Meet Paula Kensington
“Imagine waking up to a world without nature. Blue skies replaced by grey, grass by dirt, oceans turned to dust and mud. This isn’t some far-fetched Science Fiction movie, it is the reality we are facing now. We are staring down the gun at the end of the world as we know it and business leaders need to unite to implement new ways of thinking and doing before it’s too late.”
Paula Kensington FCCA, is an award-winning CFO who has over two decades in finance in ASX technology companies in both Australia and the UK.
She serves on the Council of ACCA (the global body for professional accountants) and has completed a four-year term as chair of the Australia/NZ members panel. Paula has dedicated the latter part of her career to using her experiences to inspire and empower others via her consulting practice, PK Advisory.
An unapologetic business futurist, Paula’s eye is never far off the horizon, anticipating what transformations could be game-changing – for both businesses and individual clients alike.
Paula’s speciality is harnessing her extensive business knowledge and 30-year plus experience to share how we can learn from the past and re-shape the future. Through her passion and vision, she is able to empower and unite other CFOs and professionals to share common ground to forge a new, sustainable, ethical direction in financial business management.
She believes in the power of teamwork and knowledge-sharing which has led her in the past 5 years to establish and grow ‘CFO Conversations’ – a successful online community which enables CFOs to connect and to support each other and offer inspiration, encouragement and connection with their peers on their professional journey.
In her own CFO consulting practice, PK Advisory, Paula has brought together her extensive experience to provide coaching, training and mentorship for a wide range of individuals and organisations.
She is a board member of CoE and founding investor with CoELAB – a regenerative business that works in partnership with organisations to design operating systems more closely aligned with nature. By helping organisations move from a profit-centred decision-making approach to a life-centred approach, CoELAB aims to empower businesses and communities to achieve sustainable, environmentally focussed operating systems and structures.
Paula is passionate about the planet and its future. An eternal optimist but also a realist, she firmly believes there is a new way of CFOs to do business that can herald a new era, where the people and the planet are placed before profit.