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How CFOs Became One of Fashion’s Most In Demand Roles

Allbirds, Stitch Fix and Burberry have all named new finance chiefs this month alone as the role becomes increasingly demanding and in-demand.
Allbirds is among the fashion companies to have named a new finance chief during the past month.
Allbirds is among the fashion companies to have named a new finance chief during the past month. (Getty)

Kirby Perkins, managing director at Crist Kolder Associates, an executive search firm specialising in the chief financial officer role, can’t recall a busier time at the company.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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