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Prawal
Goyal
CFO
Hays Electrical Services
Prawal Goyal is a finance and accounting executive known for leading organizations through complexity, growth, and transformation. With experience spanning public companies, private equity portfolios, startups, and advisory roles, he has built and repositioned businesses across banking, oil and gas, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing. Currently serving as CFO at Hays Electrical Services, Prawal has also held CFO and board-level roles at TechTrans International and other multi-entity platforms, where he oversaw global portfolios exceeding $2 billion and led initiatives generating more than $50 million in savings. His expertise includes IPO readiness, M&A, corporate finance, capital markets, cost transformation, restructuring, and investor relations. Earlier in his career, he led strategy and finance operations within Berkshire Hathaway’s energy platform and advised clients through complex finance and technology transformations. Prawal is recognized for strengthening free cash flow, optimizing CapEx and OpEx, managing risk with disciplined innovation, and aligning financial strategy with long-term value creation.
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09 September 2026 09:45 - 10:30
Panel: Capital allocation under pressure: Investing for growth without increasing risk
Every investment decision carries greater weight in today's volatile business environment. Rising costs, economic uncertainty and shifting market conditions mean CFOs must carefully balance growth ambitions with financial resilience. The challenge is no longer simply finding capital to invest, but ensuring every pound deployed creates long-term value without exposing the business to unnecessary risk. This session explores how leading CFOs are reshaping their capital allocation strategies to prioritise high-impact investments, improve decision-making and strengthen resilience. Learn how finance leaders are evaluating competing priorities, assessing risk and allocating capital with greater confidence in an increasingly unpredictable environment. Key takeaways: - Develop a capital allocation framework that balances growth, profitability and resilience. - Evaluate investment opportunities using risk-adjusted decision-making and value creation principles. - Improve capital deployment by aligning investment decisions with long-term strategic priorities.