Abby Henderson

Executive summary

Abby is the Chief Financial Officer for BDO in Australia, where she leverages 20 years of extensive accounting experience to drive financial excellence and strategic growth. Starting her career as an auditor at a large professional services firm, Abby developed a robust foundation in client-facing roles, which she now uses to add significant value to the business.

As part of the Executive team, Abby is passionate about fostering high-performance teams and leading finance transformation initiatives. She is committed to business partnering, ensuring that BDO effectively delivers its strategic goals. Abby actively engages with our people and leaders to execute our priorities for growth.

With a deep understanding of finance and business operations, Abby brings insights from her diverse experience to drive operational improvements and transformation programs. Her leadership style is purpose-led, focusing on fostering a values-based, inclusive and supportive culture. Abby is dedicated to maintaining a clear purpose statement of ‘Empowering people, realising possibilities,’ and ensuring a constant focus on quality. These principles form the foundation of BDO in Australia's strategic decisions and direction.

Expertise

• Finance transformation
• Business partnering to deliver strategic outcomes
• Delivery of high-quality projects to achieve operational excellence
• Development of team culture and creation of high-performance teams.

Experience

• Implementation of finance ERP system and other supporting systems
• Strategic support of business-led acquisitions
• Creation and delivery of team alignment strategy
• Development of high-quality processes and controls to support long-term growth and efficiency.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)
• CA ANZ.