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Sarah ADEDIRAN

Board Advisor | Enterprise Finance Transformation, Regulatory Strategy & Governance Executive | Digital Innovation, Artificial Intelligence Strategist & Strategic Growth Executive | Business Transformation Leader​

Partnering with Executive Boards, CEOs, and Global Leadership Teams to Architect the Future of Enterprise—Integrating Financial Leadership, Strategic Advisory, Digital Innovation, and AI to Transform Finance, Elevate Performance, Accelerate Growth, and Create Enduring Enterprise Value.

AI-Enabled Transformation Leader | Finance, Digital Innovation & Strategic Board Advisory...

 


 

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SARAH ADEDIRAN BIO

 

Sarah is a global finance and business transformation executive with extensive experience advising financial institutions, investment firms, and organisations navigating complex change across the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

She has a proven track record of leading enterprise strategy, finance transformation, regulatory change, risk management, and operational improvement initiatives that enhance performance, strengthen governance, and enable sustainable growth. Sarah works with global boards, CEOs, senior executives, regulators, and technology innovators to design and implement strategic initiatives, accelerate digital transformation, and unlock opportunities through AI-Enabled innovations.

Recognised as a trusted advisor on complex transformation programmes, Sarah brings deep expertise across banking, insurance, capital markets, and financial services. She has successfully delivered large-scale global transformation initiatives for organisations including HSBC, MetLife, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Legal & General, among other global financial institutions operating in multi-GAAP environments and highly regulated markets across the globe.

Her advisory experience includes board-level engagements, enterprise-wide initiatives, corporate governance, regulatory programmes, finance transformation, risk frameworks, US GAAP/IFRS initiatives and implementations, AI-enabled innovation, FinTech, RegTech, and strategic business partnerships. Sarah is also an experienced executive educator, delivering strategic leadership and executive training programmes for various financial institutions, global corporations, key regulators, and professional services organisations.

Sarah is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) in the United Kingdom, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in the US, the Institute of Directors (IOD), and The Chartered Governance Institute in the United Kingdom. 

EXPERIENCE
A FEW GLOBAL ENGAGEMENTS & ORGANIZATIONS...
EXECUTIVE STAKEHOLDERS

Executive Board Members
Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
Chief Operating Officers (COOs)
Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
Chief Technology Officers (CTOs)
Executive Directors
Managing Directors
Partners
Presidents

Core Expertise

Regulatory Compliance & Governance
Enterprise Risk Management
IFRS & US GAAP Reporting
Financial & Management Reporting
Regulatory Reporting Transformation
Finance Operating Models

 

INDUSTRY Expertise

Banking
Insurance
Private Equity
Capital Markets
Asset & Wealth Management
Financial Services

ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Engagement: Fintech and Regtech Expertise 

Delivered various regulatory technology solutions (RegTech) and new operating models across Group Investment Management. Delivered robust enterprise-wide risk framework governance and infrastructure for Market Risk, Counterparty Risk, Model Risk across multiple lines of business and products.

Business Unit: Enterprise Solutions

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Engagement: IFRS 17 and Target Operating Model

Designed Smart Tailored Implementation Program strategy including adoption strategy & policies; Target Operating model and KPIs; System Impact Assessment and Data Analysis Preparation for Transition. Delivered IFRS 17 capabilities through the introduction of an integrated solution that connects finance and actuarial systems
Business Unit: Life

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Engagement: US GAAP | IFRS Implementation  

Timely adoption and application of new accounting standards and the establishment of accounting policies to support new operating model including a subledger (IFRS 15, IFRS 16, ASC 606 and ASC 842). Parallel Reporting Strategy.
Business Unit: Group Finance | Life

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Engagement: IFRS 9 Implementation

Delivery of Impairment Models (PD, LGD, and EAD) across Retail and Commercial Banking. Completion of Key Policy design definitions, documentation, and implementation.
Business Unit: Retail | Wholesale​

Engagement: Solvency II Implementation

Coordinated the establishment of a BAU process for the Own Risk & Solvency Assessment (ORSA), the Pillar 2 narrative for interim reporting / RSR / SFCR reports and the integration of risk and capital management activities. 

Business Unit: Risk | Finance​

Engagement: IHC Implementation

Implementation of intermediate holding company (IHC), as part of The Federal Reserve’s Dodd-Frank enhanced prudential standards (EPS) of US Dodd Franck requirements for foreign banking organization with $50 billion or more consolidated assets in the us. These included the delivery of US GAAP Compliant Processes, General Ledger, Global Chart of Accounts, and tactical and strategic solutions for financial and regulatory reporting.

Business Unit: Corporate and Institutional Banking

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Engagement: Basel III Implementation and Reporting

Automation of the FFIEC 101 reports, implementation of the Standardized Approach, Development of Pillar 3 disclosures, and reconciliation of amounts between the general ledger and Basel reports. Interaction with regulators.

Business Unit: Global Finance Change Program

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Engagement: CFO, Private Equity

Develop and lead a fully functional accounting and finance center of excellence, including maintaining robust financial and accounting systems, budget and building motivated high performing finance team.

Business Unit: Finance

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Engagement: Corporate Development Advisory 

Coordinate the strategic and business development activities for clients, including long-range planning, evaluation, and execution of potential investment, merger, acquisition, joint venture, or partnership opportunities.

Business Unit: M&A and Strategy​

Engagement: GAAP Conversion

First-time adoption of IFRS - Delivery of IFRS compliant financial statements, narrative reports, accounting, and finance policies for over 2,000 legal entities worldwide. Training offered to wider accounting community. 

Business Unit: Group Finance​

Engagement: Finance Transformation Program

initiated Process delivery and change management in global roll-out of new operating model and platform.

Business Unit: Finance

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Engagement: Liquidity Risk Management

managed the Liquidity Risk Engine Design implementation, including testing, and deployment.

Business Unit: Finance Transformation | Risk Technology​

Engagement: ERP System Implementation

facilitated system and Process migration from legacy systems to new ERP. Redesign consolidations to accelerate the close process.

Business Unit: Finance Systems

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Selected CLIENTS

Citibank
HSBC
BNP Paribas
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
European Central Bank (ECB)
MetLife
Legal & General
Old Mutual
NPG Wealth Management

 

Transformation & Advisory Expertise

AI-Enabled Finance Transformation
Digital Finance Innovation
Enterprise-Wide Change Management
Strategic Programme Delivery
Operating Model Transformation
Board & Executive Advisory

US GAAP/IFRS Conversions and Implementations

 

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EDUCATION
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
ADVANCED Degrees

BUSINESS SCHOOL

Executive MBA, Said Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxford Fintech Executive Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Membership, The Institute of Directors (IOD), United Kingdom & Ireland | United States

Professional Memberships

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) United Kingdom

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) United Kingdom

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) United States

Additional Qualifications

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

ACCA DipIFR (Diploma in International Financial Reporting)

PRINCE2® Practitioner
APMG® Certified Change Manager

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
CLIENTS
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GLOBAL PROJECT LOCATIONS
SKILLS

AFRICA

EUROPE

USA/CANADA

ASIA PACIFIC

MIDDLE EAST

UK/IRELAND

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Partnering with Global Leaders to Architect the Future of Enterprise—Integrating Financial Leadership, Strategic Advisory, Digital Innovation, and AI to Transform Finance, Elevate Performance, Accelerate Growth, and Create Enduring Enterprise Value.

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