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Neil Cutting

ICAEW Vice President

Biography

Neil is a transformation director for cloud and AI provider, Oracle. Previously, Neil held global finance leadership roles with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mars, and Jacobs (a Fortune 250 company), where he spent 17 years and served as Vice President of Finance.  His global experience included Divisional CFO, International Accounting Director and Transformation Director.

Neil has consistently been drawn towards helping fix business problems which require transformation.  This started at PwC in Corporate Recovery, turning around loss making operations at HPE and Jacobs, fixing failed acquisitions, driving finance function global re-organisations.  This experience enabled Neil to be seconded to the Ministry of Defence to lead the finance transformation programme.

In addition to his international career, Neil has been an active volunteer for ICAEW, including being a member and President of the West of England Board, Chair of the Aerospace and Defence CFO Forum, a member of the Business Committee and in 2023, was elected to ICAEW Council.

Neil is passionate about helping business leaders understand simple methodologies for delivering complex transformation programmes, resulting in a series of successful articles for ICAEW and the "Cutting Through Boardroom Challenges" series on Accounting Web.  He also guest lectures on strategic performance at the University of Bath, one of the top business schools in the UK.

Declaration of Interests

Membership of, or interests in, formal bodies or groups, including other professional bodies

  • CIPFA

Membership of ICAEW Council, ICAEW Boards and other ICAEW Committees

  • ICAEW Council
  • ICAEW West of England Board

Partnerships, Directorships or beneficial interests in companies

None

Professional or social relationships with individuals who have business relationships or who compete with ICAEW

  • Know various senior people at CIMA, APM, and CILT in a professional collaboration capacity

Any other matters you feel should be identified

  • Oracle are aiming to provide sponsorship to ICAEW and CIMA
  • Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants
Neil Cutting