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As part of our Life in Commercial Finance series I met up with Claire McClune, Commercial Director at WPP owned Geometry Global. Prior to joining Geometry in 2016, Claire was Financial Controller at Publicis owned advertising agency Fallon. Can you tell me a little bit about your current role? I am the Commercial Director for…
I recently shared a cup of tea with Reesha Rajani, Group Commercial Director at Golin & Virgo Health, to hear her thoughts on commercial finance within PR & discuss her career to date. Reesha is a CIMA qualfiied accountant and BME PR Pro Mentor with over 20 years’ experience in the industry, and has worked…
For part 3 of our Life in Commercial Finance series I met Leslie Quaynor, who as Head of Finance at Taylor Herring PR is closely involved with commercial decision making across the business. Leslie has more than 15 years’ experience working within leading creative companies in advertising, PR & publishing. Leslie is ACCA and…
Continuing our series Life in Commercial Finance, I sat down with Alistair Jebb, Commercial Director, Global Clients at Dentsu Aegis Network. Alistair has over 15 years commercial finance experience within global media groups and has worked with clients including Jaguar Land Rover, Mondelez, Sony, GSK, Mars and Colgate Palmolive Can you tell me a…
As specialist finance recruiters for the media and marketing sectors we know that roles with a strong commercial element are in high demand from our candidates. In this series we speak to senior finance professionals who have developed successful, commercially focused careers. They talk about what they do and why they enjoy it, give some…
Talentedge recruits newly and recently qualified ACA candidates for companies across the media, tech and consumer sectors ranging from startups to global groups. We have based our list of the top five things you should do before an interview on years of experience working with candidates looking to make their first move out of practice…
Continuing on with our CFO series, this week I was fortunate to catch up with Camilla Taylor of SaaS startup What3Words. What do you make of the current UK startup market? My first CFO startup role was in 2013. Back then, the market felt characterised by funding gaps – most notably between Seed and Series…
Continuing on with our CFO series, this week I was fortunate to catch up with Guy Hutchinson. Let’s hear his thoughts… What do you make of the current UK startup market? As far as I’m concerned, it’s looking pretty healthy. There’s a lot more seed funds doing decent sized seed rounds (£1-2m which gives you…
Continuing with our series, I recently grabbed a coffee with Angelie Panteli of LendInvest to discuss being a startup CFO. Let’s hear her thoughts… What do you make of the current UK start-up market? The UK start-up market is super exciting right now even with the spectre of Brexit. The opportunities for founders, investors and…
Polly qualified in 2003 and since leaving KPMG has led finance teams across a broad range of sectors. She is currently Finance Director at Vita Mojo, a fast growing FoodTech startup that recently raised £10m in funding. What first attracted you to pursuing a career within the tech industry? Two years ago when I came…