# Tom Hunter

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The best time in history to be a CFO - Damon Hauenstein (Weel)

“I didn’t have a CA or a CPA, and I hadn’t used Xero before.” He spent 12 years in investment banking, then became a startup CFO who had to learn bookkeeping from scratch. Damon Hauenstein is now CFO and COO at Weel, but before that he was at Citi working on deals like the Masters wind-down, the …

Inflation Rises, AI Disrupts and Scotland’s Economic Future

Air Date: September 20th, 2026 Hosts: Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter The Go Radio Business Show with Barclays Hampden Hospitality and Events This week on the Go Radio Business Show, Hunter & Haughey tackle the biggest stories affecting businesses, workers and the wider economy.  The discuss…

A decade out of corporate life, then walked into a takeover - Francine Hackett (Buildkite)

It was a baptism by fire back into the corporate world, I’m not gonna lie. Francine Hackett ran cafes and restaurants for over a decade, then walked back into corporate finance and straight into a company takeover. She is now the CFO of Buildkite, the Australian tech company whose platform helps …

CFOs, AI, and startup hiring — Tom Hunter | 84

Tom Hunter is the founder of Story Recruitment, a boutique agency built around one hyper-specific niche: placing the first finance hire and first CFO for tech, fintech, and deep tech startups across Australia. He started his career as a primary school teacher in London before pivoting into accounti…

The Growth Debate: What's Holding Scotland Back?

Air Date: September 27th, 2026 Hosts: Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter This week on the Go Radio Business Show with Hunter & Haughey, Tom Hunter and Willie Haughey tackle some of the biggest issues facing Scotland's economy.  From bold proposals to reduce Scotland's 32 councils, to skills sho…

Zero Local Experience to Scaling a Fintech 15x - Arjun Adhia (Eftsure)

When he first arrived in Australia, he got rejected for not having local experience. 3 months later, the same person called him back because every “safe” hire had failed. Arjun Adhia is now CFO at Eftsure, a fintech SaaS business fighting B2B payment fraud. He’s been there 4.5 years, joining when …

Can Scotland Avoid an Economic Squeeze?

Air Date: October 4th, 2026 with Barclays Hampden Hospitality and Events Hosts: Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter Scotland’s economy is facing growing pressures, and this week Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter tackle the issues head-on.  From soaring government debt, rising borrowing cost…

Building from 100 million to 10 billion in payments - Ed Trick (pay.com.au)

He joined pay.com.au at 100 million dollars in payments and built the finance function as it scaled to 10 billion. Ed Trick is the CFO of pay.com.au, one of the fastest growing fintechs in Australia. He came in around the 100 million mark, when the business was about 2 years old with 20 to 30 pe…

Do You Actually Need a CFO? Instead, Hire for the Problem with Tom Hunter

The most expensive finance hire can be the one that looks senior enough to feel safe but solves the wrong problem. Tom Hunter of Story Recruitment joins FP&A Today to explain why the first finance hire at a startup is often not a CFO. Story Recruitment focuses on first-CFO and first-finance-hire…