About this podcast
Chat CFO gives you insight from the people behind the numbers. Finance leaders who’ve had to make tough calls, rethink their role, and learn by doing.
You’ll hear directly from the CFOs, COOs, and CEOs behind some of the most meaningful business decisions in recent years. Listen to honest conversations from leaders about what worked, what didn't, and what it really takes to lead when it matters most.
The Chat CFO podcast will help you to learn:
- How modern CFOs are adapting to AI, regulation, and risk
- Why culture, sustainability, and global growth sit firmly in the finance seat
- The impact of the personal decisions and turning points that shaped lasting careers
If you’re a CFO, a future CEO, or a finance leader who’s thinking bigger, Chat CFO gives you the thinking, the scars, and the clarity to move forward with purpose.
Bold Moves. Big Impact.
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Chat CFO is a STOIX podcast, produced in partnership with Unity Advisory.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 33 episodes
- Sanjay Bowry: Using AI to Make the CFO Redundant · 1 h 8 min · Season 3 Episode 9Only two people in a room of around 200 finance leaders had built an AI agent. Sanjay Bowry, CFO of Gravitee, says that is exactly why the CFO role needs rethinking. After three…
- The Deal Is the Easy Part: Confessions of a 30-Deal CFO · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 8Peter 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…
- AI Is the Straw That Breaks the CFO's Back · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 7Natalia 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…
- The First 90 Days as a CFO: No Induction Period in Private Equity · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 6Jas 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…
- The CFO to CEO Shift Nobody Tells You About · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 5Simon 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…
- How This CFO Sold LoveFilm to Amazon · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 4Jim 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…
- 3 Things No One Tells You About a PE Exit as CFO · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 3Exit 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…
- What Makes a Great PE-Backed CFO? 2 Veterans Answer · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 2Everybody 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…
- What Private Equity Actually Expects From Its CFO · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 1Victoria 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…
- How to Exit Without A Playbook | Stephen Loftus, CEO of Wattbike · 1 h 2 minIf 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…
- AI born beats AI retrofitted · 29 minWhat 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…
- Is ERP Dead? | with Gareth Bennett & John Ashworth · 54 minWhy do ERP programmes feel so painful, even when they are meant to make things better? In this episode of Chat CFO, we sit down with Gareth Bennett, Finance Transformation Lead…
- CFO of a national sport. What's it really like? | Nimesh Kataria, CFO at the ECB · 46 minWhat does it really mean to be the CFO of a national sport, where decisions are public and trade offs are unavoidable? In this episode of Chat CFO, we sit down with Nimesh…
- How I took a $25M brand through an impossible IPO with Mark Buckley · 1 h 3 minIn this episode of Chat CFO, we sit down with Mark Buckley, former CEO of Perfect Moment, to talk through what it takes to get a business listed on the New York Stock Exchange…
- Capital discipline vs growth ambition, the daily fight of a fintech CFO | Benyam Hagos, CFO at Form3 · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 16In this episode of Chat CFO, Benyam Hagos, CFO at Form3, explains how a CFO in a FinTech needs to think and act more like a commercial partner than a traditional finance lead. He…
- From start-up CFO to £100m finance function and a 9-figure exit | Insights from Tom Platford · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 16In this episode of Chat CFO, Tom Platford, fractional CFO to early-stage startups, shares his journey on scaling SuperAwesome from Series A to exit, and what he learned along the…
- The untold truth about hiring in the age of AI | Jenny Collins, Head of Talent at Faraday Partners · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 15What happens when someone who scaled technical hiring at Google starts rethinking what good leadership looks like in private equity? In this episode of Chat CFO, Jenny Collins…
- The secrets of surviving leadership chaos with Shonagh Primrose, COO at Wylde Market · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 14What happens when a bold COO questions how conscious consumerism really works? In this episode, Shonagh Primrose, Chief Operating Officer at Wylde Market, rips apart the rules of…
- Redefining the Route to CFO with Katie Brewis · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 13What does it really take to lead finance in one of the world’s most fast-paced and complex tech companies without following the traditional path? In this episode, Katie Brewis…
- From Piano Lessons to CFO: Vineta's No-BS Route to the Top Job - Lessons from Vineta Bajaj · 1 h 15 min · Season 1 Episode 12Vineta Bajaj didn’t follow a traditional path to the top – and she’s not shy about saying so. Now Group CFO at Rohlik Group, Vineta shares the unfiltered story behind her rise…
