#110: Finance as a Passport to Wearing Many Hats with Ed Harding

With 26% of Top European CFOs becoming CEOs is it possible for finance professionals to take on other top CXO roles in business? Our guest mentor on this week’s episode Ed Harding who although a chartered accountant by training, has worn many hats inside and outside of finance, including CFO, CEO, COO, he’s what you could call a CXO. Ed shares with us a quite fascinating career journey and because of this there are fantastic bits of practical advice and famous names from the world of business dotted throughout this episode. Ed also takes us through: • The biggest challenges he faced when stepping out of Finance into non-Finance related roles. • How he has constructed his career story into 4 pillars to make it an easier job to sell his value to potential recruiters. • Why volunteering is important and Ed’s story behind the learnings involved with being the chief financial geek for the incubator Hack Forward. • The idea of intelligent simplicity. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/110. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #AccountingAndAccountants

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