Our Mission
To encourage the finance leader community to achieve your full potential by sharing knowledge and experience.
Our mission started several years ago during a focus group with ambitious finance leaders. We listened carefully to the following challenges that nobody was dedicated towards solving:
Becoming a CFO requires you to learn many new skills that take a long time to master;
- People feel overwhelmed with tasks and are battling problems already solved by others; and
- CFOs often feel lonely at the top and would benefit from a strong collaborative peer group.
The message was clear: finance leaders require easy access to the combined knowledge and experience of the CFO community. We needed to build an independent organization fully dedicated towards helping ambitious finance leaders to achieve your full potential.
During the past few years, we have been busy creating offerings designed by your finance leader community and led by inspirational CFOs, including:
- Peer group development programs and private mentoring for aspiring or first-time CFOs;
- A huge library of online training lessons covering your CFO competency framework; and
- Collaborative events, forums and podcasts across an important range of relevant topics.
Everything we do is designed to support you in the most time-efficient manner and to help you give back to the next generation.
We hope that our mission inspires you to join our cause and to enjoy the benefits of collaborating with such a wonderful community.
GrowCFO Management
We are a fully independent management team who are focused on supporting finance leaders
Dan Wells
Founder & CEO
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Kevin Appleby
COO & Podcast Host
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Catherine Clark
Lead Mentor
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Stuart Trood
Chair & CFO
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Shelly Adams
Finance Team Training Director
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Oliver Deacon
Course Facilitator
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Iain Dewson
Course Facilitator
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Amanda Carlyle
Course Facilitator
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Damian Smith
Course Facilitator
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Paula Kensington
Course Facilitator
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Christian Wattig
Course Facilitator
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Melanie Coeshott
Course Facilitator
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Catherine Marks
Facilitator
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Adam Shilton
Course Facilitator
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Dan Stockdale
Course Facilitator
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Steering Committee
We are passionate about representing the community to ensure we are fully aligned with your needs
Jade De-Crescenzo
Finance Director
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Peter Walsh
Experienced CFO
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Zahir Jivraj
Portfolio CFO
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Mike Harding
Experienced CFO
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Ruky Dissanayake
Finance Director
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Mark Rodel-Duffy
Part-time FD
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Folake Togunloju
Finance Director
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The values that hold us true and to account
Independent
Dedicated towards finance leaders, with no ulterior motives.
Community-led
Designed by the finance leader community for your maximum benefit.
Relevant
Delivering only the most important topics in the most efficient manner.
Trustworthy
Giving honest feedback, keeping promises and respecting your privacy.
Collaborative
Sharing knowledge from inspirational CFOs & inclusive peer group programmes.
Passionate
Helping you to achieve your full potential and supporting your wellbeing.
