executive recruitment

We deliver the highest standards when recruiting key people for your business.

The CFO Practice is an executive recruitment firm that partners with CEOs and Founders, hiring finance leaders for high-growth and transformative organisations. We work extensively with venture capital and private equity-backed businesses to enhance company performance by maximising their access to the best human capital.

We specialise in executive search, interim management and finance transformation. Our consultative approach is based on qualitative methods, investing more of our time into your recruitment process. That means you can rely on The CFO Practice to deliver the highest standards when recruiting critical financial leadership roles for your business.

Meet the founder

A proven track record

Rob has an exceptionally strong network of CFOs built up over 20 years of working within the executive recruitment sector. In addition, Rob has dedicated his career in recruitment to helping build high-achieving and sustainable finance teams.

As Founding Partner of The CFO Practice, Rob is responsible for all aspects of the search process, utilising his extensive skills and experience to ensure a successful outcome on every mandate.

The CFO Practice allows you to cut through the red tape of an industry knotted up with protracted shortlisting processes, complicated fee structures and too much noise without actual delivery.

We go the extra mile to understand the important challenges for any appointment then rigorously run an in-depth search of the market. This means The CFO Practice identifies the outstanding professionals that match your requirements for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

When not recruiting

When not recruiting, Rob’s life revolves around his wife, Lucy and two daughters, Jessica and Abigail. Aside from being a lifelong Spurs fan, he enjoys holidays, wine, cooking and roaming the UK countryside on weekend walks.

We match your requirements

Our task is not limited to finding you a finance professional who looks good on paper. Instead, The CFO Practice takes the time that is necessary to understand your company and your culture.

We go the extra mile to understand the key challenges for any appointment then rigorously run an in-depth search of the market.

This means The CFO Practice identifies the outstanding professionals that match your requirements for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

Thanks to the dedication of Rob, our portfolio leaders have found that The CFO Practice is highly responsive, professional, and sensitive to the unique needs of start-up and scale-up companies. The CFO Practice has firmly established a reputation for being the go-to partner for early-stage finance professionals amongst our founder community."

Steve Bianchi, Portfolio Talent Advisor - Balderton Capital