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Richard Grenfell-Hill is Chief Economist at Diageo plc, providing detailed macroeconomic, tax, trade, regulatory and value chain modelling, analysis, forecasting and technical advice for strategic decision making on a global basis. During the pandemic he also modelled infection rates and the evolution of vaccine programs on reopening economies. However, his main specialism is in indirect tax economics, regularly conducting tax workshops around the world, at industry and government level. He holds an MSc in economics from Birkbeck, University of London with a distinction for his paper on the transmission of house price shocks on business financing decisions and has completed the Comparative Tax Policy and Administration Course at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Richard is a Vice-Chair of the Economic Policy Committee for the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) at the OECD and of the Society of Professional Economists (SPE) in the UK. He lives in London, is married with two children and is a keen equestrian in his spare time.

15 years marketing experience in Global Enterprise Tech organisations focusing on Finance, procurement and IT personas - taking complex business propositions and simplifying them for the digital world. Listed as top 22 B2B Tech Marketing Innovators in the UK 2022. Ambassador for B2B Marketing Hive community.

A fully qualified ACCA with over 6 years experience in monthly management reporting, financial analysis and budgeting/forecasting, Robbie joined Payhawk in January of this year to lead Payhawk's team of expert solution engineers. As a previous customer of Payhawk, Robbie offers a valuable insight into how Payhawk's unique product features can benefit financial professionals in practice.

James is a multi-award-winning commercially savvy executive with a proven track record for delivering explosive growth and business transformation. He is a highly driven and inspiring leader with a passion for elite standards, customer centricity, impactful communication and a ‘change the game’ attitude. Currently CFO of Kantar Profiles he is supporting their growth acceleration programme as they transform into a digital-first industry leader, powered by Bain Capial. James is a Fellow of CIMA where he has sat on the global board for 6 years and finished top of his MBA class at Cranfield School of Management.

Chief Financial Officer of Ogilvy UK. Leading the commercial and finance function of Ogilvy 5 business offering. Partnering business leaders and specialist functions to ensure seamless, effective delivery of cut through creative communication which delivers business results.

Sujit Nair is the Chief Finance Officer for eBay UK Ltd since 2020. As CFO, he is responsible for the company’s operational strategy, resource management, governance, and risk mitigation. Prior to the CFO role, he held several finance leadership roles at eBay in the UK and Germany. Sujit has close to two decades of international experience in finance, project management and operations in the retail and digital space. Outside of his 7+ years with eBay, he has also worked for marquee companies like Tesco Plc and Flipkart India Ltd (India’s largest online retailer acquired by Walmart) in both Asia and Europe. Sujit received his MBA in Finance at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and has a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Huiming is the Commercial CFO for the Europe Region at Illumina, the world’s biggest innovator and manufacturer of DNA sequencers since 1998. Before Illumina, Huiming spent 13 years with GE and GE Healthcare with senior leadership experience at a global scale. She has worked across multiple industries, including Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Biotechnology, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy, and Financial Services. Huiming is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA). Huiming has lived and worked in more than 10 cities across 4 countries (China, US, UK, Italy). Outside of finance, Huiming is passionate about intercultural leadership and global talent’s development. She is the founding member of CHIEF UK, a private network that connects and supports the most powerful women executives to magnify their influence and to bring others with them. In addition to her corporate job, she is also an executive researcher in organizational behavior at Bayes Business School, with a mission to bridge academia and practitioners.

Experienced Group Finance Director with a proven track record of supporting business transformation at a strategic and operational level. Extensive experience ranges from start-up and high growth businesses to large complex multi-nationals, within the Managed/Facility services, Retail, Manufacturing, Recruitment, Technology and Pharmaceutical markets. Successful at creating and leading multi-functional teams, including Finance, Compliance and Procurement. A commercial and forward-thinking Finance leader with a proven track record of delivery and change management in market leading UK and international customer focused organisations. Key Expertise: Financial and Commercial Strategies, Working Capital & Cost Reductions, Driving Change & Transformation, End-to-End System Implementations, Finance Systems & Reporting, Company Turnaround & Re-Organisations, Business start-ups.

Jonathan Elazar was born in Montreal, Canada and grew up in an international environment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Barcelona, Spain. Jonathan started his career in GE in 2010 through the Finance leadership programs (Financial Management Program (FMP) & Corporate Audit Staff (CAS) which develop leaders across the functions through extensive training and practical audit and consulting advisory leadership roles. Was promoted to different finance leadership roles within Europe and is now the CFO for the digital division of Baker Hughes. Throughout his 13 year career across 11 countries, Jonathan became fluent in 4 languages: French, English, Spanish and Italian and developed outstanding problem solving and quantitative analysis skills. Jonathan is based in London with his 2 young kids and his wife.

CFO / FD and Head of Transformation & Investments, Operations at the London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSEG). Premal is a trusted finance leader, with 20+ years of international experience and leading finance functions in multi-site FTSE 100, Fortune 500 and PE backed businesses. He is recognised as an inspiring people leader and trusted co-pilot to fellow business leaders. He has a passion for influencing business strategy, driving transformational change / value optimisation initiatives, and developing leading teams. At LSEG, Premal partners with the Group COO’s leadership team and is responsible for real estate, procurement, corporate operations, data governance and operational excellence. He is a committed member of LSEG’s Asian Network and several boards. Premal is a Fellow of the ICAEW following the completion of the ACA and Corporate Finance Diploma, and a board advisor / member of several finance communities which deliver peer-to-peer learning opportunities. He enjoys traveling, hiking, scuba diving, and learning about wildlife.

David Woodall, Director Strategic Marketing, R2R & Finance Operations, provides industry & strategic insight to both internal teams and external analysts based on over 30 years of industry experience. As an FCCA qualified accountant, David has worked in a number of financial leadership roles in a variety of industries both in operational and transformational roles with experience in ERP deployment, shared services operations, experience with outsourced providers and also in R2R process design. David joined Trintech from GSK where he was part of the R2R GPO team that built out a roadmap to help drive service improvements from their existing operation model by the use of digital platforms and designed new processes to drive risk-based approach and increase the level of automation to help drive a best-in-class approach.

• Jonathan has over 25 years of sales and general management experience in international, business-to-business environments. This experience covers having worked with SME through to Fortune 500 clients. As an Office of the CFO and Working Capital specialist, he regularly contributes at industry events.

Experienced Senior Commercial Finance Leader. Adept in all aspects of Finance, with a particular passion for strategic business partnering with senior leaders and building high performing teams with data driven reporting and lean processes. Industries including Telecoms, Financial Services, Commodities, Trading and Manufacturing.

Phil is currently CFO of AIM listed Corero Network Security plc, the DDoS Protection Specialists. As well as running the finance function, Phil is also Head of People, Investor Relations and Legal for the organisation, which spans across the UK, Europe and US, providing market-leading DDoS protection for hundreds of customers worldwide. Prior to joining Corero, Phil spent 6 years in a number of different roles at Kambi Group plc, the leading global independent sportsbook provider, with his last role being the Group SVP finance. Within this role, Phil spent 1 year in Philadelphia establishing the US office for Kambi, as well as oversight over the global finance function and all offices globally. Phil qualified as an accountant with KPMG audit, living and working in Sweden, Germany and the UK for over 6 years before joining Royal Dutch Shell as a financial controller within their Holdings and Treasury team.

I'm a seasoned finance leader with a passion for numbers and strategy. Over nearly two decades, I have enjoyed a dynamic career in tech and entertainment in enviable globally recognised brands. My track record includes contributing to an improvement of over £150 million EBITDA (and counting, if we are counting!), driven by top-line growth exceeding £300 million and cost optimisation of nearly £35 million.

A global executive experience in finance, investment management, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Trillium Flow Technologies, Kerem served as Senior Vice President at First Reserve Corporation focusing on industrial equipment and services investments globally, including investment origination and structuring, due diligence, negotiation, execution, and portfolio management. Kerem’s experience includes playing a key role in the acquisition of Trillium Flow Technologies (formerly Weir Flow Control) by First Reserve in 2019. Before joining First Reserve, he worked at HSBC Principal Investments and started his career at Ernst & Young. Kerem holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and an MBA, with distinction, from INSEAD. Formerly known as Weir Flow Control within Weir Group (LON:WEIR), Trillium Flow Technologies is a global designer, manufacturer of original equipment and aftermarket replacements, spare parts and services provider of pumps, valves and actuators. Trillium Flow Technologies serves critical industrial, infrastructure and energy related end markets with around 2,000 employees in 11 manufacturing plants and 6 service centers spanning the UK, the US, Italy, France, China, Korea, the Netherlands, UAE and KSA.

Alex has spent 15 years with GE completing their high potential development programs for finance, audit and internal consulting. He’s worked in 20+ countries and all the major GE business units. Most recently he has been in their Onshore Wind and Renewables business as Supply Chain CFO and as a sourcing executive since 2015. During this time he’s dealt with tariff wars, actual wars and volatile FX and inflation environments.

Fernando is a seasoned CFO with experience over a broad range of industries, geographies and company archetypes and a passion for building successful teams through coaching and delivering effective finance leadership. He has 18 years of experience in Finance, of which over 10 years in the pharma sector and expertise in Finance Business Partnering, Finance Transformation, Fundraising and M&A. Since 2021, Fernando works as Finance Director, Rare Diseases at Kyowa Kirin International (KKI), a Japan-based Global Specialty Pharma. Prior to KKI, Fernando worked at GSK for 8 years in various roles across Group Controlling, Vaccines, Supply Chain and Commercial Finance. His last role was Country CFO, Russia, based in Moscow. Before GSK, Fernando spend the beginning of his career working in a number of different finance roles of increasing responsibility in several companies, including Procter & Gamble and J&J in Brazil. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, having previously graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science double degree between State University of Campinas (Brazil) and Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France). Fernando is married with two young children and he enjoys running and trading. He speaks three languages and has lived in 6 different countries.

Highly accomplished Chartered Accountant (ACCA-UK & CPA-Canada) and Finance Professional with nearly two decades of experience in the Technology, Telecommunication, Shipping, and Logistics industries. Holds a Master of Science in Professional Accountancy from the University of London. Currently, the Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis for _VOIS-Vodafone, overseeing FP&A operations across multiple countries including Hungary, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Egypt, India, and the UK. Previously, held Senior Finance managerial roles, including Country Finance Manager at Vodafone, responsible for Technology Finance in Germany, Italy, UK, and Spain. Recognized for expertise in financial strategy and planning, performance management, financial accounting, investment evaluations, and business partnering. Skilled in leveraging financial insights for strategic planning, resource optimization, and data-driven decision-making. Demonstrates a collaborative leadership style and strong analytical skills to delivering results. Key Accomplishments: • Led finance transformation and restructuring initiatives resulting in efficiency, effectiveness, and improved value addition. • Implemented robust financial planning processes with cloud-based planning and reporting systems, significantly reducing budgeting cycle time and improving accuracy. • Introduced a robust Value reporting framework to drive Value improvement initiatives and to identify underperforming areas. • 100% achievement of financial KPIs for three consecutive years in current role Overall, a strategic-minded finance professional with proven track record of delivering exceptional results, optimizing financial performance, and driving cross-functional collaboration to achieve business success.

CFO / FD and Head of Transformation & Investments, Operations at the London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSEG). Premal is a trusted finance leader, with 20+ years of international experience and leading finance functions in multi-site FTSE 100, Fortune 500 and PE backed businesses. He is recognised as an inspiring people leader and trusted co-pilot to fellow business leaders. He has a passion for influencing business strategy, driving transformational change / value optimisation initiatives, and developing leading teams. At LSEG, Premal partners with the Group COO’s leadership team and is responsible for real estate, procurement, corporate operations, data governance and operational excellence. He is a committed member of LSEG’s Asian Network and several boards. Premal is a Fellow of the ICAEW following the completion of the ACA and Corporate Finance Diploma, and a board advisor / member of several finance communities which deliver peer-to-peer learning opportunities. He enjoys traveling, hiking, scuba diving, and learning about wildlife.

Jonathan Elazar was born in Montreal, Canada and grew up in an international environment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Barcelona, Spain. Jonathan started his career in GE in 2010 through the Finance leadership programs (Financial Management Program (FMP) & Corporate Audit Staff (CAS) which develop leaders across the functions through extensive training and practical audit and consulting advisory leadership roles. Was promoted to different finance leadership roles within Europe and is now the CFO for the digital division of Baker Hughes. Throughout his 13 year career across 11 countries, Jonathan became fluent in 4 languages: French, English, Spanish and Italian and developed outstanding problem solving and quantitative analysis skills. Jonathan is based in London with his 2 young kids and his wife.