A CFO search for a growing mid-size manufacturer
The challenge
A family-owned engineering company preparing for institutional funding needed its first professional CFO. Two previous searches had failed because candidates did not fit the founder-led culture.
Our approach
We spent the first week with the promoters and the audit team to define the real mandate: fundraise readiness, governance and a finance team rebuild. We mapped 140 finance leaders across listed and PE-backed manufacturers, ran structured assessments and built a culture-fit conversation into every interview stage.
The outcome
A CFO joined within 58 days of the brief, completed the funding round within his first year and is still with the company.
“They found someone who understood both the numbers and the family.”
Managing Director, Engineering components manufacturer
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