About Matthew Needham

I’m a speaker, consultant and award-winning CFO

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Impact Through Insight: Guiding Leaders, Shaping Performance

Matthew Needham portrait

Beginning my career as a graduate trainee at Rolls-Royce, I’ve led transformative initiatives across the globe, taking senior leadership roles in multinational corporations like Experian, British Telecom, and DHL and executive roles in the New Zealand Government and British universities.

I have experienced the challenges of too many competing priorities, leading large, geographically dispersed teams, steering financial strategies, managing billion-dollar programs, and securing significant financing from global investors, but this has given me a deep understanding of organisational performance and success.

This deep fascination and passion are at the root of my shift to consultancy. I now dedicate myself to accelerating organisational performance across various sectors, helping as many leaders as possible unlock the potential and performance within their organisations by aligning their strategies with actionable results.

I use the experiences I’ve gained on my journey to steer leaders and CFOs through the tricky challenges facing organisations. Whether it’s managing too many priorities, reducing costs or speeding up execution,  I help accelerate your organisation’s performance.

What I Help Organisations With

It’s all about understanding what you seek to achieve and honing in on what truly drives your organisation or team’s performance.

Then it’s about sharpening your strategy, smoothing out the kinks in your processes and elevating your or your team’s influence and impact.

How I help

I help you clarify your priorities, better understand your financials, set clear performance measures, foster motivated and aligned cultures and teams, and streamline processes.

We’re prioritising meaningful progress over ticking boxes, ensuring every step takes you closer to your vision. Learn more about working with me.

Crafting Your Success Story

What does success look like?

It’s more than the bottom line.

It’s about crafting a culture of accountability, innovation, and resilience.

It’s about ensuring that every team member is not only aligned with but fully invested in the direction of your organisation.

And importantly, it’s about you stepping into an even more influential role as a leader, equipped with the insights and strategies to navigate future challenges.

Ready to Elevate Your Impact?

So, if you’re ready to transform your organisation’s challenges into your greatest achievements, I’m here to guide you.

Together, we’ll map out the steps to not just reach, but exceed your goals.

Through a partnership grounded in experience, empathy, and a shared vision for success, we’ll unlock your, your team’s and your organisation’s potential.

Let’s Begin

Let’s embark on this journey together.

Discover how a strategic focus on what truly matters can elevate your impact and influence.

Contact me to explore how we can achieve exceptional results, together.

Speaking

I’ve taken the stage (and screen via Zoom) talking to audiences of thousands about change, culture, leadership, hybrid working, ways of working and making an impact when life throws you a curve ball. I regularly speak at conferences and events across New Zealand and Australia. 
Matthew Needham speaking at a conference
Matthew Needham speaking at a conference

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