Fractional CFO / Board Advisor | PE Value Creation, Transactions & Growth Strategy
This executive brings a strong blend of strategic finance, board advisory and hands-on fractional leadership experience. Their career includes senior finance leadership roles, advisory assignments and multiple chair/NED positions where they support leadership teams through growth, transformation, investment and transaction events. They are particularly strong in entrepreneurial and scaling environments where financial structure, governance and strategic clarity need to mature quickly.
They have significant private equity experience, with around 90% of their recent work involving investor-backed businesses. Their experience includes supporting PE-backed companies as fractional CEO, CFO, chair and board advisor, as well as providing due diligence, transaction support, investment readiness and value creation advice. They understand the reporting discipline, governance expectations and pace required in PE-backed environments and are comfortable working directly with investors, founders and management teams.
Well suited to fractional CFO, interim CFO, board advisor, chair or transaction support assignments, they bring commercial pragmatism, financial discipline and constructive challenge. Their ability to combine investor perspective with hands-on leadership makes them particularly valuable for PE-backed and founder-led businesses preparing for investment, scaling through acquisition, strengthening governance or planning an exit.
Built a specialist advisory practice supporting PE-backed, founder-led and growth businesses with strategy, governance, financial oversight, investor readiness and shareholder value creation.
Worked on more than 20 transactions with enterprise values ranging from early-stage deals to over £100m, including trade sales, private equity investments, buy-side activity and exit preparation.
Supported boards and executive teams through investment, acquisition and growth planning, improving management information, KPI frameworks and decision-making structures.
Held multiple chair, fractional CFO and CEO advisory roles across growth-stage businesses, including life sciences, recruitment, catering, healthcare and technology-led sectors.
About the Candidate
This interim executive is a highly experienced fractional CFO, board advisor and strategic finance leader with extensive experience supporting private equity-backed, founder-led and high-growth businesses. A chartered accountant with significant board-level experience, they work with investors, founders and executive teams to improve governance, strengthen financial oversight, prepare for transactions and accelerate shareholder value creation. Their background spans technology, SaaS, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, professional services, recruitment, infrastructure, food services and advanced engineering.
They are particularly effective in situations where businesses need experienced finance and strategic leadership but may not require a full-time CFO. Their expertise includes investment readiness, exit preparation, M&A, due diligence, transaction support, board reporting, KPI development, governance, cashflow management, funding structures, strategic planning and leadership mentoring. They bring a pragmatic, hands-on style and are well suited to scaling businesses, PE-backed portfolio companies and founder-led SMEs navigating growth, acquisition or sale.