategic levels.
Specialties:
Business Partner, P&L management, Financial Management, International, Acquisitions, Budgetary control, Strategic planning, Forecasting, Pricing strategy, Financial decision support, Contract Negotiations, Business turnaround, Revenue recognition ( US GAAP ), SOX, Relationship management, Contract evaluation, Financial planning and analysis, management reporting, commercial negotiation, investment appraisal, contract tendering, financial reporting and compliance.