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Stephen Williams
CSS SVP, Transformation Assurance & Partner Success, Oracle

Biography:
Stephen Williams leads the Global Transformation Assurance and Global Partner Success groups at Oracle. Stephen is one of the most experienced digital transformation leaders in the world. He has vast expertise from personal hands-on delivery of over 65 business transformations and advisory of over 1200 projects in a variety of sectors in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. He has often been described as a “unicorn” with deep skills in change management, large scale business transformation, technical development & architecture, and board advisory. Most recently, he successfully led Heathrow Airport through the largest transformation in its 75-year history during the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic. He has developed a pragmatic consultancy-agnostic transformation methodology, called “Sticky Transformation” and an innovative value-based delivery model, called “Golden Threads and Nuggets”,which have been instrumental in ensuring high business impact, smooth implementation, and tangible value from digital transformation programs around the globe.

Stephen is also a proud product of the California Community College system. He has attended Pierce College, Valley College, and completed his AA at Moorpark Community College. It was at Moorpark where Stephen was introduced to the activity that changed his life: Joining the speech and debate team, known as “forensics competition.” Competing for Moorpark Community College, he became the California State Champion of impromptu speaking and went on to San Diego State University to become one of the most prolific public speaking competitors out of California in the past 30 years winning over 200 competitive awards at the National and International level. Stephen has also given back to the community with guest lectures in southern California colleges.

Stephen regularly advises boards and executive leadership through every aspect of their business transformation journey. Stephen’s doctorate studies are in Organizational Communication and Transformation from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he has an MA in Organizational Communication from San Diego State University.

Dan Balshaw
Transformation Director – Commercial Industries, Oracle

Biography:
Daniel Balshaw is a HR Transformation Director for the UK & Ireland at Oracle. He has over 20 years’ experience working across HR and HR Technology and now works with a range of businesses embarking on HR transformations, sharing his lived experience and personal learnings.

Daniel has experience of HCM vendor selection, implementation, and solution design all while applying a user centric design approach.

Prior to joining Oracle, Daniel worked at Sainsbury’s Supermarkets where he led the HR Technology Team.

Fiona McAdoo
Transformation Director – Public Sector, Oracle

Biography:
Fiona McAdoo is an experienced leader in public sector transformation with extensive expertise in digital innovation and organisational change. As Transformation Director at Oracle, she works closely with public sector organisations to harness cutting-edge technology, driving enhanced service delivery and improved outcomes for citizens.

With over a decade of experience at the London Borough of Camden, including her role as Associate Director of Organisational Development, Fiona led pioneering initiatives to foster efficiency, innovation, and cultural transformation. Her leadership extended to driving public sector reform across Greater Manchester, where she championed cross-sector collaboration and service innovation.

Fiona is passionate about the intersection of technology and public service, believing in its potential to create smarter, more effective solutions, and empower the workforce to deliver for citizens. Her deep understanding of organisational strategy and digital transformation makes her a sought-after thought leader in shaping the future of public sector services.

Neil Cutting
Transformation Director – Commercial Industries, Oracle

Biography:
Qualifying with PWC, he moved into global finance leadership roles with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mars and Jacobs Solutions Incorporated. Neil spent 17 years at Jacobs (a Fortune 250 company), where he was VP of Finance. His experience included Divisional CFO, International Accounting Director and Transformation Director.

Neil has consistently been drawn towards helping fix business problems which require transformation. This started at PWC in Corporate Recovery, turning around loss making operations at HPE and at Jacobs, fixing failed acquisitions, driving finance function global re-organisations. These experiences enabled Neil to be seconded to the Ministry of Defence to lead the finance transformation programme.

In addition to his international career, Neil has been an active volunteer for ICAEW, including being a member and President of the West of England Board, Chair of the Aerospace & Defence CFO Forum, a member of the Business Committee and in 2023, was elected to ICAEW Council.

Neil is passionate about helping business leaders understand simple methodologies for delivering complex transformation programmes, resulting in a series of successful articles for ICAEW and the “Cutting through Boardroom Challenges” series on Accounting Web. He also guest lectures on strategic performance at the University of Bath, one of the top business schools in the UK.