From Go to CFO

S2, EP10: Tim Peel | start-ups, scaling for growth and successful leadership

[axr] Recruitment & Search Season 2 Episode 10

In another insightful episode of From Go to CFO, Nick Constain sat down with Tim Peel, CFO for Scape, Australia's largest student accommodation provider. 

Tim has had a very impressive and interesting career and has achieved great successes in a short period of time. In this episode, he talks:   

  • His international ‘yo yo’ career – moving from London to Sydney to London and back again.
  • The university ‘milk round’ where all the big companies pitch different types of careers to to uni graduates.
  • Leaving a corporate career to join a start up and scaling for growth – going from 4 employees to 800 in the space of 10 years. 
  • The importance of finding specialists for your team with skillsets that support each other and nurturing those skillsets as a leader. 
  • Why you need to be flexible as a CFO and have a broad skill set. Think broadly, be opportunistic in your approach. 

Check it out now! 

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