Stuart Barber
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Stuart Barber

Finance Director

About Stuart

​Stuart is the Finance Director for the Faststream Recruitment Group, leading the financial operations and activities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Asia Pacific regions.

Joining the business in 2008, Stuart brings a wealth of experience including a CIMA qualification as well as a broad experience of working in local government, charity and distribution and production.

Stuart is passionate about creating great conversations with internal and external stakeholders and contributing to building robust systems to improve financial processes.

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