The modern CFO wears many hats — including strategic partner, technology advocate and value creation specialist. This ongoing expansion of the CFO role impacts how companies approach CFO recruitment and hiring decisions. At Townsend Search Group, we work with many businesses, including private equity portfolio companies, to help them identify, …
Family businesses are the backbone of the American economy. But as they grow, unique challenges arise. At Townsend Search Group, we’ve worked with many family-owned businesses to recruit new C-suite leaders as they ponder how to take things to the next level, particularly when the business requires greater financial acumen. …
When clients within private equity come to us, they are typically anxious to get a leader in place to start driving change. But more often than not, finding the right person can take time — and in these cases, it is more important than ever to follow the correct process. As a search firm, our role is to balance the desire to fill a vacancy quickly with the need to go through the proper procedures for executive selection.
Townsend Managing Director Dan Ellis spoke with The CFO regarding the higher level of sophistication needed from CFOs in today’s landscape and the critical role they play in the alignment of a company’s financial plans to its long-term business goals. “These are organisations that are partnering for the first time …
