Susannah Streeter is a global financial commentator, Chief Investment Strategist at Wealth Club and an international keynote speaker and conference chair. She leads market and economic commentary at Wealth Club, helping investors build resilient portfolios, with a particular focus on long-term opportunities. As a former BBC Business Anchor, with 17 years on-air experience, Susannah has interviewed global CEOs, policymakers and world leaders, and has presented coverage from major international events. She also served as a Squadron Leader in the RAF Reserves, experience that continues to shape her approach to leadership and decision-making under pressure. Today, she works with organisations worldwide, delivering bespoke keynotes and chairing senior-level discussions that bring clarity, confidence, and perspective in uncertain times.

Christos S. Christodoulou is the founder and CEO of Delphi Alliance, the first global multi-practice professional association. He is also the Managing Partner of CSC Christodoulou an award-winning Audit / Tax / Advisory firm in Cyprus with offices in Limassol and Nicosia, established in Y2004.  Christos holds the professional title of Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) as well as that of the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and he is practicing in the field of tax and advisory since 1997. He is involved in tax committees in Cyprus for more than 25 years and he served twice as the president of the VAT committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus.   He participates in parliamentary committees for the discussions and formation of the tax laws in Cyprus, as well as with meetings with the Tax Commissioner and the Tax Department, for the issuance of tax circulars and other technical matters.  He is a frequent contributor of journals and articles concerning tax and a panelist concerning high level taxation discussions and reforms.

Sokratis Christodoulou graduated with Honours from King’s College London  (MSc in Banking and Finance) and the University of Nottingham ( BSc Finance, Accounting, and Management 1st Class Honours).    He is currently the Assistant Head of the Advisory Dpt of CSC Christodoulou, in Cyprus.  A multi talented young professional mainly involved in conducting corporate valuations, preparing business plans and feasibility studies or analysing and evaluating such when prepared by others, securing corporate finance or equity for enterprises and start-ups, and also preparing Transfer Pricing Studies for tax purposes.  He has implemented digital platforms in CSC Christodoulou firm, conducting various data analysis and matching Client’s corporate finance needs with potential finance and equity providers.   He is also studying towards the ACCA qualification where he is expected to obtain his Practising Qualification in Cyprus.

Edwin van Haare is a partner at Newtone Accountancy & Consulting and specializes in financial management, process optimization and future-oriented business operations. With a solid foundation from his years of experience at Big4 firms, he combines (international) experience and in-depth professional knowledge with a pragmatic, entrepreneurial approach. At Newtone, he translates this experience into innovative and scalable solutions for growing organizations.

Important focus in his current role are innovation and international cooperation. Edwin played a key role in setting up and managing the remote team in Cape Town in collaboration with iSprout. Through smart use of technology, streamlined processes and clear communication structures, he developed an efficient working model in which quality, continuity and flexibility are unique selling points.

His strength lies in connecting people, expertise and cross border cultures. Edwin sees remote collaboration as a strategic tool to make organizations agile, cost-efficient and future-proof.

With over 30 years of experience in the software industry, Simon is the founder and CEO of FibreCRM, a UK based company that provides client relationship management (CRM) software, onboarding, and expert advice to medium-large sized professional service firms. His passion is to help these firms streamline their new client onboarding processes, automate their KYC, AML, and compliance practices, and boost their revenue and operational efficiency. Working with Top 100 UK, US, and Canadian accounting firms, tailoring solutions to meet their unique needs and challenges. By integrating their line of business applications, such as Tax and Practice Management systems, and incorporating AI, Simon and his team enable firms to capture and enrich client data accurately and compliantly.

Ian has over 20 years of experience leading digital transformation across different sectors, including many private equity-backed companies. As Chief Digital Information & AI Officer, Ian works across the TC Group so that we apply the best of digital technology with Innovation, including AI, to provide evolving and differentiated services in our sector.

Mo Kanjilal is a leading diversity, equity and inclusion company. is a powerful voice for inclusion, equity, and leadership. As a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion expert, TEDx speaker, author, and entrepreneur, she combines her experience with decades of business expertise to challenge, inspire, and guide audiences toward meaningful change.

After climbing the corporate career ladder in technology corporations, Mo progressed to senior leaderships roles in global companies leading international teams. Since leaving corporate life, she has worked in the diversity, equity and inclusion space, helping leaders and businesses to create resilient companies.

She is an Author, Conference Speaker, Non-Exec Director and Charity Board Trustee. She has over 25 years of business experience, leading in high-pressure environments learning how to build high-performing, diverse teams across cultures, languages and time zones. Her work is focused on helping people to include people across cultures, processes, systems and communication.

She is co-Author of The Inclusion Journey, published by Kogan Page, writing her second book Future Talent to be published by Trotman Publishing. She is a leading TEDx and conference speaker, with experience speaking at professional conferences such as CIPD and Accountex Her talks inspire audiences to think differently about how we lead, communicate and work.

Mo also works on several Boards as a Non-Exec Director and Board Advisor. She contributes her time and expertise as a Charity Board Trustee and volunteer mentor.

Richard joined Azets in February 2025. As Group COO, Richard leads Azets’ international operations team and provides leadership to the Group's business unit leaders, with a focus on ensuring operational efficiency and continued high performance. Richard is a seasoned business leader, with 25 years’ experience in senior roles within professional services. He spent a decade with insurance specialist Charles Taylor, most recently as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Charles Taylor Claims Solutions – International. He was also Global Chair of Charles Taylor Adjusting and served as Group COO between 2020-2022.

Prior to joining Charles Taylor, Richard worked at Bain and Company as a Principal in the Financial Services team, working on growth and transformation strategy for insurers, banks, and private equity clients. He previously worked for Lloyds Banking Group and has a Master's degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge. Richard lives in Hertfordshire, UK with his wife and three sons. He is a keen cyclist and spends time each winter skiing in the Alps.

Jeremy joined Azets in January 2022. As Group Head of M&A, Jeremy leads Azets' M&A growth strategy, driving continued geographical expansion and the development of our client solution proposition via the acquisition of high quality, complementary groups. Jeremy is a seasoned M&A leader, with a track record of advising complex, multi-million-pound transactions. After training as an accountant, he built a career as a deal advisor, working in KPMG’s Corporate Finance team in the UK and across Asia, culminating in five years as the Head of M&A in Hong Kong.

Jeremy’s desire to build a business led him to Equiom, a private equity backed international professional services group, where he spent five years delivering acquisitive growth, spearheading its international and service line expansion, as Global Head of Strategy and M&A. Jeremy lives in Isle of Man with his wife, two children, and two dogs. He loves the outdoors, playing and watching “anything with a ball” as well as skiing and diving – all followed by good food. Jeremy is excited about working with people who share his passion for progress and success.

Marnix van Kruijsdijk is Co-founder and Director of iSprout Finance and Remote, where he focuses on building scalable international delivery models that connect highly skilled South African finance professionals with organisations across Europe. With a background in commercial economics, he brings a strong understanding of business growth, operational efficiency, and market expansion into his work.

Marnix has extensive experience in implementing remote and integrated team models within various accountancy firms, helping organisations address capacity challenges while maintaining quality and consistency.

Through the iSprout x Newtone collaboration, he plays a key role in developing and expanding a high-quality delivery centre in Cape Town, enabling firms to embed dedicated teams into their operations. His focus is on shifting remote collaboration from a temporary solution to a long-term strategic approach. By combining local presence with international talent, Marnix supports firms in building future ready operating models that unlock capacity and create space for higher value advisory work.

Lee White, FCA became IFAC's Chief Executive Officer in March 2024. IFAC is the global organization for the accountancy profession, comprising 180 member and associate organizations in 135 jurisdictions, representing millions of professional accountants.

Lee is a professional accountant and a member of ACCA and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). During his career, he has worked as an assurance practitioner in both the private (PWC) and public sectors (Auditor-General of NSW), a securities and audit inspector regulator, leader of a professional accounting body, and as a leader of an international public interest organization supporting both global financial reporting and sustainability standards.  He has predominately been dedicated in his career to serving the public interest.

He served the IFRS Foundation from 2018 to 2024, as the Managing Director and during his tenure there was the transformational creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) within the IFRS Foundation, and the launch of the ISSB’s first two sustainability standards in June 2023.

Before joining the IFRS Foundation, Lee spent nine years leading Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand or its predecessor body, including six years as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer  (2012-2017). CAANZ was created from the unique combination of chartered accounting institutes in Australia and New Zealand which Lee fulfilled a pivotal role in securing successful member votes (super majorities) in both countries. He also worked as the Chief Accountant at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for six years, during which time he represented Australia at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and was directly involved in the creation and initial years of operation of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR).

Lee is a proud graduate of Executive Leadership from INSEAD.

Taylor Guthrie is an Accounting Manager at FinQuery. Prior to FinQuery, Taylor earned a Bachelor's degree in accounting from Lynchburg College and then transitioned to a public auditor role at Brown Edwards. As a former audit senior, he assisted in the audits of various entities in various niches. This background includes implementation and maintenance of ASC 842, GASB 87, and GASB 96. Today Taylor helps FinQuery's customers understand and implement the new lease standards as well as navigate intricacies of the software.

Dimitar Stanimiroff is GM EMEA at Suralink, where he works with leading accounting firms across Europe to reimagine client collaboration and operational efficiency through agentic automation. He brings an operator's lens to the profession – having spent over 15 years as GM EMEA for some of technology's most ambitious businesses, helping turn companies like Crossbeam, Handshake, and Stack Overflow into category leaders across European markets. He has founded two startups and actively invests in early-stage technology companies. That outsider perspective informs how he thinks about the structural shifts now facing accounting: the automation of knowledge work, the redefinition of talent, and what it means to build and own a global firm in an era of agentic AI. At this year's Forum, he'll explore how firms that move decisively on these questions won't just survive the transition – they'll define what comes next.

Mark is a 15 year veteran of the Accounting Tech and BPO space having worked with Intuit, Dext and leading the Frontline UK before joining Acting office to build the UK Revenue Team

Originally training as an engineer, optimising systems and processes to help people succeed is a big part of my professional M.O. I have gained a deep knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end accounting workflow through years of osmosis, as well as a passion for digital transformation and AI adoption.

David Heath is an Irish entrepreneur and chartered accountant who began his career in audit at Grant Thornton. Shaped by those early experiences, he quickly recognised that manual audit processes represented more than an administrative burden — they were a systemic weakness at the core of audit quality and trust.

This conviction led Heath to found Circit in 2017, with a mission to automate and digitise audit processes to reduce risk, streamline engagements, and improve client relationships. What began as a platform for automating bank audit confirmations has since grown into a comprehensive verification layer used by more than 400 audit firms, including every one of the top 20 global audit networks.

Jason Bradley is Director of Methodology and Content at Caseware. A seasoned professional with a rich background in accounting and audit quality, he has held leadership roles at the Financial Reporting Council in London, the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council in Hong Kong and the ICAEW. His expertise extends to the intersection of technology and assurance, particularly in the ethical use of technology in audit, with a focus on AI governance and controls. Bradley is a founding member of the IESBA Technology Experts Group and has been instrumental in shaping policies and guidance that promote high-quality audits globally.

Ayman is RVP of EMEA at Laurel, an AI-powered legal time capture and intelligence platform. He started his sales career in SaaS selling IP software at PatSnap, then was one of the founding members of Everlaw’s UK office, serving the eDiscovery market. He then built, scaled, and ran a 55-person sales org at Multiverse, focused on delivering technology adoption initiatives. He joined Laurel to spearhead the UK and EMEA expansion.

Trevor joined Azets in December 2025. He is a highly experienced, award-winning technology and transformation leader with a proven track record of delivering large-scale change across private equity-backed, listed, and global organisation. Trevor excels in enabling business growth through the strategic application of technology, data and digital capability – focused on performance, customer satisfaction and operational resilience

As Group CIO, Trevor leads Azets’ international technology function and is responsible for the Group’s digital strategy, technology operations and enterprise technology roadmap. He drives the continued development of the Group’s digital services capabilities, enhancing efficiency, collaboration, cybersecurity and resilience, while ensuring technology plays a pivotal role in enabling growth across every part of the business

Shane has dedicated over three decades to the accounting profession, creating a global community where accountants transform their firms, deliver meaningful value to clients, and enrich both their own and their clients' lives.

Accountants working with Shane build profitable, future-ready firms that run smoothly without their constant input — firms that escape outdated methods, overwhelming workloads, and fee-sensitive clients for good. Shane and his team of Practice Growth Experts guide accountants in mastering value pricing, attracting quality clients, and applying mechanisms that reduce hours and pressure while growing profits.

Shane's accolades include the Top Educators and Content Creators Award, Speaker of the Year 2026 at the Accounting Business Growth Awards, keynote appearances for multiple accounting governing bodies, and a TEDx talk. He is also the author of multiple international bestselling books for accountants, including Putting Excellence Into (Your) Practice and What's Next For Accountants?

Heather works with CFOs and Finance leaders to transform their functions and organisations to move faster, work smarter, and unlock strategic value.  She is reinventing Finance with her clients, helping complex organisations to transform and take advantage of modern technology, data, and AI.  She believes that that Finance functions of the future will be intelligent, autonomous, continuously evolving, and resilient.