Helen Sumpton

Helen Sumpton has held various roles throughout their work experience. Helen most recently worked at Diodes Incorporated starting in November 2019 as the Director of European Finance. In this role, they managed 8 European legal entities and led teams across 4 sites. Helen adapted quickly to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic and was involved in a system migration, process improvements, and audits. Additionally, Helen oversaw an ERP system migration, a merger, and took on the local reporting line of Commercial and Infrastructure IT Teams in their second year at Diodes Incorporated.

Before joining Diodes Incorporated, Helen worked at Kerry Logistics as the Group Financial Controller for EMEA from June 2018 to November 2019. Prior to that, they were the UK Finance Manager & Site Financial Controller at Nexperia from April 2017 to May 2018. In this role, Helen was responsible for various financial tasks, including accounting, reporting, audit, tax accounting, compliance, and controls. Helen also supported an ERP system migration and maintained relationships with external bodies such as HMRC and auditors.

Helen's earlier work experience includes a role as Director at Pinnacle International Business Services from 2014 to March 2017. Helen also worked at LyondellBasell as a Financial Controller from 2004 to 2013, where they were involved in budgeting, cash forecasting, management reporting, and audit activities. Before that, Helen was a Record to Report Team Manager at Tetra Pak in 2003 and held various management accounting and project roles at Procter & Gamble from 1999 to 2002.

Overall, Helen Sumpton has a diverse work experience that includes financial management, team leadership, system migrations, process improvements, and audit activities.

Helen Sumpton began their education journey in 1995 and completed their Bachelor of Science Honors degree in Mathematics with a European Language at Heriot-Watt University in 1999. During their time at university, they focused on the fields of Mathematics and French. In addition, they also pursued further studies in Mathematics and French at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) from 1997 to 1998.

Aside from their formal education, Helen Sumpton has obtained additional certifications. Helen successfully completed a Managerial Accounting course at LinkedIn in October 2016. Furthermore, they acquired a certification as a Chartered Management Accountant from CIMA, although the specific details of their completion date are currently unavailable.