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As a follow-up to their Financial Transformation Live discussions, Hannah Munro is joined by Neil Lynchehaun, Transformation and Delivery Manager at itas, to launch The Readiness Challenge series.

In part one, they take an honest look at what project readiness really means and why so many finance transformations struggle before they even begin. Drawing on real delivery experience, this episode focuses on the most common and underestimated blocker to success team capacity and capability.

This episode covers:

• What project readiness really means before starting a finance transformation
• Why team capacity is the number one cause of delays and failed projects
• How to assess whether your finance team genuinely has the availability to deliver change
• Practical ways to create capacity without defaulting to hiring more people
• The importance of having the right mix of skills influence and experience in project teams
• How to reduce delivery risk through backfilling strategy retention planning and phased delivery

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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.

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In this episode, Hannah Munro sits down with Omar Choucair, CFO at Trintech, for a forthright look at life inside private equity. Omar offers a clear view of what the role truly demands and why it isn’t for the faint hearted. He discusses the expanded remit of today’s CFO, the operational intensity of PE-backed firms and the importance of pace, people and process when value creation is the end goal.

The conversation covers

• The sharp contrasts between public company and private equity expectations
• What a PE-ready finance team looks like and why curiosity, stamina and tight-knit business partnerships matter more than ever
• How to build trust across the business and move finance from scorekeeper to genuine strategic partner
• The realities of scaling fast the role of technology, automation and a modern ERP in enabling profitable growth
• What new and aspiring PE CFOs need to know from managing the CEO relationship to anticipating board demands

Links mentioned

• Omar's Linkedin
• Learn more about Trintech

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