Hiring a CFO is one of the biggest decisions a growing SME will make. Get it right, and you unlock better decisions, stronger financial control, and the ability to scale with confidence.

Get it wrong, and the impact can go far beyond finance — affecting growth, investor confidence, morale and can even slow the journey down.

So, where do SME’s trip up? Gareth Cowan explains how - and how to avoid them.

What is the best approach when, you as the CEO has the primary focus of developing the people, product, sales & marketing side of the business?

This is both a daunting moment, but also a cool moment, in the realisation that your business is scaling at a pace where you need a skills set in the business what isn’t product, sales or marketing focused.