Game, Set, Match: An Executive Leadership Lunch

​Game, Set, Match: An Executive Lunch for Leaders

​Co-hosted by Vertice, Wordsmith and Airwallex

​The fight for margin has moved off the pitch.

​From the 2026/27 season, Premier League clubs can spend no more than 85% of revenue on their squads. Formula 1 teams already race under a $215m cost cap. Sport makes the rule explicit, but every finance leader plays under one: a board-approved budget, a lender’s covenant, an investor’s margin target.

​When the headline budget is fixed, your remaining freedom lies elsewhere: in the software you license, the vendors you hire, the contracts you sign and the payments you move across borders.

​Organisations that govern this spend as closely as player wages or payroll fund their ambitions inside the cap. Organisations that ignore it hand their margin to suppliers.

​One connected view of every pound you can still move:

​Vertice controls what you buy, saving customers 20% on average.

​Wordsmith controls what you sign.

​Airwallex controls how you pay.

​Together, they give finance and legal teams full visibility and control over spend, contracts and payments. Join CFOs, general counsel and finance leaders from sport, media, entertainment and high-growth business for discussion and a set lunch at a top-rated dining venue in London.