CFO Insights

We explore Freddie Dixon’s career journey and the experiences that have shaped his leadership as CFO at Bright Network. He shares practical insights on how to run effective board meetings, from defining a clear purpose to aligning on what each stakeholder wants to achieve. The conversation highlights the guiding principles that turn board sessions into focused, high-impact discussions.

Arnon Shimoni has an unusual background for someone talking about billing infrastructure. Engineer turned solution consultant turned growth leader. That mix matters because billing sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and finance, and most companies let the wrong team drive.In this conversation, Arnon explains what CFOs need to understand about billing complexity, why it's a multi-disciplinary project that breaks when one function owns it alone, and reveals which overlooked role in your org is actually the best person to quarterback the whole thing.

In this episode, we to talk to Joel Nordstrom, founder at Atlar, the AI-native treasury platform, built for scaling finance teams.In our conversation we discuss the Treasury function in scaling businesses, sharing lessons from businesses that find efficiencies being supported by the latest platforms, as well as harmonising their work on an international basis. We learn about what AI can do now to support CFOs in this area and share some remarkable insights on important aspects of Treasury will be AI enabled in the near future

In this episode, we to talk to Atish Patel from Feeld. This hugely successful business is a dating app for the curious.In this discussion we uncover his unique perspective on how to take an intentional mindset on growth, margin development and protecting that gross margin so it can be reinvested on the key levers to drive the future of the business.

Emma Game, a Partner at Wilson Sonsini in London, specializes in tax advice for high-growth startups. She breaks down key tax considerations for CFOs in tech, including permanent establishment risks and when VAT/sales tax applies. Emma emphasizes the importance of reviewing corporate tax exposure as companies expand internationally and highlights common pitfalls during acquisitions. She also clarifies misconceptions around employer-of-record arrangements and the need for effective coordination between finance and sales teams to ensure tax compliance.

In this episode, we talk to Albert Malikov, founder and CEO of Stacks.He shares his view on the future of finance from the perspective of a former product lead at Uber and Plaid. In building Stacks he has leveraged that deep fintech and product-management background to automate and modernise month-end financial close.We discuss challenges in scaling finance teams from those lurking inefficiencies sitting in finance teams, why AI can transform that area of work and how everyone in finance is expected to end up being a business partner in the end.

In this episode, we’re going to talk to Vivek Manipadam who both founded and runs the boutique M&A advisory firm Gemfield Partners. Vivek shares lessons from his experience of M&A and funding rounds, with his acquisition experience being on both the sell side and the buy side. He works with leadership teams on exit readiness and appraising the buyer-universe. This episode is a great listen with some fascinating lessons on how well thought through information sharing can drive competitive tension and lead acquirers to trigger progression towards an acquisition.

In this episode, we to talk to Arti Modhwadia who now has a career path as a fractional CFO in the Tech space, having founded her career working with EY and Harvey Nichols. She has focused on working with purpose-driven founders helping them to scale their ventures sustainably and raise finance for growth.Arti shares some really important lessons for those who might be deciding to embark on a portfolio CFO career. She talks through essential frameworks for rigour and process to support three or four successful businesses simultaneously. She also shares helpful lessons for any finance leaders balancing family commitments with this varied career path.

We've brought Berlin based finance leader, Rory Ribeiro onto the podcast to bring to the fore his insights on how telling key narratives in high growth businesses and tech enablement for finance. He shares his learnings from Marley Spoon, a business at significant scale, and how AI and a systems perspective frames decisions around ERP and systems implementation.

In our discussion with Sanjay we learn about the key steps on his journey to becoming CFO at Gravitee. We discuss his perspective on career milestones and how to focus on the most essential capabilities that can make you a great CFO operator. Sanjay brings some fascinating insights on the practical steps anyone can take to become an amazing partner to the CEO.