LISTEN TO THE Keynote Speakers
Brad Burton
Founder, 4Networking Ltd
Brad Burton
Founder, 4Networking Ltd
Brad Burton is the UK’s No.1 Motivational speaker, a leading 5 * rated Amazon author and Founder of 4Networking, the UK’s largest joined-up national business network, coach, mentor & adopted son of the APA.
If you attended lasts year conference you will not want to miss this year's event as Brad will be with us for the entire day giving 3 individual world leading motivational sessions based on real life!
Be prepared to take on the world after these sessions…
Mary Schaeffer
Founder, AP Now
Mary Schaeffer
Founder, AP Now
Mary S. Schaeffer is the founder of AP Now, a B2B organization focused on creating business intelligence around the accounts payable and payment functions. Mary is one the world's most renowned AP Gurus and was recently named a Top 50 Influencer in Accounts Payable. She has written 20 business books and is a frequent and popular speaker at both online and live events.
Mary joins us again this year to give her insight into the global world of AP Fraud & more importantly prevention!
Jamie Radford
CEO, AP Association
Jamie Radford
CEO, AP Association
Jamie Radford is the founder of the Accounts Payable Association, speaker, coach and mentor. Jamie is considered amongst his industry peers as one the world's most recognised & leading influencers.
His overall drive & passion is to see AP get the recognition, voice & reward that it so rightly deserves.
Karen Young
Director, Hays
Karen Young
Director, Hays
Karen is a Director and recruiting expert at Hays Accountancy & Finance. She provides strategic leadership to a team of over 400 accountancy and finance recruitment professionals across nearly 100 UK offices. With 22 years of finance recruitment experience, Karen has a track record of recruiting top finance talent for businesses across a range of industry sectors, and is a trusted industry voice on recruitment, career planning and market insights.
Philip King
Small Business Commissioner
Philip King
Small Business Commissioner
In a career spanning over 40 years, Philip has held senior credit management roles in the high-tech and communication sector and in distribution and retail, which included spells at Olivetti and Vodafone. He was appointed Director General of the ICM in 2005, and later Chief Executive. Philip was behind the Institute’s drive to become a Chartered body (becoming the CICM in 2015). He was appointed to the post of interim Small Business Commissioner in January 2020.
Philip is the author of the Managing Cashflow Guides for government, and the architect of the Prompt Payment Code which the CICM administered on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) until it was transferred to the SBC’s office in March 2020. He has worked closely with successive governments in championing best-practice credit management and supporting small business.
In his time leading the CICM, Philip helped transform the Institute and elevate its profile, keeping professional credit managers in the minds of government and key influencers. He was a board member of the Start-Up Loans Company, the Red Tape Champion for Insolvency and the first ever lay Chair of the Joint Insolvency Committee.
Sue Chapple
CEO, CICM
Sue Chapple
CEO, CICM
Sue is the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), the largest recognised professional body in the world for the credit management community. Before taking up this role, Sue held the post of Director of Strategic Relationships with the CICM – working collaboratively with a number of organisations in the sector, increasing awareness and building partnerships.
With over 25 years experience in operational credit management across finance, utilities and public sector, Sue is passionate about good business practice, improving cash flow and raising the profile of this critical role within companies and government. She also sits on a number of industry and UK government-led bodies.
The Chartered Institute of Credit Management is advancing the profession by raising awareness, developing and promoting best practice and developing its members across all roles that sit within the credit management lifecycle. Providing ongoing support, qualifications and access to a wide range of resources. CICM was instrumental in developing and supporting the Prompt Payment Code for BEIS and continues to work closely with it.
+
Speakers
+
AP Attendees
+
AP Awards
+
Hours of Leading AP Content
Headline Sponsors
Event Sponsors
