Thank you very much for the invitation to the event which I attended. It was extremely well organised and enjoyable.

National Compliance Officer, Enterprise Inns plc

The informative sessions were excellent in the main room.

Head of Compliance and Control, SODEXO

Great content, great speakers and well organised. Looking forward to the next one!

Associate General Counsel and Commercial Director, Hitachi Consulting

For the actual engagements during the forum, the level of engagement was of a high level and of an honest level, so there were certainly no time wasters, solidly, you can never say what these sorts of events will produce but I think the next couple of weeks I expect to be positive in terms of follow up.

Founder and Director - Symfact

My main reason for coming to a forum like this is to have a look at the diversity of different businesses and opportunities within compliance. I think having worked in compliance for some time in an investment bank you get to see that side but now you get to see a lot of different types of businesses and opportunities outside of that realm.

Managing Director, BAML

Business meetings were well set-up and managed to time. Set up a further meeting with one already. Excellent speed networking.

Head of Compliance & Assurance, Serco

With the depth of conversations I’ve been having with attendees, I sense that people are engaged at the right level and have a real insight in issues that we look at for companies.

EMEA Regional Chair, Exiger

There's an opportunity over a day and a half to really reflect on developments with a senior group of people, so it's a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and determine how we go forward.

Assistant General Counsel - Microsoft

The highlight so far has probably been the speed networking - the ability to get in front of 100+ delegates in the space of probably less than an hour.

Chief Innovation Officer, Premonition

Very well organised and executed. I will certainly recommend it to my colleagues.

Head of Risk Regulation & Compliance Programmes, FDM Group

Vannin's here today because we wanted to find a different conference or forum to demonstrate who we are and what we do. We do many legal conferences and forums but we saw a real opportunity with coming to the General Counsel and Compliance Strategy Forum today.

Chief Marketing Officer, Vannin

We have met some potential leads and we have set up some follow up meetings, we are going to do a detailed demo, and they’re going to discuss with their stakeholders and we are hoping to have business from them.

CEO - Leaflet Corporation

Well organised, it was helpful to hear about the service propositions. Very enjoyable and useful event!

Legal Counsel - Digital, Accenture

The conference was thought provoking and insightful, thank you.

Group Legal Head - Giardo PLC

The highlight has been I think the quality of the people we have been able to interact with. I would say it's always good to go to these sessions because no matter how progressive you think your own thinking is, if you don't go to these, you can become blinkered in your approach. Now the world is moving so quickly so even if you’re on top of your game today, in a year's time you won't be because things have moved.

ETS General Counsel, Unilever

I recommend this General Counsel forum to everybody within the industry to come to network to learn about our profession and take that time away from the office to have that networking opportunity

Legal and Regulatory Manager - National Grid

As a legal technology conference this was an excellent event

Head of Legal - Aurora International

I attended the General Counsel Strategy Forum as I am looking for development, new ideas and innovation in the legal market, which this forum is perfect for.

Corporate Counsel, Caterpillar

Our client base tends to be General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers and Chief Procurement Officers of large international businesses, whether they are FTSE 100 or Fortune 500. Certainly in this conference, one of the most useful things has been that there have been a lot of decision makers who have budget, who sign off and who take decisions.

Co-Founder and Director - NewGalexy

The seniority in the business levels is very high. The sort of people I have been having one-to-one meetings with over the last 3 or 4 hours has been general counsel, senior legal counsel, lawyers... so we are not just dealing with assistants in legal teams. The people we're talking to are the people we like to go and see are actually in the law firms or in those particular companies.

Account Director, Thomson Reuters

The group discussion sessions have been good. The general data protection regulations are coming into force and it's good to get some know-how of what other people are doing.

Group General Counsel & Co. Secretary, Croda International PLC

I think the main attraction is the calibre of companies and the people that are here, a lot of diverse sectors and also the skill levels and seniority.

Legal Compliance and Regulatory Counsel - Orange

The event was, I thought, brilliant. Very well organised, lots of really good calibre companies represented and lots of interesting GCs, assistant GCs and Chief Compliance officers willing to share their challenges and experiences. There is simply no comparative conference forum that brings all the diverse industries across the financial regulated and corporate sector together like this. This year really demonstrated how the glacial shift towards a more universal coverage model across all areas is increasing from where it was 2/5/10 years ago. It also showed how the industries which were lightly regulated previously are having to up their game - there are a lot of new challenges and work for them. Looking forward to next year and again I am very happy to help in any way I personally can.

Chief Compliance Officer, Thomson Reuters

The big draw for me was actually the opportunity to go and meet some people who are probably experiencing the same sort of business issues that I am. This provided the opportunity to compare notes and talk about best practice in an out of office environment, engage with some suppliers, talk about technology and really have a day out the office thinking about things that I don't often get the time to do.

European Counsel Accident and Health - Chubb Insurance Group

The engagement with the delegates has been excellent. It is the first time we have done this and it has been really interesting to me to meet a number of people at different levels across various organisations and it is something we're looking forward to following up on. I would definitely recommend it both to suppliers and delegates as something to look at.

Joint CEO, Ashford Solutions

I think the quality of the speakers is top notch, there's people from worldwide organisations, Microsoft and Toyota for example, and the thing that I like very much about this event is not just the presentations from world class individuals but also the networking that you can do in the time between the presentations, and that's I think where we General Counsels and Compliance advisors get the most benefit.

General Counsel - Harper Collins Publishers

The prime reason why we are joining this particular conference for a second year is because of the quality of the delegates, the quality of the institutions they represent and the geographical diversity.

EMEA Specialist Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

It was worth the trip from South Africa for the one-on-one pre-booked meetings alone and there was some good stuff around quite a few of the presentations as well. I think I'm going away with around a dozen good early seeds of relationships.

Joint Head of Corporate Commercial Department - ENS Africa

The speed dating meant that we're able to connect with every delegate at the event so in terms of post-event follow-up, it makes that a lot easier to be honest and a lot more effective.

Head of Business Development, ContractPod

I'm impressed with their level of organisation and what I loved was the fact that actually everything seemed planned and rehearsed and they had kind of thought about pretty much everything in terms of the organisation of the event. It is the little things that make a big difference so that was really important and helped gel the day. There is a significant amount of value that you get out of spending time with such a senior level legal and compliance audience, so for us it has been highly beneficial.

EMEA Marketing, Seal Software

I think the one-on-one meetings that last 15 minutes have been fantastic. There's been a level of prequalification that enables us as suppliers to understand exactly what the areas of interest are for that particular individual that you're meeting. The quality of the delegates and their areas of interest have been frankly the most appealing thing and the most successful thing about the entire conference.

Global Head of Legal process Outsourcing - Integreon

You meet like-minded people in similar roles and it's great to have similar conversations and share learnings and share experiences

Group Ethics and Compliance Director and COO - BT

The format is unique and interesting for both vendors and delegates. The food has been good, the venue did a good job of getting people organised into the lines so that there weren’t any delays, we’ve had fantastic weather and the grounds are beautiful.

CEO, CLM Matrix

Speed networking was quite a fun experience. It's always difficult to get a full pitch in 4 minutes and get interactive, but as a taster to what some of our providers do, I thought it was a great idea and a good opportunity to meet and network with people.

Legal Counsel (Digital), Accenture

Good balance of speaker sessions, networking and sponsor meetings.

Chief Legal Operations Counsel, GE Capital

Corporate Counsel exchange ideas at this event in an efficient and highly convenient way

Chief Legal officer - DWP

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Welcome to the Corporate Finance Strategy Forum

The pace at which the world is changing is a challenging environment for any corporation to keep up with, but the pressures of achieving this are felt by no department more acutely than finance. Increasingly CFO’s are taking strategic decisions about the direction of the company and with this comes new and unexpected challenges. To continue meeting the challenges that CFO’s face requires a balancing act between change, risk and innovation. Achieving more with less is a mantra repeated by all but applying strategy to achieve it is another story entirely.

The Corporate Finance Strategy Forum brings CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads of Finance and other senior finance leaders together with solution providers in a two-day finance networking event. The forum promises to inspire debate through our world-class engagement platforms and ultimately broaden your expertise to add real value and insight back into the organisation you represent. As a finance leader from your organisation you have the opportunity to exchange ideas through one-to-one business meetings, speed networking, workshops and group discussions. In addition, there will be a range of speaker sessions focusing on hot topics including leveraging technology, performance management and process automation. Through this, you are given the opportunity at the forum to meet with business leaders offering solutions aimed at reducing costs and improving efficiency.

Norton Park Hotel - Corporate Finance Strategy Forum

Norton Park Hotel 11th & 12th October 2022

Norton Park, a splendid four star hotel with character and charm set in 54 acres of countryside near the historic city of Winchester. Originally a manor house dating back to the 16th century, the hotel has been skilfully restored to provide first class accommodation with every modern amenity required for a relaxing time.

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