2025 has already seen 60,850 finance hires and 43,005 promotions worldwide, and every one of them opens a new buying window for finance tech, accounting platforms and operational suppliers.

📊 November snapshot:

• ‍United Kingdom: 2,976 hires, 950 promotions
• United States: 1,527 hires, 419 promotions
• Europe: 613 hires, 105 promotions

Below are some of the senior finance moves that matter most for suppliers heading into 2026.

United Kingdom

Five of the most significant UK brand moves this month:

• The Economist - Daragh O’Farrell, Director of Group Finance
• Vue - James McArthur, Group Chief Financial Officer
• Elementis Global - Kath Kearney-Croft, Chief Financial Officer
• RSK Group - Andrew Markwick, Chief Financial Officer
• Glen Dimplex - Nigel Cowman, Chief Financial Officer

United States

Five major leadership moves from major US brands:

• Walgreens - Jeffrey Hall, Chief Financial Officer
• 23andMe - Kael Reicin, Chief Financial Officer
• Vertiv - Craig Chamberlin, Chief Financial Officer
• Amcor - Steve Scherger, EVP and Chief Financial Officer
• Dow Jones - Alexander James, Vice President Finance

Europe

Five major leadership moves from major EU brands:

• Scania Danmark - Bjorn Gehlert, Chief Financial Officer
• Decathlon France - Stephane Thierry, Chief Financial Officer
• E.ON - Katharina Kollie, VP Finance Strategy
• Sieber Logistics - Andreas Holenstein, Chief Financial Officer
• DLL - Alp Sivrioglu, Chief Financial Officer
• Royal Den Hartogh Logistics - Jeroen Visser, Chief Financial Officer

Notable global promotions:

• Veolia - Kevin Draeger, Chief Financial Officer
• Electrolux Group - Everton Almeida, CFO - Europe and APMEA
• Kraft Heinz - Marcelo Lyra, CFO - Developed Markets
• Krispy Kreme - Robert Napier-Fenning, Chief Financial and Supply Chain Officer
• HP - Emmanuel Courtois, VP Finance, South and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Other CFOs joining companies globally including:

Grayce, Converge, Isio, Oxford International Education Group, DUSK, Advanced, Protiviti, Ergomed, Cogent Technology, Oneserve, Keywords Studios, Hammersley Homes, Artlist, CivicPlus, McLane, Lindsay, Latitude AI, Luminar Technologies, NatureSweet, Siemens, Allianz Commercial, Saab Surveillance

Why suppliers should care

Every one of these moves triggers change:

• New budgets
• New tools
• New advisory relationships
• New vendor reviews
• New pain points to address

And the timing is tight:
Most senior finance leaders spend a large portion of their first-year budget within their first 100 days.

For November’s cohort, that window spans December, January and February – the exact moment new decisions get made.

Stay ahead, not behind

Honch tracks every senior hire and promotion across the United Kingdom, United States and Europe so you know:

• Who just stepped in
• Where opportunities are opening
• When supplier reviews begin
• And how to reach the right people at the right time

If you need to know who’s stepping in, when buying windows open, and where budgets are shifting, Honch is the only platform built specifically to track global finance hires in real time.

Fast data. Zero guesswork. Total visibility.