Speaking

Looking for a speaker who cuts through the noise? Sarah is an experienced CFO and Founder who blends lived experience, storytelling and humour into conversations that make an impact.

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Who I speak to

Whether it’s a live event or virtual event, I love to speak to business owners, founders and executive leaders who are navigating growth, scale and increasing complexity. My audiences often include leadership teams, business networks, founder communities and organisations moving from early-stage growth into a more structured, scalable business.

I also enjoy giving back to the finance community and regularly speak at finance and CFO leadership events, sharing practical insights on leadership, decision-making and the evolving role of finance in growing businesses.

If your audience is thinking about how to lead like a CEO, grow without chaos, or build a sustainable business or career as complexity increases, then you need me in your room!

What I speak about

My talks are about the real moments business owners and leaders experience as their businesses grow, not the textbook version. I draw on my own lived experience working with early stage startups through to multi-billion-dollar organisations to make the lessons relatable, no matter what stage of growth the business is at.

Some of my topics include:

  • Leading Like a CEO
    What changes when you truly step into the CEO role including decision-making, financial responsibility, boundaries and accountability.

  • Growing Without Chaos
    How to scale a business without burning out the owner, the team or the cash flow.

  • Cash Flow: The Leadership Issue No One Talks About
    Why cash flow is rarely just a numbers problem and what leaders can do to stay in control.

  • From Busy to Profitable
    Why growth alone isn’t the goal, and how to build a business model that is financially strong, sustainable and pays the owner properly.

  • The CFO Lens on Leadership
    What finance leaders and business owners can learn from CFO-level thinking.

  • Scaling the Team as You Scale the Business
    Building leadership capability, decision ownership and high-performance cultures as complexity increases.

  • Designing a Business (or Career) That Lasts
    Lessons on leadership transitions, ambition, boundaries and building a career or business that supports long-term success.

Every session is tailored to the audience, whether founders, executive leaders or finance professionals, and blends practical insight, real stories and humour to keep the room engaged and the takeaways usable.

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Recent Engagements.

  • CFO Symposium

  • Spark Business

  • Finance Transformation Summit

  • CPA Australia

  • Deakin Business School

  • Future of Finance Summit