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CFO THOUGHT LEADER is a podcast featuring firsthand accounts of finance leaders who are driving change within their organizations. We share the career journey of our spotlighted CFO guest: What do they struggle with? How do they persevere? What makes them successful CFOs? CFO THOUGHT LEADER is all about inspiring finance professionals to take a leadership leap. We know that by hearing about the su... more

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Latest Episodes

Six weeks before Lehman Brothers went under, Shiv Verma tells us, he joined a hedge fund as the world felt like it was falling apart. After building structured-credit and CLO models at J.P. Morgan from 2006 to 2008, Verma says he helped buy back asse... more

Ross Grainger remembers an early chapter of his career when finance was only one part of the job.

After stepping outside a traditional finance path to own and operate a Mako auto-body franchise, Grainger tells us he learned what it meant to “act lik... more

Cal Brouilette recalls a sleepless night in Houston, speaking at 3 a.m. with someone from Blackstone about a purchase-and-sale agreement and transition-service agreements. It concerned a power-plant portfolio sale at Direct Energy, a Centrica subsidi... more

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Jamie Schroeder’s finance career began on the shop floor at Ford Motor Company. As part of Ford’s rotational development program, Schroeder tells us, he spent a month working in the paint shop at an assembly plant outside Cleveland. The experience wa... more

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Recent Guests

Ross Grainger
CFO at Nasuni
Nasuni
Episode: 1209: Finding a Larger Voice in the Room | Ross Grainger, CFO, Nasuni
Cal Brouillette
CFO of Flatiron Health
Flatiron Health
Episode: 1208: Quality, Trust, and Scale | Cal Brouilette, CFO, Flatiron Health
Jamie Schroeder
CFO of Premium Guard Inc.
Premium Guard Inc.
Episode: 1207: Putting Guardrails Around Aggressive Growth | Jamie Schroeder, CFO, Premium Guard Inc.
Phil Fracassa
CFO of Magna International
Magna International
Episode: 1206: The CFO as an Architect of Execution | Phil Fracassa, CFO, Magna International
Matt Ostrower
CFO of Link Logistics
Link Logistics
Episode: 1205: Giving Every Decision-Maker 40 Analysts | Matt Ostrower, CFO, Link Logistics
Andrew Korn
CFO of EliseAI
EliseAI
Episode: 1204: When Capital Conviction Matters More Than Market Timing | Andrew Korn, CFO, EliseAI
Laura Miller
CFO of Strata Decision Technology
Strata Decision Technology
Episode: 1203: Making Strategy—and the Money—Move Together | Laura Miller, CFO, Strata Decision Technology
Samantha Greenberg
CFO of AlphaSense
AlphaSense
Episode: 1202: Allocating Capital in an Age of AI | Samantha Greenberg, CFO, AlphaSense
Larry Roseman
CFO of Thumbtack
Thumbtack
Episode: The Weekend CFOs Couldn’t Reach Their Cash

Hosts

Jack Sweeney
Host of CFO Thought Leader
John Kinzer
Former HubSpot CFO; IPO experience; deep SaaS/AI finance leadership

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 197 ratings
  • extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!

    Audible
    5
    IreneR
    United States3 years ago
  • insightful

    extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!

    Audible
    5
    IreneR
    United States3 years ago
  • My #1 podcast!

    I am a finance professional going through an overseas assignment, navigating through my day to day work and making career decisions so this is my go to podcast! It’s full of nuggets of wisdom from so many CFOs that I would not have a chance to meet and get his/ her insights with such a thoughtful structure! You get the experience in the beginning, book recommendations at the end, I love the question about “what is your unique feature that people know you about?”

    I am looking forward for more wom... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NagiZara
    Japan4 years ago
  • Search by a topic

    Hello Jack,

    I love your show and lot to learn from other professionals’ experiences.

    Is there a way to search by a topic? I am interested in the AEC industry episodes.

    Thank You

    Gowri

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Gowri Luxmy
    Canada5 years ago
  • Good information, obnoxious host

    It’s hard to listen to the host, especially the advertisements. His tone is incredibly obnoxious that I cringe at times. Still good material to listen to if you’re in accounting or finance.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    JJBird!
    United States5 years ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

Listeners appreciate real-world finance leadership stories and crisis-case learnings.
Requests for more women CFOs and broader industry representation.
Positive sentiment on actionable CFO insights and guest quality; some critique audio quality and host delivery.

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#80
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#134
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#89
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#148
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#190
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#235
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1205: Giving Every Decision-Maker 40 Analysts | Matt Ostrower, CFO, Link Logistics
Q: What are your priorities for the coming 12 months as CFO, especially in relation to AI and data-driven strategy?
The priorities center on infusing an insights-driven strategy across the organization, using AI to optimize end-to-end processes, glean deeper insights at every step of leasing, asset operations, and investment decisions, and continuing change management to ensure broad adoption and consistent definitions across the enterprise.
1205: Giving Every Decision-Maker 40 Analysts | Matt Ostrower, CFO, Link Logistics
Q: What is the Blackstone way and how has sponsorship influenced your approach to growth and long-term investment in technology and data platforms?
Blackstone brings a long-term focus and substantial scale, enabling investments in building platforms and data capabilities that individual public markets investors cannot easily fund. This sponsorship allows Link to pursue aggressive, strategic initiatives—like real-time data dashboards and predictive analytics—while maintaining a long horizon for returns and development of the workforce.
1205: Giving Every Decision-Maker 40 Analysts | Matt Ostrower, CFO, Link Logistics
Q: But right now, we'd like to find out about Link Logistics, what business are you in, who are your customers, and where is the opportunity today?
Link Logistics owns and operates warehouses across the United States and Canada, acting as a scalable platform for buying, financing, and leasing industrial real estate. Their customers range from large corporate tenants like Amazon to small local contractors. The opportunity lies in capitalizing on the e-commerce-driven demand for strategically located warehouses and using data-driven insights to optimize locations, pricing, and asset performance.
1203: Making Strategy—and the Money—Move Together | Laura Miller, CFO, Strata Decision Technology
Q: What would those experiences be that shaped you as a leader?
Laura describes early PwC experiences, international assignments, and moving into hotel operations and private equity leadership as foundational to her leadership style.
1203: Making Strategy—and the Money—Move Together | Laura Miller, CFO, Strata Decision Technology
Q: Laura, welcome.
Host welcomes Laura and sets up the interview focused on her career journey, leadership philosophy, and AI in Strata.

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Finance leaders who are guests on this show tend to share practical leadership lessons from senior finance roles in fast-growing tech, AI, and industrial companies. Episodes often center on capital allocation, crisis management, governance, and building high-performing finance teams that partner with product, sales, and operations. The format blends career storytelling with actionable frameworks for scaling, cost management, and governance in public and private companies, with notable emphasis on AI-enabled finance, transformative initiatives, and the CFO's expanded role beyond number-crunching. A standout trait across episodes is the focus on real-world decisions, investor relations, and culture as drivers of sustainable value. The series ... more

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1. Ross Grainger
2. Cal Brouillette
3. Jamie Schroeder
4. Phil Fracassa
5. Matt Ostrower
6. Andrew Korn
7. Laura Miller
8. Samantha Greenberg

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