244. CFO Stories: Acquisitions, Due Diligence & Building Trust with Charlotte Crowley

In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro interviews Charlotte Crowley, CFO at Altano, about her career journey and experiences, particularly focusing on acquisitions and private equity. Charlotte shares her insights on balancing the need to professionalize scrappy startups while maintaining their agility, managing people through acquisitions, and the importance of communication and understanding different perspectives during due diligence and integration. She also provides advice for finance leaders navigating acquisitions, emphasizing the need to look beyond the numbers and understand the people and business dynamics involved. The discussion also touches on the changing attitudes of employees towards job stability and the need for companies to offer more than just financial incentives.