Financial Officers

Financial Officers
Proven access to top-tier talent that goes beyond the numbers

Senior financial positions have evolved from primarily technical functions to multifaceted roles that place them at the forefront of organizations. Increasingly, CFOs and finance executives are responsible for key corporate initiatives such as business transformation and sustainability, relied upon for their leadership as much as their deep-dive financial insights.

We understand the growing influence of financial officers in a rapidly changing world. Our globally connected team places hundreds of C-level candidates annually, fully leveraging our deep expertise across industries and functions. Combining unmatched relationships with proprietary data tools and consulting services focusing on areas such as CEO succession and team acceleration, we have a proven ability to assess and develop talent capable of leading from the very top.

Our team’s expertise spans all core areas of finance leadership, including:

Corporate and divisional CFO
Full finance team assessment, build-out, and development
Controllership and accounting
Audit and risk management
Treasury
Tax
Corporate development, M&A
Investor relations
Financial planning and analysis
Shared services (functional/multi-functional)

The CFO's Route to the Top
CFOs have spent the least amount of time at their companies in any role prior to their appointment as CEO, but were more likely to have sat on their company's board prior to becoming CEO.
Future-ready CFOs

Asia Pacific & Middle East Future CFOs

What are the key challenges CFOs face in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and how can aspiring CFOs prepare themselves for the role? Watch this video featuring our colleagues from around the region to learn more.

Executive Search

Hiring the right CFO for your scale-up in emerging markets: A fine balance of experience and agility

A strategically minded CFO can help ambitious scale-ups turn vision into reality, but success also depends on timing, diversity of experience and appetite for adventure.

Organizational Strategy

Chief revenue officers and chief finance officers: Optimize their relationship for organizational success

The relationship between the chief revenue officer and CFO has never been more important. Interviews with six sales and finance executives highlight how to make the most of it.

Featured Insights

Financial Officers

First-time CFO guide

Conversations with more than 70 sitting CFOs around the world highlighted a few considerations for incoming finance leaders that resonate across sectors and regions.
Christoffer Black
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Alyse D. Bodine
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Susie Clements
Financial Officers

Talent management strategy and CFO development with Anish Batlaw, managing director at General Atlantic

Anish Batlaw, managing director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity investor, discusses must-have criteria for CFOs and the global economic and geopolitical challenges ahead.
Tom Cunningham
Financial Officers

CFO perspective: Agility, trust, and the energy transition

Michael Pontzen, the CFO of chemicals company Lanxess, shares how the company’s aspiration to be climate-neutral by 2040 will impact the company’s workforce and what challenges CFOs will face in the coming years.
Peter Behncke
Financial Officers

The post-pandemic era CFO: An interview with Sheila Ng, CFO of Raffles Medical Group

Sheila Ng shares her insights on how organizations should think about their finance function in order to prepare themselves for an ever-changing world, hiring and cultivating high-performing teams, and how CFOs should think about succession planning.
Fabian Tan
Meet our leadership
Alyse D. Bodine
Global Co-Head
Sachi Vora
Global Co-Head
Christoffer Black
Regional Head, Asia Pacific
Susie Clements
Regional Head, Europe
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