Chair: Helen Osagie

Helen joined the CIPD in October 2023 and leads our Finance division. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales. 

With a career spanning more than 20 years in Finance, Helen’s experience covers a broad range of industries including the National Audit Office and PKF where she worked on financial controls and reporting for government bodies, charities, and private companies.  

For the last 10 years Helen has led finance teams and strategy for global tech companies, media agencies and private equity-backed scale-ups, successfully growing businesses in the UK, Europe, US and Africa. Helen’s approach to financial growth has always been people-centred and she is passionate about using business growth and profitability as an active and sustainable force for good in society.  

Helen is an active supporter of the UK startup and scale-up communities, running financial growth workshops for the British Library, a national bank, and female entrepreneurs’ programs.