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President/CFO at ContractualCFO & Sox International
"Peter Welch and I, as Team Leader, along with two other team members were engaged by the National Treasury of South Africa to teach IPSAS/IFRS based financial reporting to senior public-sector financial and accounting officials. Peter demonstrated excellent teaching skills in delivering the training course and was well received by both the client and the trainees. It was commented as unusual to find anybody that clearly enjoys and embraces these accounting and technical issues. Peter was an excellent team member and always attempted to positively contribute despite what were at times onerous client demands and a work scope that was evolving during this engagement." George Brittain, Project Team Leader
"Peter was my contact at a major beverage manufacturing company several years ago. I was a consultant to the company and Peter was working there as a financial manager. We were working on related assignments. I found Peter to be very bright; he readily understood complex financial issues and was able to develop keen insights into the relevant issues. Peter has demonstrated a good understanding of the financial, accounting and operating issues for several companies. I highly recommend Peter for CFO and other financial assignments." Jerrold Katz, Principal, J P Katz & Associates was with another company when working with Peter at ContractualCFO & Sox International
“Peter is excellent at quickly analyzing a companies systems, and human resources. Peter can be relied upon for an honest appraisal and realistic assessment of system and process needs. I am always impressed by his questioning mind; and I love bouncing ideas off him and can guarantee an original and valued response.” Ian Petts, Chief Accountant, ES-KO International managed Peter indirectly at ContractualCFO & Sox International
“Peter is a truly competent, dynamic and useful resource for all things SOX and accounting control related. Furthermore, he has a broad strategic business view which allows him to recommend real solutions to business issues. Highly recommended.” Antony Francis, CEO / Founder, Commerce Chain Consulting was with another company when working with Peter at ContractualCFO & Sox International
“Peter is both a client and a collaborator. Peter and I have spoken together on Sarbanes-Oxley (he focused on SOX compliance/internal controls) and Peter's level of preparation and knowledge were impressive.” Jonathan Trafimow, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. was a consultant or contractor to Peter at ContractualCFO & Sox International
“Peter is a finance expert, with deep insight into domestic and international finance. Peter is extremely charismatic, and his grasp of the issues at hand makes him a great leader. As a fellow finance professional, I wholeheartedly endorse Peter.” Rahoul Banerjea, Vice President, Finance, Digimarc ID Systems, LLC was with another company when working with Peter at ContractualCFO & Sox International
“I can best describe Peter Welch as a visionary entrepreneur with great determination, focus and drive to succeed. I have met Peter while conducting a search for a Client company of mine for a Sr. Level Finance Consultant with Sarbanes Oxley Audit experiences. As a result of having many conversations with Peter, I found him to be a refreshing intellectual who not only possess very strong “academic teaching background” but also has many years of demonstrated “hands-on” corporate experiences and successes. His in-depth knowledge with Sox and Sarbanes Oxley makes him a strong and valuable contributor.” Eva Jenkins, Owner, VIPInnovations was a consultant or contractor to Peter at ContractualCFO & Sox International
"During 2003, Peter Welch was sub-contracted to work for my firm, PADCO Inc.,
out of Washington, DC, on a USAID funded Local Government Support Activities
program in Bosnia-Herzegovina. We employed Peter as a Process Reengineer, on a
short-term basis, until the permanent hire was available to travel. Given our
commitments and imminent deadlines under this program, we required someone with
Peter's experience, maturity and skill sets to go in, at very short notice, to
take charge and get the Process Reengineering project underway. He was
contracted to initially guide the development of process reengineering and
information mapping within the local Public-sector Municipalities. This
assignment also demanded considerable tact and diplomacy in order for Peter to
effectively be a change-agent within an Eastern European culture and dealing
with Department Heads of 30+ years experience and a history of conflict. He did
an excellent job, especially at such short notice, in establishing the
benchmarks that would later be repeated throughout other Republic of Srpska
localities. The one-stop shop program has proven to be a great success,
certainly in part to Peter's initial efforts in developing, documenting and
improving the processes involved. I have no hesitation in recommending Peter,
and his firm, as he moves forward in similar assignments and especially on an
international basis." Duane Kissick, President