Cecilia Mowatt

Biographie : Cecilia Antonietta Mowatt Director McDonald's Corporation McDonald's Corporation (1994-present) Director-Business Development Serves as both the internal proactive incubator and the external recipient for real estate acquisition opportunities. Develops and implements an infrastructure and a process for identifying, evaluating, and negotiating target acquisition and strategic partnership opportunities to enhance McDonald's market share of locations. Focus on alliances, partnerships, licensing deals and acquisition of enterprises that increase current U.S. locations. · Assess current models of business operations and develops appropriate new models as needed. · Manage working relationships with alliances. Manage external aspects of market research. · Initiate and review "deals" for profit, viability and applicability to market share goal. Coordinate due diligence process to examine feasibility. · Understand and articulate business models and economic drivers of potential acquisitions to the Divisions. · Assess acquisitions regarding relevancy beyond real estate investment to brand expansion and facilitate review by appropriate departments from a product development/product marketing perspective. · Structure acquisition methodology, hire appropriate service providers to execute and participate in key contract negotiations. Excess Property (1997-2000) Director-Oak Brook, IL Marketed outsourced services to and coordinated with 5 Divisions and 38 Regions to create strategies in anticipation of relocations and store closings. Directed the activities of providers, Trammell Crow and CB Richard Ellis, in the property management and disposition of marketable nationwide excess property portfolio of over 200 sites with 550,000 s.f. in buildings, 5.7 million s.f. land and over $84 million in Net Book Value. Managed program expenses of over $1 million to ensure budget compliance. Established policies and programs for non-restaurant related equipment, devices and services to create revenue opportunities. Interpreted ATM policy and negotiated appropriate contracts. · Developed and implemented the expansion of a trial outsourcing program, refocusing regions on management of excess. Increased program participation from 28% in 1998 pilot program to 77% in the initial year of the program. Negotiated a 15% decrease in fixed contract costs with service provider to reflect lower administrative costs. · Reduced McDonald's ownership risks and expenses by achieving a 48% reduction in Accounts Receivable. · Directed negotiations and strategies to achieve over $17 million in transactions value. Exceeded plan for both deal quantity and quality in dollar value, reduced cycle time and achievement of targeted disposition price. · Negotiated a contract with Citibank to establish an ATM program for the Chicago region. Collaborated with Treasury department and divisional personnel to craft and select recipients for a Request for Proposal to establish nationwide ATM preferred providers. Education University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, Graduate School of Business; J.D, M.B.A. 1986 Admitted to the Illinois Bar (1987) and Federal Bar (1987) Stanford University B.A. in Sociology and Spanish, 1982 Sociology honor fraternity