AI in Finance Summit

Duke is a global people‑strategy leader with 25+ years of experience supporting Fortune 500 organizations including leadership roles at Apple and Gap Inc. He currently leads Microsoft’s Global Field Skilling team for SME&C, helping customers, partners, and employees build the workforce of the future. Before joining Microsoft, he founded a successful consulting practice focused on learning strategy, leadership development, and high‑performance coaching.

Sourav is the Head of Cloud AI Ecosystems for UK&I and Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud, where he has driven strategic partnerships and alliances for over five years. A recognised thought leader in generative AI, Sourav brings over 15 years of technology experience spanning enterprise consulting at Deloitte, a global sales leadership role at Microsoft, and hands-on work with early-stage analytics startups. He is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge cloud, data and AI solutions to solve complex enterprise problems.

Emma is CFO at CUBE, bringing over 15 years’ experience leading finance and operations across PE-backed technology and services scale-ups in the UK and Australia, with a strong track record in M&A, digital transformation and building high-performing organisations.

Theo brings extensive experience in helping finance teams use AI and automation to improve cash management and liquidity. With experience across the SAP ecosystem, Theo has seen first-hand the challenges created by manual processes and fragmented systems, and works with CFOs and finance leaders to turn AI into practical, measurable improvements across the finance function.

Stephen is a Senior Sales Executive at Avalara, specialising in tax technology solutions that help businesses simplify compliance and navigate an increasingly complex global tax landscape.

Ben is Director of Growth for Airwallex EMEA, helping ambitious businesses scale internationally by leveraging modern financial infrastructure to simplify global payments, treasury and financial operations.

Sam‘s entry into the world of Finance was somewhat unorthodox;

While working at Grant Thornton, he was sent on secondment to their strategic investment (an ERP product) in 2015 and has supported Finance teams with technology ever since, across both Enterprise and Startups.

He initially set up and now runs Sales at Light, Europe’s answer to ERP,  and brings a unique perspective on how Accounting and AI can complement and enhance each other.