Winning Strategy
For Katherine Bowen FCCA, Wales's Young Finance Director of the Year, valuing people lies at the heart of business success.
Recently named Young Finance Director of the Year at the 2024 Finance Awards Wales, Katherine Bowen FCCA is a walking illustration of the value of a career in accountancy. In the space of just six years, she has moved through a rapidly changing organisation to become one of the youngest CFOs in the country.
It is, she says, a really rewarding career.
“You have a seat at the table when the fundamental strategic decisions are made. You’ve got the flexibility to work in any industry, anywhere in the world. You can make a real difference and have a positive impact on the success of the company,."
The CFO of the operational transformation and business processing services provider Target Group qualified while working for a small firm of accountants in her native Swansea – winning two global awards along the way (for the highest aggregate mark in the professional papers and the highest audit mark in the world), as well as the Sir Julian Hodge prize – before moving to Deloitte in Cardiff.
