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Cat Kelly is a trusted expert in accounting standards and financial reporting. She works closely with leadership teams to help them navigate complex accounting changes, translating technical requirements into clear, practical insight that supports confident decision making.  

With extensive experience across UK GAAP, IFRS transitions and statutory reporting, Cat regularly speaks at events and leads specialist forums, bringing clarity and energy to topics that are often seen as daunting. 

Lisa helps organisations understand, manage, and reduce cyber risk in a practical, commercial way.

She works closely with clients to strengthen resilience, achieve recognised certifications, protect customer data, and build security strategies that support growth, not slow it down. Her focus is simple: make cyber risk clear, manageable, and aligned to real-world business priorities.

Mark is the Founder & CEO of embracent, a technology strategy and digital transformation consultancy that helps midmarket businesses unlock real value from AI and emerging technology. With a career spanning Big 4 consulting and multiple global CIO roles, Mark brings deep, handson experience of leading largescale technology change in complex organisations. 

Mark specialises in cutting through hype and jargon to help leadership teams understand where AI and technology can genuinely improve performance, efficiency and decision-making.