Dan French

Dan French

CEO Consider Solutions
Dan French

Dan is Founder and CEO of Consider Solutions, serving global brands including BT, Bombardier, Sony Music, Starbucks and UNICEF.

With a focus on finance & accounting, procurement and shared global business services, Dan advises on governance and optimization of global end-to-end business processes, data driven decision making, operating models, business partnering, organization and roles, performance management, technology, managing risk and simplifying compliance. The “Pareto Principle” is a key to success in all of these initiatives, the 80/20 rule by which 80% or more of desired outcomes can be delivered with 20% or less of the cost, effort and cycle time.

Dan has a background of 25 years in strategy, operations, general management, consulting, performance improvement, risk management & compliance, process change and technology in global businesses.

Though based in London, in the “Before Times” Dan travelled around the world for work. For recreation, he enjoys skiing, playing blues guitar and red wine though, for safety reasons, not all at the same time.


Workshops & Conference Day One: May 19th, 2026

11:00 AM Workshop B8 ACCELERATING DIGITAL & AI ENABLED TRANSFORMATION

The demand for speed, agility and demonstrable enterprise P&L impact of GBS and Shared Services has never been higher. We have delivered GBS cost savings through locations and wage arbitrage, but leadership regard these as “one and done”. Enterprise-wide productivity remains a challenge. Expectations on AI and Agentic as “enterprise value-creators” are sky-high, and we need strategies and plans that will deliver genuine business impact at speed. Sharing experiences, tactics and tools with interactive discussions and exercises, this session will explore some of the opportunities and challenges in accelerating digital & AI-enabled transformation for the business at large. We will explore a practical approach to driving successful P&L and Working Capital impact for your stakeholders and an enhanced reputation for GBS itself.
The workshop will cover:
• Business Demands, Expectations and Barriers to Success
• Business Value & “What Does GOOD Look Like”
• Stakeholders and the “Coalition”
• Technologies and the Essence of Digital and AI Success
• The Data Foundations
• Human Factors and the Customer, Colleague Experience (CX)
• The Art of Execution
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Digital Transformation

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Dan.

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