Success in Finance

Joining me today is David Bloom. David began his career at Jeffrey Henry's, a smaller accountancy practice before moving into the corporate finance function at KPMG. After spending some time as FD of a listed business in New Zealand, David joined Getty Images, where he assisted with the growth of the business and was responsible for the integration of acquisitions. Here, he won the Accountancy Age...

Joining me today is Joe Sage. Joe started out in audit before transitioning into Corporate Finance, where he worked on a number of transactions. This led him nicely into his Group Finance Manager role with Inspicio, an acquisitive business, where he applied his skillset to 3 acquisitions before assisting with Inspicio’s sale to 3i. This process also involved de-listing from AIM. Following this tra...

Joining me today is Patrick Dunne. Patrick spent 4 years at Air Products before studying for his MBA at Cranfield School of Management. He then joined 3i where he spent 27 years in Private Equity managing a number of different portfolios and sitting on many Boards. With this experience behind him, Patrick has gone on to found his own Board Advisory business, Boardelta, as well as Warwick in Africa...

Joining me this week is Jamie Nolan. Jamie joined Buzzacott LLP straight out of University following his degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Warwick. During his time at Buzzacott, Jamie has attained the CTA qualification and has progressed rapidly to Tax Manager level. Jamie details the opportunities available through a career in tax as well as the day to day nature of the role a...

Joining me today is Noreen Khan & Mark Sinjakli. Both give us a summary of their pre My Baker careers, with Noreen describing her journey through Communications at Deutsche Bank and Mark detailing his time in Restructuring. They then talk through the challenges of founding and running your own business, as well as the My Baker story and how Mark came to buy the business from Noreen. You can al...

Joining me this week is Andrew Ring. Andrew is currently CFO at Hitachi Capital. Having graduated from Cambridge with a Natural Sciences degree, he began his career with KPMG within insurance audit. After a brief stint in restructuring, Andrew moved to Barclays where he spent 8 years across a number of reporting and commercial roles, ultimately rising to FD of Barclays Corporate. At this point, he...

Joining me today is Andy Viner. Andy started his career in audit with KPMG, which included a secondment to Wellington in New Zealand. Upon returning to the UK, Andy took the opportunity to join Cable & Wireless in their Internal Audit function. Having worked out pretty quickly this wasn’t for him, he moved back into practice with Arthur Andersen in their Corporate Finance team. 3 years later,...

Joining me this week is Karen Sands. Karen was the youngest ever AAT at 18 and the youngest ever ACA at 20, before going on to complete the CTA. Karen spent 12 years teaching which spanned the introduction of IFRS and gave her the opportunity to train 80% of the FTSE 350 Finance teams on its application. Upon moving back into industry, she established herself as a contractor, meaning that she has...

Joining me today is Dan Bolland. Dan is currently a Partner at Sia Partners, having undertaken a varied career underpinned by driving improvements in process and performance. He has predominantly worked in the Financial Services space, undertaking pricing and profitability focused roles at HBOS, Northern Rock and Barclays before transitioning into more consultative roles at KPMG and now Sia. Dan h...

Joining me today is Dan Winters. Dan is currently Group FC at Paysafe Group Plc. He began his career in audit as a school leaver and worked his way up to Audit Manager over 9 years within the Consumer Markets space. Dan then joined Paysafe where he has spent the last 3 years, progressing to become part of the senior management team. Dan touches upon the benefit of a foundation in audit, the challe...

Joining me this week is Josh Rix & Luke Casey, co-founders of Woodhurst. Something slightly different this episode as Josh & Luke share their journey through the Management Consultancy space. They describe exactly how they came to specialise in Financial Services, before ultimately setting up Woodhurst. We discuss the merits of a year in industry, the grounding a finance qualification can...

Joining me this week is Gaurav Seth. Gaurav graduated from Oxford with a degree in PPE and embarked upon the ACA having recognised it as a leading foundation to the world of finance. Having spent 6 years at Deloitte within audit and M&A, Gaurav moves to Tesco where he worked in the Corporate Finance team and then as a business partner with a procurement focus. After 4 years, he then transition...

Joining me today is Jo Kanani. Jo began her career with the aspiration of becoming a Management Accountant, believing that was her ceiling and she would never surpass that level. Today, she is the CFO of Grayling, an international communications agency. She shares the story of her journey and how the support of those around her and an affable personality, coupled with hard work and dedication, has...

Joining me today are sisters Charlotte & Olivia, co-founders of Toco Swim. They talk us through their audit careers at PwC and BDO and how they developed a strong foundation in finance which equipped them with the skills and initiative to set up their own business. They touch upon international secondments, the challenges of running your own business and the advice that they would give to anyb...

Joining me this week is James Taylor. James began his career in audit and accounts at Haines Watts, spending some time in corporate finance before pursuing various commercial roles in financial institutions and the mobile payment solutions space. He is going to talk us through the proactive career decisions that he made as well as the experiences that equipped him to become the strategic CFO that...

Joining me this week is Ellie Worster, Senior Manager in the Business Outsourcing team at Buzzacott LLP. She talks us through her time in practice at CCW and Buzzacott LLP and how she has progressed to Senior Manager level. She addresses the benefits of the school leaver scheme and having longevity within a business. You can also visit my YouTube channel for recent video and face-to-face interview...

Joining me this week is Ian Daly, CFO, entrepreneur and businessman. Ian has achieved a great deal in his career including: - Growing and selling 2 multi-million pound businesses - Administrating a business before buying and building it into a successful profit generating operation - Being part of the team that developed and took to market the concept of pay as you go mobile phones - Operating as...

Joining me today is Tom Steabler, currently a Director at one of the “Big Three” credit ratings agencies. He talks us through his career to date including his experiences within audit, investment banking and now the credit ratings space. You can also visit my YouTube channel for recent video and face-to-face interviews. www.successinfinance.co.uk

Coming soon... Success in Finance. Here is a brief trailer explaining exactly what you can expect from the Podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/success-in-finance-b189711ab