Giles Male
Co-founder Full Stack Modeller
Giles is a CIMA qualified management accountant and a career modeller.
He worked on multiple bid teams in the defense and telecoms industries before going it on his own as a modelling freelancer and consultant.
Giles has built a variety of models for clients, and has trained finance professionals at all levels of modelling experience.
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Sophia Matveeva
CEO and Founder of Tech For Non-Techies
As a non-technical founder, Sophia has learned how to build and analyse digital products, lead technical teams and hire developers. She believes it is not only possible but desirable for people without computer science backgrounds to create digital products, so we can all benefit from diversity of thought to create useful new tech.
Sophia understands creating something new is hard enough. Her goal with Tech For Non-Techies is to make it easier.
She is a Member of the University of Chicago Alumni Board and a Business Mentor at the Polsky Center.
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Haroldo Monteiro
Finance Director, REIT
Haroldo Monteiro has been leading business strategy projects at big retail companies in Brazil for more than 30 years. While working in this sector, he has developed the skills of a good communicator and negotiator. These two skills are relevant to the modern CFO who is striving to better align their company’s financial strategy with its core operating strategy.
Haroldo has expertise in the development of structured finance operations through the issuance of CRIs (Certificate of Real Estate Receivables) and Debentures. Evaluation of corporate financing needs for investment purposes, working capital, changes in capital structuring, and restructuring of company´s debt.
Haroldo holds an MBA Degree in Business Administration at Ohio University and a Ph.D. at Rennes School of Business in France. His thesis addresses the topic of the importance of a CFO’s soft skills and the company’s performance. In addition, he has an interest in researching CFO’s leadership skills and their influence on financial management performance.
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Marty Mooney
Vice President at Equity38
Marty is a private equity professional who also has experience working inside small- and medium-sized businesses in a wide variety of industries. He has led M&A processes and also helped CEOs create and drive strategies. In addition to closing private equity deals, he has raised debt and equity financing, built financial packages and financial models, worked as an interim CFO, and has helped start businesses.
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Shauna Moran
Executive Coach
Awarded as one of the Top 10 Leadership Development Coaching Companies in Europe 2020 by HR Tech Outlook.
As a transformational coach to founders, leaders and teams of fast-growing distributed companies I empower my clients to gain true strategic clarity on their remote working operations; to achieve excellent & measurable results, and to do it quickly.
I’ve experienced the challenges of hiring multi-location and remote teams, I’ve researched it, I’ve solved it and now I save businesses time and money in experimenting on how to make their workforce effective.
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Kevin Morris
CPA, CMA
Kevin has over 20 years of experience leading financial and operational teams to improve customer satisfaction and financial performance. He has worked in a wide variety of industries including aerospace, logistics, power generation, insurance, manufacturing, retail, airline, and oil field services. He’s held a wide range of roles from financial analysis, business planning, and operations optimization through to CFO. Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer at JBPA Developments - a family office based in Ottawa with operations in Canada and the US.
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Tariq Munir
Managing Partner, Finspyr
Tariq is the Author of Reimagine Finance (Wiley), a thought leader in AI and digital transformation, a LinkedIn Top Voice, and an international keynote speaker. With over 20 years of experience across Fortune 500s and other global firms, he is a trusted advisor to the C-suite. Tariq specialises in crafting strategic digital roadmaps, fostering digital-first cultures, and leading responsible AI transformation.
