Set up a fractional or interim-controller advisory practice now, before retirement — deep sector finance expertise rents at day rates far above salaried equivalents and extends earning life past the employed ladder.

Reposition toward energy-transition and decarbonisation finance roles, where the rare sector-plus-controlling combination flips from 'balanced demand' to genuine shortage.

Convert three decades of experience into visible authority: industry-association talks or an audit-committee/advisory seat lifts the network signal from passive-colleague level to influential and creates post-career deal flow.