Finance Leaders Summit 2023 | Elite Business Live | 8 March 2023 | Hilton London Kensington, 179-199 Holland Park Ave, London W11 4UL, UK

Transforming the finance function in growing businesses
The 7th annual Finance Leaders’ Summit takes place and is a must-attend event for all Chief Financial Officers and Finance Directors who would like to understand the changing role of the finance function within growing businesses in the UK, including the pressing questions regarding new and increased technology use, cybersecurity and financial risk, employee engagement and team collaboration to name a few. The event also focuses on developing your possible aspirations and journey from the role of CFO to CEO as well as a focus on developing personal skills including team leadership and talent acquisition.

2022 Past Speakers

Adnan Ahmed
Head, Strategy, Starling Bank

Agata Nowakowska
AVP EMEA, Skillsoft

Allyson Stewart-Allen
Chief Executive, International Marketing Partners

Andrew Collis
Chief Financial Officer, Moneypenny

Andrew Harding FCMA, CGMA
Chief Executive, Management Accounting PU

Andrew Stevens
Director, UK Small, Medium Business, Vodafone

Andy Wilson
Director, New Product Solutions, Dropbox

Anne Boden
Founder Starling Bank

Ash Schofield
CEO giffgaff

Barry Sacks
Global Chief Technology Officer, CV-Library

Ben Law
Vice President, Head, UK, Ireland, GoDaddy

Brad Sugars
Founder, ActionCOACH

Charlie Mullins
Founder, Pimlico Plumbers

Christina Okorocha
Cofounder, VAMP

Danny Stefanic
CEO, Founder, MootUp

Deri Llewellyn-Davis
Best-selling author

Deyan Dimitrov
Founder, CEO, Laundryheap

Donna Kelly
Senior VP, CGI Group

Dr Zeynep Hizir
Leading authority, commentator, business digital transformation

Emma Sayle
One, UK’s leading female entrepreneurs’

Eric Partaker
Co-founder, Chilango

Flavilla Fongang
Serial entrepreneur, author, founder, 3 Colours Rule

Gavin Mee
Managing Director Northern Europe, UiPath

Grace E Olugbodi
Founder, BeGenio

Guy Harrington
Founder Glenhawk

Guy Rigby
Chair, Entrepreneurial Services Services at Smith, Williamson

Hannah Prevett
Co-host, both days

Jackie Fast
Former Young Entrepreneur, Media Disrupter of the Year recipient

Jacob Thundil MBE
Managing Director, Founder, Cocofina

Jason Fowler
VP, HR Director UK, Head, HR Northern, Western, Southern Europe, Fujitsu

Jenny Knighting
CEO, Founder, Nutcracker Agency

Jessica Huie MBE
Entrepreneur, author, PURPOSE

Johnny Paterson
Multi award-winning entrepreneur, marketing expert

Julie Wagstaff
Co-owner, ActionCOACH

Kate Rowlinson
CEO, MediaCom UK

Ketan Makwana
Chairman, Enterprise Lab, Seventy7 Ventures

Lara Morgan
Scentered.com, Yogi Bare.

Lesley Batchelor OBE
International Trade Expert, Champion, Bootcamp Director

Luca Schnettler
CEO, Qumata Group

Matthew Moore
Managing Director, CV-Library

Michael Hayman MBE DL
Chair, Co-Founder, Seven Hills

Naveed Malik
Regional Director, EMEA, Channel Partnerships, Monday.com

Nick Adams
Vice President, EMEA, Globalization Partners

Nick Rosa
Metaverse Strategy, Extended Reality Lead Europe, Accenture

Nicola Cook
Chief Opportunity Officer, Company Shortcuts

Nimisha Brahmbhatt
Award, winning management consultant, investor, entrepreneur

Oli Barrett MBE
MC, both days

Paul Scully MP
Minister, Small Business, Labour, Consumer Markets

Paulina Sygulska
Entrepreneur, angel investor, TEDx speaker, founder, GrantTree

Phil Hobden
Head, Customer Education, Engagement, Capitalise

Piers Linney
Founder, CEO of Moblox

Rajeeb Dey
Founder, CEO, Learnerbly

Richard Bearman
Managing Director Small Business Lending, British Business Bank.

Roan Lavery
Co-founder, CEO of FreeAgent

Sabrina Stocker
Founder, Two Comma PR

Sara French
Director, Trade, Growth at London, Partners

Sean Flanagan
Operations Director UK, France at Avery

Sherry Coutu CBE
Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor

Simon Crowther
CEO, FPS Group

Sonya Barlow
Award-Winning Entrepreneur, TEDxSpeaker, Diversity Coach, Author

Sophie Milliken
CEO, Moja Group

Steve Birch
CEO, Sky Betting, Gaming

Tara McGeehan
President, CGI’s UK operations

Tim Hyde
Founder, Director, Social Media Marketing Agency, TWH Media

Tim Vine
Head, International Finance, Risk Solutions at Dun, Bradstreet

Tony Currie
Creative Director at Imagination

Trusha Lakhani
Award winning business coach