Simon Whittaker
Enterprise Risk Management
Building strategy through risk management to enable innovation
Originally from the UK, I have lived and worked in China, the Sultanate of Oman, Tanzania, Iraq, and France. I have also had, and continue to have, short assignments in many other countries around the world.
This blog is an attempt to bring my thoughts, experiences, and learnings to life both for myself and the wider public wherever you are in the world. Enjoy!
– Simon Whittaker

Corporate Finance: Company Valuation
What is a reasonable price for a target company, so that an acquisition will be profitable enough to reward financing? Enterprise and Equity A company is a business (capital employed) financed by invested capital (received from either debt or share holders). Buying a business is about buying capital employed. Buying a percentage of a businessContinue reading “Corporate Finance: Company Valuation”
Corporate Finance: The Fundamentals
What are the key concepts required for a basic understanding of corporate finance?What do we need to know if we are to understand the CFO? In this post I intend to explain the fundamentals. To understand corporate finance we need to rely on a reference scheme, start from an initial finding and then use someContinue reading “Corporate Finance: The Fundamentals”