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David Axson

Expert - Financial Services

David Axson is an experienced executive advisor covering strategy, finance, data, and technology. He has worked with executives at more than 200 organisations across 45 countries over his 35-year career.

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Executive Strategy & Finance

Working with start-ups and Global 1000 companies he has deep experience across multiple industries. He currently serves as part time CFO for Shrap a UK-based fintech startup that is reinventing cash. Earlier in his career, he co-founded The Hackett Group leading the company from start-up to IPO in just over six years.

  • 2020 to date : Independent Advisor, Board Member and CFO Ohio (USA)
  • 2011—2020 : Global Lead of CFO Strategies, Accenture Ohio (USA) and London (UK)
  • 2004—2011 : President, The Sonax Group Oho (USA)
  • 2002—2004 : Head of Corporate Planning, Bank of America N. Carolina (USA)
  • 1991—2002 : Co-founder, The Hackett Group Ohio (USA)
  • 1983—1991 : Lloyds Bank, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, A.T. Kearney London (UK)

David is the author of five books including The Management Mythbuster (Wiley 2010) and Best Practices in Planning & Performance Management (Wiley 2003). He writes a regular column for Financial Management the journal of the American Institute of CPAs.

David has degrees in Accounting and Computer Science from The University of Leeds (UK) and is a life member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).

The Management Mythbuster

Become a better manager by challenging the myths of commonly accepted management wisdom

A humorous review of current management practice with a very serious message, The Management Mythbuster makes an entertaining case for questioning much of the conventional wisdom that pervades the corporate world today.

Through contrarian and provocative points of view, real world examples and deep analysis, author and management thought leader David Axson offers over a dozen short, pithy commentaries on management today.

Best Practices In Planning
& Performance Management

A practical framework for effectively managing performance in today’s complex, competitive and risky global markets

Fully updated to reflect the events of the global economic crisis, this book provides further practical examples of companies that are successfully using the practices identified. Updated for the implications of the global economic crisis on management practices

Added examples and mini case studies throughout the book from companies such as Qualcomm, IBM, Dominos, Target, Toshiba and Facebook