On 4 October 2016, the second meeting of the London FP&A Circle gathered together in the Holborn office of Michael Page to discuss A New Era for FP&A Profession.

Meeting Agenda

• FP&A profession: latest trends. Professional education. Profile of an ideal FP&A professional
  • “The Soft Stuff: traits of a successful FP&A professional”. Presentation by Ash Sharma, Divisional FP&A Director, Walgreens Boots Alliance. 
  • "My FP&A Journey" by Gemma Davie, Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis at CA Technologies
• FP&A team building: what are the key team roles.
  • “FP&A profession in 2020” by Marc Lloyd, Senior Finance Manager at Legal & General Investment Management
  • “FP&A Job Market” by Jonathan Firth, MD at Michael Page
• Conclusions and Recommendations 

At the meeting, the Board members discussed the evolution of the FP&A profession. We also had presentations from London FP&A Board members. The FP&A Board gathered over 37 financial planning and analysis (FP&A) practitioners from such companies as

• AON,
• Alliance Boots,
• CA Technologies,
• Glencore,
• IMS Health, 
• Kuoni Group,
• London South Bank University,
• Sony Mobile Communications,
• Turner, Smiths Group,
• Walgreens Boots Alliance,
• and many others.

Our sponsors

We are very grateful to our sponsors and partners Michael Page, one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies and Prevero, a leading Corporate Performance Management (CPM) provider, for supporting this and other events globally.