Chris Gunning

Global Finance Transformation – Global Shared Services Nielsen IQ

Chris is an Irish Chartered Accountant, with 20+ years of experience Designing, Building and Running operational Global Shared Services operations across the globe, including such far flung places like India, Brazil, Colombia, US, Asia, Eastern Europe, Netherlands, and even Ukraine & Pakistan He has represented Shared Services operations in companies in the Technology, Telecommunications; Manufacturing/Automotive; and CPG/Brewing industries and is now currently heading up Global Shared Services Strategy and Advisory as part of the Nielsen IQ Global Finance Transformation team. Chris has a passion for developing amazing Talent across the Shared Services industry to push the boundaries on automation and process improvement. Chris is a Global Advisory Board Member for SSON and received the Community Impact Award at Shared Services Outsourcing Week 2019 for Lifetime Achievement for contributions to the Shared Services industry (which made him feel very old!!) Outside of work Chris is passionate about anything Heavy Metal related and is still buzzing from the recent Amsterdam take over by Metallica, where they kicked off their new worldwide tour last month!