EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 38 MIN
3 Things No One Tells You About a PE Exit as CFO
from Chat CFO · host STOIX
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 AI to manage its biggest cost pressure: people.Dominic also covers CFO career development in private equity, what finance leaders consistently underestimate when entering PE for the first time, and why the CEO-CFO relationship is the partnership that decides whether a business scales or stalls.A direct, sharp conversation for anyone building a finance career in a PE-backed environment or navigating the complexity of high-growth consumer businesses.Find Chat CFO here:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lagVbEmRBUvJzF6OkFy1rApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/chat-cfo/id1741011776YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stoixChatCFOLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stoix/?originalSubdomain=uk
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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 AI to manage its biggest cost pressure: people. Dominic also covers CFO career development in private equity, what finance leaders consistently underestimate when entering PE for the first time, and why ...
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