The consistent theme in Brian’s 30 year career has been driving change to create value. His first role outside practice was as Country Finance Manager for Coca-Cola in Saudi Arabia, where he supported a doubling in market share. Returning to the UK he was the Finance Director of an interactive TV start-up during its £1 billion acquisition by Sky. After completing its integration into Sky, he joined Three, where as Deputy CFO he was instrumental in the creation of its ground-breaking network share with T-Mobile. He subsequently became Finance Director of the JV, which saw the creation of the best network in the UK. He then joined BT, initially as CFO for Ireland before becoming CFO for Europe, a €2.5bn business, where he oversaw significant restructuring and M&A activity as well as the remediation of a significant fraud. During his time at BT, Brian also led a £500m Mobile Infrastructure sales team. After leaving BT he joined Vistra, a global PE-backed corporate services business, where he is currently implementing SAP across 50 countries.

Kathryn has extensive experience across financial services, retail and professional services spanning 30 years of leadership. She began her career at Deloitte working across various sectors both at home and internationally, and then joined Barclays Bank as FC of the UK Retail Bank. Responsible for £4.5bn of annual income, Kathryn drove several transformation and operational efficiency programmes. Moving to Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Kathryn was appointed the CFO on the Board working with HM Government and the financial regulators to protect public finances. Kathryn led the Women@FSCS programme and was a 30% Club mentor and shortlisted in the Women in Finance awards as CFO of the Year. Kathryn joined the Post Office in 2019 in Finance, supporting the business through Covid, the Postmaster Inquiry and culture/technology changes and was appointed Interim CFO from May 2023 until Summer 2024. After a short break, Kathryn joined the RNIB as CFO. She is a Health & Wellbeing coach and is committed to promoting diversity of thought to drive business growth.

Matt leads the financial strategy of one of the world’s most complex global law firms. A commercially focused CFO, Matt has built a reputation for transforming financial performance, strengthening operational discipline, and enabling sustainable growth across global organisations. With over 30 years of international leadership experience, Matt has held senior roles across multiple industries and organisational models. Before joining DLA Piper, he served as Group CFO and Partner at Knight Frank, and previously as Group CFO at Arup. At DLA Piper, Matt oversees a global finance organisation of over 600 individuals supporting the international business leading initiatives that have improved net margin, strengthened billing discipline, and delivered major gains in WIP conversion across the portfolio. Matt is central in shaping DLA Piper’s transformation agenda, including global billing reform, the firm’s evolving Services-to-Cash operating model, and the integration of new technologies and AI solutions. Matt has also served as a Board Member of WaterAid, supporting global efforts to expand access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Melanie was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Trafalgar Entertainment Group, a private equity backed multinational entertainment group, in November 2025. Melanie joined Trafalgar from S4 Capital plc, where she held roles as CFO of the Content practice and SVP Group Finance Transformation and FP&A. Previous roles include leadership of Group Finance Transformation and Operations at Adevinta ASA, leadership of Group Finance Transformation and Group FP&A at Just Eat Takeaway.com; and prior to that, 13 years with Warner Bros. Discovery. Melanie is a fellow of the ICAEW, and graduated from Edinburgh University with a BCom (Hons) Business Studies and Accounting. In her spare time she enjoys keeping fit through pilates, cycling and dog walks, and travelling.

Sally is a dual-qualified chartered accountant in Australia and the UK, with a career spanning 30 years in financial services and professional services. Having trained with KPMG in Australia, she moved to London in 1997 to join the Banking and Capital Markets industry groups of PwC and then EY. Sally left practice in 2008 to join Man Group plc in a finance leadership role, progressing to CFO roles at LCH Limited, Howden Broking Group and Group CFO of GAM Holdings AG. Sally is a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee member at Nationwide Building Society and Virgin Money plc. She is also a Board member of the ICAEW financial services faculty board, as well as a Court Member of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; and was elected Senior Warden in October 2025.

Steve was appointed Group CFO of the PAI-backed temporary security company, VPS Group, in November 2025. Prior to that, Steve was CEO at the Northedge/Vespa Capital-owned Catalis Group (games publisher & developer and provider of testing services to the film, TV & games industries). During his career Steve has gained extensive private equity (PE) and public company experience from his senior finance and management roles at RedCat Pub Company (newly-formed PE acquisition vehicle), Arena Events Group plc (AIM-listed, sold to Middle East-based consortium), Evans Cycles (PE-owned, sold to Sports Direct Group), HSS Hire (PE-exit/buy-in, followed by IPO) and Thomson Reuters (LSE listed, sold to Thomson Corp.). Prior to that he was an equity analyst at SG Securities and qualified as a Chartered Accountant at EY in 1997.