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Laura Okafor-Withers

Sharpshooter · DISC type DC
Open Account Finance Director: Head of TWC at Barclays
📍 Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Laura Okafor-Withers is the Global Operations & Finance Director at Barclays, specializing in strategic finance and transformation. An alumna of Birmingham City University and a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant, her career includes leadership roles at Worldpay, Deloitte, and Michelin, where she has consistently driven financial performance and led large global teams.

Inspired by her Nigerian mothers resilience and entrepreneurial spirit, Laura is a determined leader who values self-belief and pride. She is passionate about fostering high-performance cultures and has worked internationally, including a period in Vancouver, Canada. She often speaks about succeeding against the odds.

Unique Fact: Growing up, a teacher tried to limit her potential, but she persevered to achieve 10 A-grades and qualify as a Chartered Management Accountant.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Open Account Finance Director: Head of TWC
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Laura shows up

Fast But Analytical
Rigorous & Demanding
Precise But Practical

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Priorities

Topics Laura cares about

Finance Transformation
Her professional profile highlights finance transformation as a core skill, and she has posted about hiring project managers specifically for finance transformation initiatives.
Global Team Leadership
She has extensive experience leading large, global teams at Barclays and Worldpay, and recently posted about visiting her teams in Chennai and Noida to foster unity.
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Career

Work history

10-2022
Open Account Finance Director: Head of TWC
Barclays
9-2019 - 10-2022
Director of Finance: Senior Leader of Settlement Operations UK, Rest of World & Global E-commerce
Worldpay
8-2018 - 9-2019
Head of Finance EMEA
diono®
6-2016 - 8-2018
Group Head of Finance & Facilities Management
AQA
1-2014 - 6-2016
Head of Finance
AQA
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2001 - 2003
FCMA
CIMA The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
1993 - 1997
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Birmingham City University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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