Finance Director Europe

About Us

Finance Director Europe

Established in 1992, Finance Director Europe (FDE) has continued to evolve in order to constantly achieve its purpose – to keep CFOs and leaders within the finance function updated with the latest topics and trends, and provide them with decision-useful insight. As methods of communication and engagement across industries have advanced, FDE has not only kept the pace, but has taken an active lead in serving the CFO community with information across all key channels.


Bespoke Dinners & Breakfasts

For over 20 years, FDE has facilitated exceptional networking opportunities for CFOs and finance leaders with bespoke, customised breakfasts and dinners, providing engagement opportunities for those working in, and serving, the finance community to explore the latest thinking, strategies and technologies impacting the finance function, and beyond.

The format of our events is designed to facilitate a multi-lateral conversation, allowing finance professionals an opportunity to share experiences with their peers, learn from our supplier hosts about their views, products, strategy and solutions and to contribute to the question and answer, and open table, forum:

  • VIP moderated boardroom-style dinners as well as larger briefings
  • 1 keynote speaker from the CFO community
  • 1 exclusive supplier partner
  • Hosted in 5-star venues across locations in Europe
  • Breakfasts include coffee networking followed by waiter-served food
  • Dinners start with a champagne reception followed by three-course fine dining
  • Moderated in full by FDE to help facilitate discussions
  • All logistical aspects of event organised, and run, by FDE
  • Targeted delegate acquisition with personalised invitations using FDE’s connections with the finance community

Past keynote speakers at FDE events include:

  • Graeme Pitkethly, CFO, Unilever
  • Andy Halford, CFO, Standard Chartered
  • Shirine Khoury-Haq, CFO, Co-op
  • Ilkka Hara, CFO, Kone
  • Katie Murray, CFO, NatWest (formerly RBS)
  • Dr. Stefan Borchers, CFO, Vaillant Group


Account-Based Marketing & Lead Generation

Our digital content management platform, in combination with content syndication and gated assets, allows FDE to generate leads from specific target markets that our clients give us. This entails:

  • FDE creating native content which is amplified to a specific target market – this can be broken down by company names, size, revenue, industry and geography, and job titles
  • Individuals from the target market who are engaging with the content being directed to gated content where their details are captured (all GDPR-compliant)


Webinars

Dedicated to bringing you live, fully interactive webinars on the latest topics affecting the office of the CFO, our FDE channel allows you to connect with finance leaders whilst watching and listening to the latest industry insights. With opportunities to ask our thought leaders questions to solve your own business challenges, these 60-minute webinar sessions are presented by leading associations and enterprises and are aimed at giving business insights, educational value and access to new techniques and products without the need to travel.


FDE TV

Launched in 2015 and now averaging over 7,000 views for each of our video episodes, FDE TV has provided expert commentary and analysis of issues affecting the finance community through on-camera interviews with finance leaders, as well as leading providers in the industry looking to showcase the best solutions on offer to help address these issues.

  • Episodes filmed on location across Europe
  • All footage filmed, developed, edited and marketed by FDE
  • Seasoned journalists conducting cutting-edge interviews
  • Opportunity for service providers to have their leadership on camera alongside key customers, and prospects
  • Video interviews transcribed into Thought Leadership articles which are placed across the FDE online portal and print publications