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 is a STOIX podcast, produced in partnership with Unity Advisory.
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Chat CFO
How This CFO Sold LoveFilm to Amazon
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Jim Buckle has spent 25 years building a CFO career that defies the obvious path. He started at KPMG, moved to the BBC, then Dell, ran a startup that collapsed in six months, turned around Property Finder, and eventually sold LoveFilm to Amazon before scaling Gusto from under £100 million to over £300 million in two years during Covid.
In this episode, Jim breaks down the real difference between PE and VC ownership structures, and which type of CFO thrives in each. He shares what the Amazon deal taught him about unintended cap table consequences, why a point-in-time forecast is useless in a perma-crisis world, and how he now runs finance for a 300M revenue business four days a week.
If you are an aspiring CFO working out your own path, or a finance leader navigating a shift in ownership structure, this is a direct and honest conversation worth your time.
Find Chat CFO here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lagVbEmRBUvJzF6OkFy1r
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/chat-cfo/id1741011776
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stoixChatCFO
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stoix/?originalSubdomain=uk
