Benjamin Edwards Recruitment are delighted to invite Lincolnshire’s senior finance community to the first Lincolnshire Finance Leaders face-to-face event.
Our guest speaker will be Alice Olsson, Transformation CFO and Change Enthusiast. Alice is an experienced transformation CFO, ex Siemens with a career that spans 30 years, she moved to the “dark side” – out of Finance and into Projects in 2022. Now qualified in both Change and Project Management she has seen the highs and lows of new system and process implementation.
You have the opportunity to see her overriding passion for continuous improvement and effective change management in this through provoking and interesting presentation.
Alice will share her experiences in delivering ERP improvement in several businesses, having run lessons learned workshops and expert process mining to troubleshoot the deliveries, she has so many invaluable nuggets of advice and learning to share.
Corporate Finance & Business Advisory Director at Nicholsons Chartered Accountants, Board member of ICAEW & CEO and Founder of Dynamo Business Advisory Limited
An entrepreneurial business leader and advisor with a strong track record in supporting SMEs, leaders and founders in growth paths, value creation, and successful exits. NED and mentoring experience.
Expertise and transferable skills spanning M&A, fundraising, finance, operations, building high-performing teams, IP & innovation platforms, technology productisation and commercialisation.
Senior management/director roles for a large listed chemicals business. Founded, funded, scaled and exited four industrial companies.
Significant C-Suite experience across industrial manufacturing, engineering, digital, and clean technologies. A strong sustainability theme with clean tech, decarbonisation, energy efficiency and waste reduction.
Glenn brings more than 30 years of experience across finance, operations, governance, investment support, professional services and entrepreneurial leadership. Glenn is an FCA-qualified Chartered Accountant (with PwC) and has worked in major international businesses, as well as co-founding, funding, scaling and exiting technology-led ventures. Glenn has held CFO, CEO, COO and CCO c-suite and director roles across many businesses.

Glenn will explore what businesses really need from their CFO or Senior Finance Leader, and how the right person can improve business performance and shape its direction.

Discover the value of strategic thinking, commercial insight, leadership, constructive challenge and influence, alongside an effective role on the Board and Senior Leadership Team.

Explore how a business’s needs change throughout its journey, and why a CFO’s skills, behaviours and experience matter just as much as their technical finance credentials.

For CFOs and aspiring CFOs, gain practical insight into the skills, activities and development areas that can help you become a more valuable strategic partner to the wider business.
For CFOs: How do I add more value to the business? | For businesses: Have we got the CFO we actually need?