Balbinder Panesar:  Head of Finance (Retired); Inspiring the Future Volunteer 

Finance/Business Management and Administration


Balbinder is a retired former Head of Finance in major telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa.  He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts (CIMA).

Find out more about Balbinder's career on this page.

Balbinder kindly answered the following questions in his video below:

1. Please explain your personal journey to becoming a Chartered Accountant and ultimately Head of Finance

2.What roles are you currently undertaking?

3.What is a Director?

4.What different accountancy institutions are there?

5.Can you please tell us more about your work experience and how your MBA helped you to decide where to focus your career.

7.Please can you describe an average day in your previous role as Head of Finance?

8.What aspects of your Head of Finance role did you find the most rewarding?

9.What challenges did you face?

10.What can I do now to help me prepare for doing finance roles in the future?