We've been finance directors, but we'll show you what we learned in sales, marketing & HR
I’m Andy Shambrook. I used to be finance director of Dulux Paints UK, part of ICI and then AkzoNobel.
I then spent 5 years in sales, marketing and e-commerce with Dulux. My final role was Director of New Business. I launched e-commerce selling direct to our consumers with home delivery, and opened up multiple new distribution routes with grocers, department stores, and even fashion retailers.
In 2014 me and my best friend raised £500k venture capital and launched a spend anywhere gift card powered by MasterCard.
I also started this business in 2014, and over the last 5 years it's grown exponentially and has become my focus.
It's for finance people but it's not a finance programme. I've designed it to show you what I learned in sales, marketing, e-commerce and a VC-backed start-up that I wish I'd know when I was a FD.
For many years it was just me, flying all over the World. But now we're online and I've gathered a select team of people with similar backgrounds to me to reach more people.
Andy Shambrook FCA, Founder and Managing Partner
Hi, I’m Iain Dewson. I’m a FCA and I’ve held senior finance roles across retail, investment banking, advertising, marketing services and insurance.
Most recently I was Head of Finance Academy at TUI (in the group HR L&D function) leading global finance learning for 3,500 people in 40 countries.
In 2019 I joined The Finance Business Partner, specialising in helping teams build better relationships, bring numbers to life and influence decisions.
Iain Dewson, FCA, Associate Partner
Hi, I’m Amanda Carlyle. I've trained over 20,000 finance professionals over the last 15 years, across all sectors and all levels.
I specialise in finance business partnering, improving shared service centres, and coaching.
I joined the team in 2021 to support FBP Academy delivery and coaching
Amanda Carlyle, CGMA, Associate Partner
Hi, I’m Andrew Jepson. I’m a CA based out of Sydney, running the Asia Pacific region. I’ve held senior commercial finance roles, and also experienced life outside of finance as a general manager.
I wrote the book 'Compliance to Commercial: The QUIET Approach To Finance Business Partnering', and I run Australia's longest running public business partner workshops.
Having worked both in and out of finance, I can bring both perspectives to the table.
Andrew Jepson, FCA, Partner, Asia Pacific