Elevating your Professional Development in Corporate Finance & Professional Services

Aaron is a Director for Axon Moore and head’s up Axon Moore’s Manchester office and specialises in the recruitment of FDs for ambitious and fast-growth businesses.

Managing a team of 8 consultants covering the full spectrum of finance roles from graduate to the boardroom, he and the team transform finance functions by uncovering and then bringing to market some of the region’s best talent.

With over a decade’s worth of experience in Accountancy and Financial recruitment, Aaron is the go-to for senior finance professionals and is the creator and face of Axon Moore’s Future Leaders programme. A programme designed to bring together ambitious finance professionals looking to progress to C-suite level positions. Future Leaders creates an environment where aspiring leaders can form a peer group, share best practice, advice and insight whilst strengthening their network and learning from high-calibre guest speakers.

Aaron has a long-term working relationship with many of the fastest growing SMEs in these geographies having partnered with them from early stages to them becoming major players in their respective markets.

Bet is the Listening & Communications at MAPD, a group of law firms across the UK including the corporate specialists, Bermans. MAPD stands for Making A Positive Difference and a big part of that is investing in our people’s skills and their future. Alongside internal communications, part of Bet’s role is supporting lawyers on their career pathways and routes to qualification, including Training Contracts, SQE and CILEX. Prior to working with MAPD, Bet worked on a TIB/World Bank project to create safe, accessible, and sustainable water systems in rural East Africa.

Azra is a finance-focused business leader known for her calm, clear-headed approach to complex challenges.

After starting her career in operations consulting, she qualified as an ACA at Deloitte in Transaction Services before moving into investment banking to specialise in sell-side M&A.

She later became Group Financial Controller at Superbike Factory, guiding the business through a major growth period.

As Managing Director of Franco’s Bakery, supplying a spectrum of retailers from Waitrose through to Iceland, as well as food service and other industries, Azra leads commercial strategy and operational performance.

Her leadership blends analytical discipline with steady, people-centred decision-making.

Charlie Morris is a Director at A&M in the North West team. She has experience advising a variety of private, public and private equity clients on both sell side and buy side transactions, as well as VCT investment processes. ​Prior to A&M she was Head of Commercial Finance at Village Hotels Group, with responsibility for the Group’s reporting and forecasting, audit and tax. She began her career at KPMG in tax, before moving to Corporate Finance.