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Richard
Leon
Head of Financial Planning & Treasury
West Kent Housing Association
Richard is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in financial planning, treasury, and strategic management across commercial and housing sectors. He began his career in London’s commercial sector, including roles with a FTSE 100 company and the NHS. Over the past five years, Richard has focused on the Housing sector, establishing financial planning functions at Golding Homes, leading long-term business planning and treasury at Settle Group, and currently serving as Head of FP&A and Treasury at West Kent Housing Association.
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12 November 2026 15:45 - 16:45
Interactive session - The four finance leader archetypes: Discover your style, strengths and strategic edge
In this hands-on, end-of-day interactive experience, you’ll dive into the four core finance leader archetypes, identify your dominant working style, and explore how it shapes the way you lead, influence and make decisions. You’ll move through two breakout rounds: - First, connecting with peers who share your archetype to compare strengths and patterns - Then joining a mixed group of contrasting archetypes to uncover collaboration gaps, challenge assumptions and learn from perspectives radically different from your own. The four finance leader archetypes: 1. The Strategic Finance Leader (AKA The CEO’s Strategic Partner): A future-focused business architect who blends financial rigor with enterprise strategy, helping shape markets, models and long-term direction. 2. The Transformation Finance Leader (AKA The Change Agent): A reinvention-driven leader who modernizes systems, processes and structures while managing the people side of change to deliver sustainable evolution. 3. The Digital Finance Leader (AKA The Tech-Forward Pioneer): A technology-enabled strategist who uses automation, AI and real-time data to accelerate insights, improve decisions and transform how finance operates. 4. The Operational Finance Leader (AKA The Process Optimizer): A hands-on efficiency expert who relentlessly improves processes, strengthens controls and enhances daily operational performance across the business.