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Meltem
Aydin
CFO
Samsar Resources
Meltem Aydin is a hands-on strategic finance leader and Contract CFO delivering impact across high-growth tech, startup, and industrial sectors. Driven by a passion for people development, process design, and unlocking growth, Meltem combines deep technical finance expertise with practical business acumen—whether navigating complex M&A, architecting Series A/B funding rounds, or transforming finance operations at scale. With extensive experience across SAAS, AI, startups, construction/infrastructure, hospitality, and FMCG, Meltem understands the unique challenges of hypergrowth and the importance of financial discipline without bureaucracy. She's fluent in multiple accounting frameworks and systems—USGAAP, IFRS, SAP, Oracle, and JD Edwards—and excels at managing risk while enabling bold commercial decisions. Her strengths span the full CFO mandate: corporate finance, accounting and reporting, tax optimization, M&A execution, and due diligence (VDR management). But what sets Meltem apart is her philosophy: finance should be a strategic partner and enabler, not a gatekeeper. She's passionate about building high-performing finance teams and embedding strategic management tools like the Balanced Scorecard into organizational DNA. Based in the UK with work authorization, Meltem is available as a Contract CFO through ReachX Resources UK, bringing immediate impact to organizations scaling rapidly or navigating complex financial transformations.
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12 November 2026 16:30 - 17:00
Fireside Chat | Fast answers, uncertain world: How CFOs are rebuilding finance for real-time risk and decision-making
The pace of business has accelerated and the risk landscape has fundamentally shifted. Boards and executive teams now expect real-time insight, while traditional risk frameworks and manual, siloed finance processes struggle to keep up. This fireside chat brings two CFOs together to share how they are rebuilding their finance functions to be both faster and more resilient. Expect a practical conversation on replacing annual risk assessments with dynamic, continuous monitoring, and on using cloud platforms, automation and embedded analytics to shorten the path from data to decision. They will also discuss the cultural and organisational changes needed to make it stick. Key takeaways: - Modernise for speed and visibility: Strategies for streamlining workflows, automating routine tasks and consolidating data so that finance can deliver insight in real time rather than weeks. - Move from static to dynamic risk management: How to evolve from annual, compliance-driven assessments to continuous monitoring, scenario planning and stress testing that capture emerging threats and opportunities. - Build a finance function that leads: The skills, culture and ways of working needed to shift finance from reactive reporting to trusted, proactive partnership with the board and the business.