Future London Academy

Governance rarely gets attention, until the day a company needs it most.

David Pratt led Financial Reporting & Governance for the cohort, sharing what good governance looks like from the financial side, and when a business actually needs it.

David has spent 30 years in senior finance roles across Vodafone, Verizon, Mars and Wise, including serving as Group Financial Controller at Wise through its direct listing on the London Stock Exchange, one of the most closely scrutinised IPOs in UK fintech history. He’s now in the same role at Checkout.com Checkout.com , one of the world’s largest payment providers.

Today we’re Processing Insights with our brilliant facilitator and service designer Simon Gough Simon Gough, who is helping the cohort apply everything they’d learned to their own businesses.

Simon has spent over two decades working at the intersection of service design, systems thinking and economics, with clients ranging from FMCG companies to central government.

Swipe for David’s take and Simon’s support in helping the cohort connect the dots and turning insights into next steps. 💛

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Understanding your own brain might be the most overlooked leadership skill.

In Thinking about Neurodiversity, Emma Wee Emma Melati Wee helped the cohort understand what it means to thrive as a neurodiverse leader, and how to build a genuinely inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Emma moved into coaching from a career in the creative world, and has spent the past seven years at Genius Within, completing over 5,000 hours of coaching. As neurodivergent herself, she helps clients thrive because of how their brains work, not in spite of them.

Tom Elvidge shared the metrics, dashboards and processes that have carried him through some of the fastest-scaling companies in tech in his session on Operations During Hypergrowth & Leading Through Uncertainty today.

Tom has spent 20 years in senior operational roles, including UK General Manager at Uber, COO EMEA at WeWork, and CEO of Arrival Mobility UK, scaling these high-growth companies without losing control.

Swipe for Emma’s practical pieces of wisdom and Tom’s mic drop moments on leadership for hypergrowth ⚡

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The secret to client trust? It’s not your pitch, it’s your numbers.

Today, Joy Nazzari Joy Nazzari shared exactly that with our cohort, taking them through Module 1’s Finance for Creative Leadership: the financial statements and KPIs every leader needs to track.

Joy founded DNCO 20 years ago and has since grown it into a 100% employee-owned studio behind some of the UK’s biggest brands, working with clients including the City of San Francisco, the Mayor of London, the V&A and the National Galleries of Scotland.

Swipe for Joy’s words of financial wisdom. ✨

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