EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 1H 2M
What Makes a Great PE-Backed CFO? 2 Veterans Answer
from Chat CFO · host STOIX
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 negotiated £800 million of CapEx builds at Gatwick Airport and has driven exit readiness across multiple PE backed businesses.They cover what the CFO role really looks like in 2026, how to build resilience under geopolitical and covenant pressure, why trust is the only currency that matters with a CEO or PE house, the real truth about hiring for "heart" over skill, why most M&A deals fail on the plumbing rather than the price, and how to choose the right first CFO seat.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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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 negotiated £800 million of CapEx builds at Gatwick Airport and has driven exit readiness across multiple PE backed businesses. They cover what the CFO role really looks like in 2026, how to build resil...
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