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Average audio length:
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Guest interviews
English
United Kingdom
32 episodes
since April 12, 2024
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Peter Harris has completed over 30 transactions as CFO of some of Britain's best-known listed companies. His biggest lesson: the transaction itself is the easy part — it's what happens after that decides whether a deal actually works.Are you a CFO or C-suite executive exploring your next …

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Natalia Taylor, Founding Partner at Unity Advisory, on why AI isn't the CFO's biggest problem on its own — it's the straw that breaks an already overloaded camel's back.Are you a CFO or C-suite executive exploring your next move? Visit https://stoix.co.uk/contact/ and speak to a…
Jas Burston is CFO of Go City, a PE-backed travel business, having spent over two decades building her finance career at brands including TK Maxx, Domino's and TUI before landing her first CFO role.  Her take on stepping into the seat: the buck stops with you, and there's no induction per…
Simon Loveridge stepped into the CEO seat at Rafter Group, a PE-backed self-storage business operating across five European markets, after joining as CFO. The insight at the heart of his transition: as CFO, you're judged on being right. As CEO, you're judged on being clear.In this episode…
Jim Buckle has spent 25 years building a CFO career that defies the obvious path. He started at KPMG, moved to the BBC, then Dell, ran a startup that collapsed in six months, turned around Property Finder, and eventually sold LoveFilm to Amazon before scaling Gusto from under £100 million to over £…
Exit readiness is not a six-week project. Dominic Wilkinson, CFO of Team Sport, the UK's largest indoor go-karting brand, shares what it actually takes to be PE-backed and exit-ready at the same time, why due diligence rewards the data-driven, and how a consumer leisure business is deploying A…
Everybody wants to be a CFO. Almost nobody is prepared for what the job actually demands.Alex Gersh has led a Nasdaq IPO at Sportradar, the merger of Betfair and Paddy Power, and the £2.7 billion sale of Evelyn Partners to NatWest. Carrie Hutchinson is a transformation and turnaround CFO who negoti…
Victoria Bell has led finance functions through growth, turnaround, and exit across some of Europe's most demanding private equity environments. She is direct about the role in a way that most people in it are not. In this episode, Victoria explains what she calls "boardroom to basics&quo…
If there is no playbook, how confident are you in running the business while preparing to sell it at the same time?  Trade sales are often described as a process. In reality, they are a test of judgement. Leaders are expected to keep performance on track, manage investors, support teams, and make i…
What does it take to build a business where AI enhances human expertise? In this episode, Pippa Dussuyer and Dean Farthing of Unity Advisory discuss how they helped build a firm designed to grow with AI from day one. For most businesses, bolting AI onto old structures magnifies existing problems as…
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