Sasan Goodarzi vs Steve Hare

Sasan Goodarzi

CEO of Intuit

BIO: Sasan Goodarzi is the CEO of Intuit, where he leads the company in delivering on its mission of powering prosperity across the world. Since becoming CEO,  Intuit has transformed from a tax and accounting platform company into an AI-driven expert platform company powering TurboTax, Credit Karma,  QuickBooks, and Mailchimp. Since joining Intuit in 2004, Goodarzi has successfully led  Intuit's two biggest businesses – its consumer group and its global business solutions group. Sasan is passionate about authentic leadership, driving a culture of speed and growth, and how innovation can solve customer challenges. He regularly writes and speaks about corporate responsibility, leadership lessons, and the importance of data and AI to bring professional-grade tools to consumers and businesses so they can make the best financial choices for powering their prosperity.

Steve Hare

CEO of Sage

BIO: Steve joined Sage in January 2014, having previously been Operating Partner and Co-Head of the Portfolio Support Group at the private equity firm Apax Partners, which he joined in 2009. Prior to this he built over 10 years’ experience leading the finance function for three listed UK companies culminating as CFO for FTSE 100 company Invensys plc, the global technology-related business, from 2006 to 2009. Between 2004 and 2006 Steve was Group Finance Director for Spectris plc, the FTSE 250 precision instrumentation and controls company and from 1997 to 2003 he was with Marconi PLC, acting as CFO from 2001. Steve qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 with Ernst & Whinney, now part of Ernst & Young, and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Liverpool University. You can follow Steve on @SteveHareCFO