Rory Bethwaite leads Private Equity and Venture Capital Alliances for FloQast in EMEA. His work centers on the intersection of AI-driven accounting transformation and fund-level value creation, helping pan-European investors modernize finance functions across their portfolios. By streamlining audit readiness and financial close processes, he enables investment teams and their portfolio companies to move from manual reporting to more strategic, data-led decision-making.Previously, Rory was the Head of Business Development at Talmix, where he established the firm’s Private Equity sector. He worked with over 200 global operating teams to integrate high-impact independent talent into the value creation lifecycle, helping to build a scalable model for talent-led growth across the US and EMEA.He began his career in the institutional investment space at Guidepoint. As a Senior Manager, he focused on research enablement and expert networks, providing global investment firms with the specialized intelligence and hard-to-source expertise needed to inform high-stakes decision-making and due diligence.