Building a future-fit finance team requires more than identifying the skills you know you will need. It requires strategic workforce planning, data-driven decision making, and an ability to understand and adapt to shifting employee expectations.
Join our panel of finance leaders from across industries as they discuss:
how CFOs and HRDs can align on developing finance career pathways – including 'squiggly careers'
how employee expectations in finance are evolving, and what CFOs need to do to adapt
how to approach training, hiring, or outsourcing finance skills.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Andrea Aburrow has been the Agroberries Corporate CFO since September 2024, when the business acquired the BerryWorld Group. Prior to this, Andrea served as the BerryWorld CFO, having worked for the wider group for nearly 20 years. She started her career at PwC where she completed her Chartered Accountancy exams, and later held senior positions at BBC and Siemens.
Liz is Group Finance Director at SSE, responsible for Group Financial Reporting including Performance analysis, Audit Oversight, Financial Forecasting and Budgeting and the continued adoption of digital tools and analytics across finance. She also leads the SSE Finance People Strategy, including talent development and succession planning, and sponsors the Finance People Development Committee. Liz stepped into the Group FD role in January 2024, with her remit expanding in September to include Group Reporting and Finance Transformation. She has been with SSE since 2009, having held a range of senior roles including Financial Controller for SSE Renewables. Throughout her career, Liz has championed flexible working, having worked part-time for over a decade while raising her two daughters. She is passionate about developing people and creating space for careers that grow in different ways.
Currently leading the finance function at Hotelplan UK, a group of specialist tour operators, through a divestment process and integration into a new parent company. My background is in Commercial Finance and FP&A, working across the Defence, Industrial Gases and Retail industries before joining Hotelplan 3 years ago, taking on the role of CFO on an interim basis in early 2025.
Katie brings over 25 years of HR experience in large, private organisations across a number of sectors, including hospitality, distribution, automotive, rail, construction and now professional services. Through her career she has advised leadership teams on all aspects of the people agenda.
