Gary Smith is Head of Finance at Liva Healthcare, a role he has held since September 2025. His career shifted toward the start up and scale-up world during his MBA, and he has since built a career at the intersection of controller and entrepreneurship, drawn to the problem solving challenges of scaling businesses, whether in-house operations, investment rounds, or M&A. Prior to Liva Healthcare, Gary was Head of Finance at Bunch and Financial Controller at Proxymity, where he built expertise in KPI reporting across multi-entity and multi-jurisdictional structures. His core expertise spans strategic finance, including M&A and investment rounds, technical accounting such as audit oversight, consolidations, and compliance, and systems and automation through multi-software ERP integrations. Gary's current focus is on the practical application of AI within the finance stack, working to automate the "old world" of accounting and modernize the finance function for scale-up businesses.