Funds that insist on a previous PE role, a previous title and a previous exit keep drawing from the same small group of people. This paper argues that looking beyond those filters, without lowering the standard, is a competitive advantage, and sets out what funds can change in how they brief, search, interview and support their executives. 

Victoria joins STOIX’s Chat CFO to discuss what changes when a CFO moves into private equity: moving between strategy and detail, fixing data quality first, the CEO-CFO relationship, and how to push back on fund demands.