Chat CFO
Chat CFO gives you insight from the people behind the numbers. Finance leaders who’ve had to make tough calls, rethink their role, and learn by doing.
You’ll hear directly from the CFOs, COOs, and CEOs behind some of the most meaningful business decisions in recent years. Listen to honest conversations from leaders about what worked, what didn't, and what it really takes to lead when it matters most.
The Chat CFO podcast will help you to learn:
- How modern CFOs are adapting to AI, regulation, and risk
- Why culture, sustainability, and global growth sit firmly in the finance seat
- The impact of the personal decisions and turning points that shaped lasting careers
If you’re a CFO, a future CEO, or a finance leader who’s thinking bigger, Chat CFO gives you the thinking, the scars, and the clarity to move forward with purpose.
Bold Moves. Big Impact.
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Chat CFO
What Private Equity Actually Expects From Its CFO
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Victoria Bell has led finance functions through growth, turnaround, and exit across some of Europe's most demanding private equity environments. She is direct about the role in a way that most people in it are not.
In this episode, Victoria explains what she calls "boardroom to basics": the ability to shift fast between strategy and detail, and why that is the skill most finance leaders underestimate. She breaks down how she assesses a private equity opportunity before taking it, why the CEO relationship is the most important dynamic you will navigate, and how she approaches the diagnosis of a broken finance function from day one.
She covers prioritisation as the single most important skill in PE, why data is always the first problem you find, and what it really looks like to push back on fund demands without burning the relationship.
She also talks about burnout, the principle of slowing down to speed up, and what a team member told her at her leaving drinks that has stayed with her since.
And yes, she is about to row the Pacific Ocean for Cancer Research UK. Search Row for Life Pacific to follow the journey.
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