As a new member of the Shared Services Forum UK, I’ve been really impressed with the variety of events and resources available. Everything from leaders networking events, to motivational speakers, to subject-specific deep dives have been made available to us and me and my team are really enjoying being part of the lively community. Although we joined right before Covid hit, the Forum quickly pivoted to an online series of events which we have found to be great. If anything, its easier than ever to attend an event because no travel is required! Coupled with the inclusive way that membership is set up (an unlimited number of people from your organisation can be included by your corporate membership), it makes the Forum really easy to interact with and start utilising straight away. I encourage everyone in my team to take part, and I myself am now a regular contributor. Everyone is friendly and welcoming, and it’s great to have a community of Shared Services professionals to bounce ideas around with. Despite having only been a member for a few months, we’ve already made connections and have even been able to set up some insightful benchmarking with other companies. I am genuinely excited to see what more we can get from our membership, and am looking forward to this year’s conference.
Jessica Ritchie, Raytheon Technologies
