Perspectives on executive leadership, the FCA-regulated talent market, and the deployment models shaping financial services.
The assumption that a scaling regulated firm needs a full-time CFO from day one is being challenged, not by budget constraints, but by a more sophisticated understanding of what senior finance leadership actually requires at different stages of growth.
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Speed, cultural fit, and mandate clarity, the three factors that determine whether an interim CEO engagement succeeds or fails.
What changes in the leadership profile of a regulated firm once full FCA authorisation is granted.
Private equity houses are building more sophisticated approaches to leadership in their regulated portfolio businesses. What this means for the talent market.
How the Senior Managers and Certification Regime has changed what boards look for in a CRO, and what candidates need to demonstrate.
A growing cohort of senior finance executives are choosing portfolio over permanence. What the data and our own bench tell us about this trend.
The leadership needs of a challenger bank at 100 employees look very different from those at 500. Where the gaps appear, and how to fill them.
Market intelligence and leadership perspectives from Robert Cavendish. Published when there is something worth saying, typically once or twice a month.