As expectations from boards, shareholders and investors continue to rise, the role of the CFO is expanding. CFOs are now expected to shape the story behind the numbers, act as a trusted partner to the CEO and leadership team, build finance functions that can scale, and ensure the right systems and insight are in place to support growth and scrutiny alike.
During this event, the panel will explore how:
The CFO role is evolving, in practice, not just in theory.
CFOs balance strategic influence with increasing accountability.
Private equity investment, or seeking it, impacts day-to-day decision-making and team dynamic.
Finance leaders can equip themselves - and their functions - to succeed.
CFO, University College London Business
Shares how the CFO role operates at scale, how finance aligns with operations, drives change, and how clear insight and communication support strategic leadership.
Partner (Finance), DRAX
Offers a recruiter’s perspective on how CFOs are assessed for influence, leadership capability and decision making capability, and how this shapes CFO career progression.
Senior Investment Director, Palatine Private Equity LLP
Provides a private equity view on transparency, governance and what builds confidence and trust in CFOs and finance teams across the investment lifecycle.
Finance Director, Datel
First-hand experience driving transformational change in high-growth businesses in owned and PE-invested environments. .
The event includes three in-depth conversations designed to provide practical insight and answer your questions directly, with specialists who are rarely this accessible.
Incremental Edge Live is hosted by Emma Pownall, Marketing Director 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.
