Over thirteen years experience as a senior finance professional and Chartered Accountant I followed a fairly standard career path through various industries and finance roles until I landed at TUI to run their Finance Academy. Being responsible for the learning and development of over 3,500 finance colleagues in over forty-two countries was a radical change in direction and a real eye opener. The view outside of finance looking in gave me a unique perspective. Running a global learning platform as well as designing and delivering bespoke training programmes around the world for finance was a richly rewarding experience. I now concentrate on bringing my experiences of being a finance professional outside finance to life for the benefit of finance teams everywhere so that finance can learn, lead and change.