In this episode, we’re going to talk to Vivek Manipadam who both founded and runs the boutique M&A advisory firm Gemfield Partners.

Vivek shares lessons from his experience of M&A and funding rounds, with his acquisition experience being on both the sell side and the buy side. He works with leadership teams on exit readiness and appraising the buyer-universe. This episode is a great listen with some fascinating lessons on how well thought through information sharing can drive competitive tension and lead acquirers to trigger progression towards an acquisition.

In this episode, we to talk to Arti Modhwadia who now has a career path as a fractional CFO in the Tech space, having founded her career working with EY and Harvey Nichols. She has focused on working with purpose-driven founders helping them to scale their ventures sustainably and raise finance for growth.

Arti shares some really important lessons for those who might be deciding to embark on a portfolio CFO career. She talks through essential frameworks for rigour and process to support three or four successful businesses simultaneously. She also shares helpful lessons for any finance leaders balancing family commitments with this varied career path.

We've brought Berlin based finance leader, Rory Ribeiro onto the podcast to bring to the fore his insights on how telling key narratives in high growth businesses and tech enablement for finance. He shares his learnings from Marley Spoon, a business at significant scale, and how AI and a systems perspective frames decisions around ERP and systems implementation.