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Why Operational CFOs Are Rising as the Private Equity Playbook Changes
For more than a decade, private equity has been one of the most powerful forces in global capital markets.
Cheap debt, expanding valuation multiples, and relatively short hold periods combined to produce strong and often predictable returns. For investors, the trade-off was clear: accept illiquidity, higher fees and longer time horizons in exchange for performance that consistently outpaced public markets.
But the environment that supported that model is changing.
CFO Turnover Is Rising Globally — But the Real Risk Is Poor Succession Planning
Across global markets, one trend is becoming impossible for boards and investors to ignore:
CFO turnover is no longer an occasional disruption. It is becoming a structural feature of modern governance.
Recent global data shows CFO appointments reached a seven-year high in 2025, reinforcing that elevated transition levels are not a short-term correction but an enduring shift in leadership dynamics.
AI Gets Physical: What the Rise of Humanoid Robots Means for the Future CFO
The next wave of AI isn’t just software automating spreadsheets or dashboards. It’s humanoid robots stepping into factories, warehouses, healthcare and logistics, taking on repetitive, physical and often hard-to-fill roles.
What the World Economic Forum’s Jobs Report Means for Finance Leaders
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 makes one thing unambiguous:
the labour market isn’t evolving — it’s reshuffling at scale.
What does it say about my CV if I leave a job after a short stay?
What does it say about my CV if I leave a job after a short stay?
“It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep your whole life.”
— Elizabeth Kenny