256. 2025 Highlights: Transforming Finance Conversations with Today's Finance Leaders
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Send us your thoughts In this special highlights episode of CFO 4.0, host Hannah Munro reflects on the most impactful conversations of 2025, bringing together lessons from CFOs, transformation leaders, and futurists. Drawing on insights from across the year, this episode explores what finance leaders have really learned as the role continues to evolve under pressure from growth, technology, and rising expectations. In this episode, we reflect on Why finance transformation fails when it is treated as a separate role rather than a day-to-day mindset How CFOs are learning to make faster, better decisions without waiting for perfect data What the explosive adoption of AI, including ChatGPT, signals for finance teams and leadership expectations The practical warning signs that data integrity and control environments are no longer fit for growth How CFOs can professionalise fast-growing businesses without killing the agility that made them successful The realities of growth versus profit in private equity-backed organisations and what investors actually expect This episode features highlights and perspectives from 240. AI in Finance: Complex Workflows to Scalable AI Solutions with Tariq Munir 218. AI in Finance | From Generative AI to Reinforcement Learning with Peter Morgan 234. The CFO as a Storyteller: Making KPIs Count with Matt Topham 227. AI in Finance: Preparing for the AI Revolution: Abundance or Catastrophe? with David Wood 235. First 100 Days as a CFO: Mastering the 60–90 Day Window as a CFO with Jeremy Earnshaw 244. CFO Stories: Acquisitions, Due Diligence & Building Trust with Charlotte Crowley 243. The 90-Day Finance Transformation Playbook with Hannah Munro 232. The Private Equity CFO: Myths, Mistakes & Misconceptions with Richard Sanders and offers a clear-eyed view of where finance leadership is heading next. Explore other CFO 4.0 Podcast episodes here. Subscribe to our Podcast!
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