Success in Finance

Mar 03 2025 44 ep. 52 mins 7

Success in Finance Podcast artwork

Aspiring to succeed in finance? Danny Camm spent 6 years working in finance and now operates as a specialist finance recruiter in London. Each week, Danny will speak to guests ranging from middle management up to the C-suite to establish what it takes to achieve success in finance. www.successinfinance.co.uk

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

SiF 44: Rob Parker - CFO, MediMatch

Mar 03 2025 70 mins

Joining me today is Rob Parker.Rob started out in audit with EY on what would now be recognised as a “school leaver scheme” but in Rob’s era was reasonably uncommon. After completing the ACA, he moved into industry with Volkswagen group, where he spent over 10 years with Volkswagen and Audi in operational roles before taking on an FD position with Audi. Rob then took on a cou

SiF 43: Charlie Heald - Commercial Finance Director

Jan 27 2025 65 mins

Joining me today is Charlie Heald. Charlie started his career with KPMG, where he spent 3 years during his ACA qualification, before transitioning into something more commercial as a Finance Analyst with Sky. Over 4.5 years, Charlie progressed to FC level before moving across to Softcat. Charlie spent almost 9 years with Softcat, joining the business shortly after an IPO and assis

SiF 42: Azmina Airi - Group FC, Channel 4

Jan 13 2025 60 mins

Joining me today is Azmina Airi. Azmina started out her career with PwC, where she gained the ACA before spending 2 years with Halliburton in Internal Audit. Azmina then moved to Sky as a Senior Analyst, where she spent 8 years, progressing to FC level. Dow Jones then approached Azmina about an EMEA FD role. She progressed to VP level with Dow Jones before accepting the opportunit

SiF 41: Chris McQuaid - Finance Transformation Lead, Dentsu

Dec 09 2024 45 mins

Joining me today is Chris McQuaid. Chris started his career as an Accounting Assistant with British Heart Foundation before joining Landor as a Credit Controller. He then spent 6 years with Cohn & Wolfe, progressing to Divisional Accountant level before moving to Carat where he became Finance Manager. Chris has spent a number of years within the Dentsu group, spanning commercia

SiF 40: Ali Greatbatch - Transformation Director, CBRE

Nov 26 2024 54 mins

Joining me today is Ali Greatbatch. Ali started his career in practice with Grant Thornton, before landing at Fujitsu where he held international roles in Singapore and Thailand. He then moved to Dubai with Aegion before relocating back to Europe, as Director of Accounting & Compliance with Walgreens Boots Alliance. Ali then returned to the UK, undertaking an interim role with

SiF 38 - Gary Hanson - Audit Partner, BDO

Nov 03 2021 37 mins

Joining me today is Gary Hanson. Gary started out his career with Winney Murray, who were then what we would class as a "Big 4" firm today (although there were 5 of them). He then went onto Binder Hamlyn and EY, progressing to Senior Manager level, before making the move to BDO, where he spent 34 years, many of which as Partner. During his time as Partner, Gary built out the Cambri

SiF 37 - Terry Reynolds - Senior Finance Practice Manager, RPC

Oct 27 2021 48 mins

Joining me today is Terry Reynolds. Terry began his career straight out of school, choosing to dive directly into the world of law through a Legal Cashier Assistant role with Linklaters. Terry has remained in the legal space every since and over the last 10.5 years progressed to Assistant Financial Analyst with Linklaters before transitioning to RPC. With RPC, he has developed from

SiF 36 - Elaine Darby - Director of Undergraduate Education, Royal Holloway

Oct 20 2021 39 mins

Joining me today is Elaine Darby. Elaine graduated from Southampton University with a degree in English and decided to join PwC's grad scheme. Having qualified as an ACA with PwC, Elaine moved on to a Consultancy role at Arthur Andersen before becoming a Senior Consultant at KPMG and then joining Deloitte. She spent 6 years at Deloitte, progressing to Senior Manager level, before u

SiF 35 - Amit Lakhani - Investment Director, The Zeal Group

Oct 13 2021 39 mins

Joining me today is Amit Lakhani. After graduating from UCL with a degree in Economics & Statistics, Amit explored a few potential career opportunities, with roles as Investment Assistant at Thomas Miller and then Data Analyst at Geonomic and Arriva Bus respectively. Having settled on Data Analytics, Amit moved to The Zeal Group, where he has spent the last 4.5 years progressin

SiF 34 - Ibrar Raja - Group FC, The Restaurant Group

Oct 06 2021 48 mins

Joining me today is Ibrar Raja. Ibrar joined Deloitte having completed a degree in Management & Systems. He also spent some time at Wilson Wright & Co, a smaller firm, before moving into industry with TJX Europe. Here, he undertook roles as a Senior Internal Auditor and European Corporate Accounting Manager before moving to Telecity Group. At Telecity Group, Ibrar first ope