A free Incremental Edge Live event for CFOs and senior finance leaders navigating growth, investment and increasing scrutiny.
Date: Tuesday 13th October 2026
Time: 10.00am - 1.30pm (Coffee on arrival and networking lunch included)
Location: Sage UK Office, Clubroom - 7th Floor, 224-226 Tower Bridge Rd, London, SE1 2UP
Audience: CFOs & senior finance leaders
The CFO role is expanding beyond the numbers into strategy, growth and decision-making, as expectations from boards, shareholders and investors continue to rise.
During this event, we’ll explore:
What boards and investors really expect from CFOs
How CFOs balance strategic influence with increasing accountability
What changes when investment enters the picture
How finance leaders can prepare themselves and their teams for what comes next
Expect honest conversation, practical insight and meaningful connections.
Founder, Patching
Brings experience as former Head of Technology at Tenzing Private Equity, combining a private equity perspective with deep technology expertise to explore how systems, cybersecurity and AI can strengthen enterprise value and prepare businesses for future investment or exit.
Managing Director, LCap Consulting
Brings the perspective of a multi-exited founder and adviser, drawing on his experience building, scaling and exiting businesses to explore how leadership teams create value and prepare for a successful exit.
Finance Director, Colonis Pharma
Brings first-hand finance leadership experience from private equity and listed environments, with a perspective on growth, transformation, M&A and building businesses that are ready for investment and scrutiny.
The morning brings together three in-depth conversations, with practical insight, different perspectives and plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
The centrepiece of the morning brings together three perspectives on what it takes to build a business that stands up to investor scrutiny.
Bringing together CFO, private equity and management perspectives, the panel will explore:
What being genuinely exit ready looks like in practice
How technology, data and reporting can make a business easier to scrutinise
What investors look for in both the business and the leadership team
What CFOs can start putting in place now, even when an exit is years away
A practical Q&A with Patty Efraimidou on what CFOs can put in place well before a transaction, from management information, forecasting and cash visibility to preparing for scrutiny and due diligence.
A practical Q&A with Paul Waite exploring how leaders build a business with enduring value, from management depth and reducing founder dependency to repeatable growth and the strategic decisions that strengthen the business ahead of a future exit.
Sage UK Office, Clubroom - 7th Floor, 224-226 Tower Bridge Rd, London, SE1 2UP
A great space for open conversation, with coffee on arrival and a networking lunch for those able to stay and continue the discussion.
Places are limited and offered on a first-come basis.
This is a free event, hosted by Datel as part of Incremental Edge Live, created to give senior finance leaders practical, experience-led insight.
Incremental Edge Live is hosted by Emma Pownall, Chief Growth Officer at Datel.
Emma’s career in strategy and marketing leadership, spanning almost two decades, has shaped her belief that growth comes from aligning business purpose, strategic thinking and culture with measurable outcomes.
Over the past 10 years as an executive director in a growing technology business, Emma has taken that perspective into the boardroom, helping leadership teams connect strategy to execution and deliver sustainable success.