The Numbers People Podcast: Recent Episodes
Richard Holmes
Designed for Accounting and Finance professionals and will look into the ins’ and out’s of what makes finance people and their teams great. The goal is for it to become a real value add resource for anyone working within finance. A finance mentoring podcast if you will. The podcast will discuss everything from culture, finance attributes, teams, stresses, careers, systems, robotics, the future of finance and what works and what doesn’t. We're going to be speaking with some highly regarded Senior Finance people from a range of industries, those whom we think will be inspirational to many. I will also be speaking with career coaches who can offer you lots of insight into how to approach your career and job search.To contact Richard please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
James Burt is a Finance Director at Oracle and an experienced CFO who has implemented business transformation and technology solutions across four continents.
Commencing his career at Unilever is worth both large and small companies and has a track record of delivering profitable growth.
James is a people-focused senior finance leader with experience covering supply chain at audit outsourcing and large project transformations.
To contact Richard Holmes, please call 0403 513 720 or reach out to richardh@hprconsulting.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Starting his career in the Big 4, Daniel is a people-focused leader who has recently moved from Finance to Operations. He has over 20 years of experience across various industry sectors, geographical locations and financial disciplines.
He is highly strategic and commercially minded and has a proven track record of driving increased productivity and achieving significant growth at the top and bottom line.
Daniel currently works for James Hardie as Director of Operations and previously as Finance Director. Before this, he worked in Senior Finance roles within Emirate, Travelex, Geodis and Kantar.
To contact Richard Holmes, please call 0403 513 720 or reach out to richardh@hprconsulting.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
James Solomons is an Innovative Business Leader who has a true knack for 'humanising the numbers'.
With experience drawn from a range of industries including professional services, technology, start-up sector, entrepreneurship, financial services, academia, building & construction, small business management & chartered accounting James has been able to bring this together into a unique approach to business growth and management. He is an experienced accountant who has successfully made the transition from public practice to CFO of an ASX listed tech company.
To contact James please reach out to him at https://jamessolomons.com/
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out at richardh@hprconsulting.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Shane Stacey is an experienced Finance Director and Shared Services expert. He currently works at WPP AUNZ, a global leading advertising and marketing organization.
Shane is a qualified chartered accountant and an experienced regional finance director with a demonstrated value and history of working in various industries, including financial services, logistics and manufacturing, is skilled in managing large scale finance teams operations, process improvement by new selling blackbelt and shared services.
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Fabian Kuehn is the Group CFO of Orro, Australia's platform enabled secure network and digital infrastructure provider.
Starting as a graduate at Unilever, Fabian has worked in three continents and has a track record across business partnering, performance management and financial control.
He is passionate about driving change in value improvements and has helped grow businesses profitability by driving growth programs, leadership, business collaboration, controllership and change management. To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Heidi Duncan is APAC Finance Operations Director for Unispace a business revolutionizing the creation of the workplace.
Heidi is a results-driven, energetic Finance executive with over 20 years of experience. Commencing her career in Big 4, she has worked for Chanel, Aldi, Dupont, Qantas and Flight Centre to name a few.
Heidi is CA and MBA qualified and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
With a passion for mentoring people and developing high-performing teams, Heidi has a charismatic and collaborative leadership style.To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Brad Eisenhuth is the founder and CEO of The Outperformer, a consultancy that designs integrate and facilitate performance and change focused solutions for businesses on their teams.
Many of our audience will know Brad's a thought leader in the finance space around culture change and adoption of technology, all of which his team works on in partnership with finance teams around the world.
Check out the work The Outperformer here -
https://www.theoutperformer.co/
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Gina McNamara is the Regional CFO for SAP Asia Pacific and Japan. She has been working in the technology industry for 17 years and in the firms before that.
Gina is the Executive Sponsor of the SAP Business Women’s Network, Unconscious Bias, Sustainability, and the Business Continuity team, which managed the process and policy changes for SAP ANZ as part of COVID-19.
She is an executive who is extremely passionate about people and technology. When all are aligned to a vision and strategy that is underpinned by trust and equity, the results will follow!
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
**Rafael Pasquet is Director and CFO for Mercedes Benz Financial Services.
He's a people-orientated executive leader who has a passion for technology and talent. He has worked across three continents and has been rewarded for his work in multiple countries.
Rafael is known to be an authentic and value-driven leader who has successfully driven and implemented large organizational and digital business transformations across culture, people, processes, and systems.
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/**
**Jean Baptiste or JB, as he's known, is CFO of the St. Vincent DePaul Society (Vinnies). Prior to this has worked for Johnson and Johnson, Coca Cola Amatil, Flight Center and Thales.
JB is a highly skilled and experienced CFO and Commercial Director, with a strong finance background and leading-edge comprehension, and expertise in customer insights and business intelligence
Throughout his career, has been recognized for his ability to build and enhance strong team cultures and increase engagement and outcomes.
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/**
**Anders Liu-Lindberg is Co-Founder of Business Partnering Institue.
Based over in Europe, Anders is a renowned finance business partner, and a leading advisor to senior finance and FP&A leaders on how to succeed with business partnering.
He is s respected speaker, and he is the co-author of the book “Create value as a finance business partner”. Having worked for large corporations for the majority of his career, he decided it was time to crack the code and business partnering and in 2018, and he co-founded the Business Partnering Institute.
He has nearly 60,000 followers on LinkedIn, and people listen to what he says.
Check out Anders work here https://businesspartneringinstitute.org/ To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/**
**Kate Beattie is the Deputy CFO of Endeavour Group, Australia's leading retail drinks and hospitality business.
She is a highly accomplished senior finance professional with over 20 years of progressive leadership roles, both here in Australia and overseas.
Kate has worked for a number of blue-chip corporates, including the Commonwealth Bank, Worley Parsons, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems to name a few.
Kate is an adaptable and driven people leader and is known for inspiring those around her.
During the episode, we talk about the Tour de Cure, an amazing community dedicated in their fight to cure cancer. Please click here to learn more.*https://www.tourdecure.com.au/* To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/**
Richard McIntosh is an experienced Commercial Director and recently promoted performance director for Ausgrid, Australia's largest distributor of electricity provided products and services.
Richard is skilled in guiding senior executives through complex decision making, driving transformation and delivering operational outcomes.
He has deep experience in corporate finance, valuation and due diligence across energy and telecommunications industries.
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Alena Bennett is a chartered accountant with international public practice in corporate experience.
She's a trained educator, and a published author. Alena is the go to the senior finance leaders looking for the next level of success.
If you would like to chat you can contact her on 0451 541 481 or email alena@alenabennett.com.au
To find out more about her work click on http://www.alenabennett.com
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
In this episode, we welcome back to the podcast Angela Farmeary.
Angela is a career coach with her own career coaching business called Mindful Careers. mindfulcareers.com.au
Prior to this, Angela was a recruiter for 15 years working in agency recruitment, and internal recruitment for Citibank and Coca Cola.
Angela is passionate about partnering with our clients to help them unlock their true potential to get the job they want to achieve career success.
In this episode, we discuss all things LinkedIn and Resumes.
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/
Jeremy Eugenio is Regional CFO Asia Pacific for Brookfield Asset Management.
He is a senior finance executive with over 15 years of experience across the asset management, industrial services, media, energy and financial services sectors. Prior to Brookfield, he worked for Seven Group Holdings and Babcock and Brown.
**In his current role in the Infrastructure team, he is responsible for all reporting obligations across Brookfield’s infrastructure assets in the Asia Pacific region. He also leads the finance and due diligence workstreams for all Infrastructure acquisitions and dispositions, capital management initiatives as well as the onboarding and integration of portfolio companies.
To contact Richard Holmes please call 0403 513 720 or reach out on richardh@hprconsulting.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardholmesfinancerecruiter/**
**Sean Singh is CFO, ANZ for Sherwin Williams, a leading multinational painting coating, manufacturing company.
Sean is CPA and CIMA certified with executive leadership experienced, focused on people and culture. He has a track record of delivering results in the FMCG, Pharmaceutical and Chemicals industries.
He is skilled in negotiation, business planning, C suite management, trade marketing, business process improvement and driving profitability.**
Arthur Zouras is CFO for myHomecare, a leading in-home aged care business.
CA qualified is a highly accomplished senior finance professional and a collaborative leader. He has worked for Expedia, Suncorp and Aviva.
Throughout his career, Arthur has focused on building world-class teams and aligning financial and business metrics to support strategy and high-growth.
His career has taken him across the globe working in Asia, Europe and The United States.
Adrian Hermens is Head of Commercial for Government & Citizen Services for Spotless Group, a division of Downer.
Adrian is a Senior Finance Professional with over 20 years of experience owning results at global and regional levels.
Prior to Spotless, Adrian has worked for SIMS, Aristocrat, UGL, Downer, Goodman Fielder and Woolworths. A strong people leader, he has broad commercial finance covering strategy, business analytics, forecasting, planning, M&A and integration planning.
**Mats Weiss is CFO and CEO for The MySale Group, a leading eCommerce retailer.
Mats is a highly accomplished senior regional finance professional, with over 20 years of progressive leadership roles across world-class, global business environments. He's worked for the likes of 20th Century Fox, Philip Morris, Nike and PwC.
Mats is a driven and adaptable leader, with a record of leading, motivating and inspiring large and diverse groups of professionals.
He is passionate about transforming finance functions into strategic value-adding centres of excellence.**
**Tim Slater is GM Commercial for Hunter Valley Operations, a joint venture between Yancoal and Glencore.
With over 20 years of experience, Tim is CA qualified and commenced his career in chartered and quickly rose through the ranks.
Tim has worked for EY, Toll, and Rio Tinto to name a few.**
**Phil Wallace is an internationally experienced CFO and Board Director with a demonstrated history of working in the FMCG and building material industries.
Phil has strong supply chain manufacturing and multi-industry M&A experience across the Asia Pacific region.
He is skilled in strategic development and transformational leadership, transfer pricing, internal audit, pricing strategy, internal controls in shared services and development.**
**Byron Bassett is a Senior Finance Director at Johnson and Johnson, a large multinational healthcare company.
Prior to J&J, Byron has worked for Dyson, Woolworths, Activision and GlaxoSmithKline in Senior Commercial Finance and Operational roles.
He has a broad background covering marketing management, operations, supply chain logistics, warehousing, business planning, transformation, analytics, sales, commercial finance, accounting property, and retail.
Byron is a proactive and passionate business partner.**
Dilip Kherajani is CFO of Surevision, Australia and New Zealand's premier digital screen solution provider, servicing sports stadiums, retail shopping centres, airport precincts, and digital out of home advertising.
From humble beginnings in India, Dilip moved to Australia and worked his way up the career ladder working in multiple finance roles.
At International SOS, Dilip oversaw the finances of over 18 countries, and in his current role is helping to drive the rapid growth of an industry-leading technology business.
Michelle Spiller is a CA PhD qualified finance professional with extensive Big 4, academic and corporate experience. Michelle is currently a Finance Director at Infomedia, a global SaaS ASX listed company.
I know through recent discussions with Michelle that the environment and strong relationships she has built Infomedia have propelled her into an exciting personal hyper-growth phase of her career.
Underpinned by her philosophy of ‘staying true to yourself’ and ‘people before deliverables’,
Michelle finds strength in being vulnerable and leading with compassion and empathy.
She has embraced many lessons and learnings in her journey to this point, which I feel may resonate with our listeners.
**Emma Brown is a high energy and resourceful executive who enjoys inspiring others to push the boundaries of what is possible to deliver exceptional commercial results.
With over 10 years leadership experiences manage broad remit including finance, people and culture, commercial strategy, legal risk and compliance customer insights and it functions starting her journey within the big four in the UK and Australia. She has forged a successful Fast Track career in hydrotherapy, and ASX listed companies and has also gained valuable experience in the nonprofit space.
Emma was awarded the UN Women NCAA NBA scholarship in recognition of her work in creating career opportunities for women and improving gender diversity through policy and flexibility. She was also selected as a finalist for the 2020 Telstra Business Women's Award.**
Anne Terry. Anne is a passionate and energetic leader, with over 18 years experience in strategy, commercial management, business transformation, financial management, performance improvement, process re-engineering, risk management and project delivery in within TOP 100 ASX.
She has worked for multi-national and government enterprises in the infrastructure, utilities, construction, building, transport (road, rail and metro) & real estate sectors.
Anne has delivered sustainable positive results through transformation & optimisation, enhancing bottom-line outcomes and successfully held senior Finance Director / Chief Financial Officer Roles for businesses with a total project value of > $3.5bn.
**Lana Murray is CFO of Roche Group, one of Australia's premier property development groups.
Commencing her career at BDO, she has over 15 years of experience in accounting and property industry. In her current role, she's responsible for the group's financial performance and assisting the executive chairman in the achievement of the company's strategic objectives.
Prior to Roche Group, Lana worked for Frasers Property Australia in a number of senior finance roles.**
**Chris Berner is Head of Finance at Temple & Webster, a leading eCommerce business in the homewares and furniture space.
He is a commercially minded and a proactive finance professional with over 15 years of experience in retail construction, FMCG manufacturing and the natural resources sectors.
Chris has considerable ASX and multinational private companies experience complemented with a Big 4 background.**
Chris is a CA qualified and CFO at Ricoh Australia.
He possesses over a decade of broad commercial experience across FMCG, IT and Service based industries.
With a professional career commencing in audit, Chris has held a number of commercial roles at Woolworths, Qantas, TAFE NSW and Fuji Xerox.
He has a passion for major brands in the inherent mechanics of commerciality, within organizations marked as high performing innovative market leaders.
Anthony Boyd is CEO at Frasers Property Australia, a leading diversified property company active in development and asset management across all major Australian markets.
With over 25 years’ experience in the property and finance industries and a strong business acumen, Anthony oversees the development of mixed-use, commercial and retail together with residential land, housing and apartments.
Anthony is also responsible for Frasers Property's investment property portfolio management as well as the sustainability focused energy retailer, Real Utilities.
As a leading Australian property professional, Anthony represents Frasers Property on the Property Council of Australia’s Corporate Leaders Group and Property Male Champions of Change.
Chris is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years’ experience in senior commercial and finance roles.
After developing his skills in a chartered accounting practice, Chris was Financial Controller at Gordon and Gotch (FMCG with $800m sales at the time) and then CFO of a media division within the listed APN News and Media. At APN Chris was heavily involved in restructuring – including selling group assets, renegotiating unprofitable government advertising contracts and returning his division (Australian Posters) to profitability.
15 years ago Chris joined the management consulting start-up Partners in Performance as their inaugural CFO. He built the finance function from the ground up, before becoming Head of Commercial responsible for setting up Partners in Performance overseas subsidiaries – which now total some 60 companies. Chris has also set up a family office for the founder of the group.
Jon Wood is a Senior Finance Executive with over 19 years of experience.
Originally from the UK, Jon is a CA qualified who commenced his career in chartered and quickly rose through the ranks.
He emigrated to Australia in 2010, made the commercial move to Broadspectrum as Group Financial Controller, then GM Finance and then moved to Stockland where he recently completed a business transformation project.
Lisa Jennings is the CFO and Acting Country Manager for CoreLogic in New Zealand.
With over 15 years of finance experience, Lisa is a CA qualified accountant. She started her career with PwC in the UK and then emigrated to Australia.
Lisa made her commercial move to Stockland and then onto CoreLogic where she has progressed through to her current role.
Arno Geldenhuys is currently the GM for Commercial Finance at The Star Entertainment Group
Arno is an energetic and pro-active Senior Finance Executive with more than 15 years of’ corporate planning and management experience in listed organisations.
Arno focuses on uncovering what moves the needle in any business environment, guiding the teams he leads to consistent, sustained success.
He fundamentally believes that value is added by asking the right questions. It is through calculated curiosity that the solution to any problem can be found.
**Rowena Hubble is a Senior Finance Executive at Woolworths group.
Prior to Woolworths, Rowena has been a Company Secretary and Board member of private, ASX200 and multinational companies across FMCG, retail, insurance, health care and the not-for-profit sector.
She's passionate about building high performing teams developing strong business partnerships, and achievement results through a focus on business strategy and objectives.
She operates as a transformational leader having led multiple successful transformations, including team restructuring to support business growth, system implementation, and outsourcing.
Rowena is also the author of "Live Work Shine - How to Use Time for What Matters". You can purchase the book here - https://www.liveworkshine.com/**
James is the CFO of Elmo, Cloud HR and payroll software. He is a chartered accountant with over 17 years of experience in accounting and finance roles.
Before joining Elmo, James founded Financial Agility Consulting, a consultancy practice providing senior executive management support through mergers, acquisitions, capital raisings and IPOs. Prior to Financial Agility Consulting, James worked for both KPMG providing professional services advice, predominantly in respect of mergers, acquisitions and IPO's.
James holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and business from the University of Warwick and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Angela Farmeary is an accomplished Career Coach and Job Interview Coach who has her own career coaching business called Mindful Careers.
Prior to this Angela was a recruiter for 15 years, working in agency recruitment and also internal recruitment for Citibank and Coca Cola. Angela is passionate about partnering with her clients to help them unlock their true potential to get the job they want and achieve career success.
Angela is a qualified Organisational Coach with the Institute of Executive Coaching & Leadership (IECL) in Sydney and has a Master’s Degree in HR Management from Macquarie Graduate School and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. She is also a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia.
Contact Angela on 0419 350 051 angela@mindfulcareers.com.au
mindfulcareers.com.au