Meet the Team

Ray Walker

UK CFO

Ray is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience leading finance functions across venture-backed start-ups, high-growth scale-ups, and tier 1 global investment banks. Before moving into consulting, he held senior finance roles at UBS, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley.

Today, Ray partners with businesses across e-commerce, FinTech, SaaS, and marketplaces, helping them unlock cash flow, expand margins, strengthen investor confidence, and scale sustainably.

Searle Goott

CEO

A qualified Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience in finance and helping to scale our clients by providing accounting, operational, strategic and commercial support to drive growth. Ex. Ernst & Young. Previously founded and exited a software business and is the driving force of growing the business into international markets.

Lauren Murphy

Director, USA Operations

A multi award winning, certified management accountant with two decades experience. Intensely entrepreneurial, highly collaborative and commercially minded. Experience within many industry sectors including Technology, Finance, Retail, Manufacturing and Non-profit Organizations.

Searle Goott

CEO

A qualified Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience in finance and helping to scale our clients by providing accounting, operational, strategic and commercial support to drive growth. Ex. Ernst & Young. Previously founded and exited a software business and is the driving force of growing the business into international markets.

Lauren Murphy

Director, USA Operations

A multi award winning, certified management accountant with two decades experience. Intensely entrepreneurial, highly collaborative and commercially minded. Experience within many industry sectors including Technology, Finance, Retail, Manufacturing and Non-profit Organizations.

Ray Walker

UK CFO

Ray is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience leading finance functions across venture-backed start-ups, high-growth scale-ups, and tier 1 global investment banks. Before moving into consulting, he held senior finance roles at UBS, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley.

Today, Ray partners with businesses across e-commerce, FinTech, SaaS, and marketplaces, helping them unlock cash flow, expand margins, strengthen investor confidence, and scale sustainably. Ray is equally comfortable advising at board level or getting into the operational detail to fix problems at their root, always taking a hands-on approach to deliver lasting results.

Ray’s approach blends corporate rigour with entrepreneurial agility, always focused on achieving tangible, bottom-line results for founders, CEOs, and investors.

Arti Modhwadia

UK CFO

A strategic and dynamic Finance leader with over 15 years’ experience spanning the Big 4, leading finance teams in the consumer sector and serving as a trusted partner to founders scaling early-stage ventures.

A proven track record supporting high-growth VC/ PE backed startups across the UK and US in the technology (spanning renewable energy, health-tech, and AI-driven platforms), SaaS, sustainability, consumer and impact sectors. Deep experience in early-stage fundraising, debt financing, and M&A across both startup and corporate environments.

Alan Anderson

UK CFO

A strong passion for driving impactful change within the finance sector is evident, alongside significant experience in private equity and debt financing. Proven expertise in deal origination, structuring, and fundraising demonstrates an alignment with goals centred on delivering strategic financial solutions. A commitment to fostering relationships with top-tier investors and stakeholders has been showcased, underpinning a desire to contribute to transformative outcomes in the investment landscape.

Dexter Boyce

UK CFO

Fractional CFO (Big-4 qualified) and former founder with a proven track record of working with high-growth startups & scale-ups. I understand the intense pressures of leading a company and I love to support others through those moments, especially across finance, fundraising and operational scale.

Raphae Khan

UK and UAE CFO

Experienced CFO with over 15 years of global experience in both the UK and the UAE. Expert in Board reporting, KPIs, Strategy, fundraising, budgeting & forecasting for SMEs. Specialised in automation & technology solutions to streamline finance functions. With a strong focus around cost management & increasing profitability. Speaker of Multiple languages.

Cameron Orcutt

UK CFO

Cameron is a commercially focused, ex-Big Four CPA and strategic CFO with deep experience in HNWI-backed startups and PE-backed businesses. He’s led fundraising, regulatory build-outs, and scale-ups across industries as a fractional CFO, helping founders and teams drive growth with financial clarity, operational control, and investor confidence.

Warren Bingham

UK CFO

Warren brings over 25 years of experience in scaling businesses, with a strong focus on accounting, operational, strategic, and commercial support. With multisite expertise and international experience spanning the UK, Europe, US, China, and South Africa, he has a proven track record of helping VC/PE-backed SMEs and start-ups optimize and drive growth. Intensely entrepreneurial and commercially minded, Warren partners with businesses to unlock their financial potential and deliver sustainable success.

Atif Manzoor

UK CFO

An experienced results driven CFO, with over 20 years of Global experience primarily within UK, US and GCC. A Dedicated, hardworking individual with intercommunication skills to work with investors and senior stakeholders, proven track record of formulating and executing successful growth strategies, transformation, change management and M&A both in the UK and abroad. Extensive experience in the field of Real Estate, Asset & Fund Management (Inc Facilities & Hospitality sectors), Entertainment and Health sectors.

John Norris

CFO San Francisco

An accomplished Financial Executive with over 30 years of global experience spanning diverse technology sectors, including IT services, SaaS, product, and leasing models. Recognized for driving growth, transforming finance and business operations, and delivering outstanding business outcomes. Proven expertise in scaling organizations, leading M&A transactions, optimizing cash flow and financial systems, enhancing audit processes, and boosting go-to-market performance. Held senior finance leadership roles at Fujitsu, Cisco, Agilent, and Hewlett-Packard.

Piero Broccardo

USA (West Coast) Operations

Piero is a recognized financial and operational thought leader specializing in driving transformational change. His experience spans 20 years in technology, entertainment, software, and consumer products. Piero is a two time nominee for CFO of the Year in Orange County, CA and has been recognized as one of the Top 10 business leaders to watch by the International Business Times.

Jo Garnelas

UK Client Relationships Manager

A professionally-trained Senior Sales Executive/Account Manager with a successful track record of creating and developing new business. In addition, I support our clients and CFOs with their needs and requirements to ensure projects run as smoothly as possible.

Sophia Makhathini

Sales Executive – USA

An accomplished Sales Executive with over 6 years of experience in sales and business development, including expertise in fintech, SaaS, and client relationship management. Sophia has a proven track record of achieving outstanding results through innovative strategies.

UK

32 CFOs

USA

16 CFOs

Areas we can help

Capital raise

Seed funding, Series A, Series B, Crowd funding, private funding, Investment decks, 5 -year plans, Due Diligence

Accounting

AR, AP, Cash management, VAT reporting, Corporate tax, Management reporting

Reporting

Management reporting, board reports, KPI’s, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, long term forecasting, Financial planning and analysis

Mergers & acquisitions

Due Diligence, finance integration, systems integration, Tax planning

Sale / exit of business

Valuations, exit planning, due diligence, tax structuring, buyer negotiations, and post-sale support.

Risk management

Legal liabilities, technology issues, liquidity issues, patents and IP management.

Commercial activities

Client agreements, lease agreements, commission structures, employee benefit schemes, share incentive schemes, third party negotiations

Systems & automation

Xero, QB, Sage, Netsuite – implementation, integration to 3rd party apps, automation

Services

Testimonials

Searle Goott CA (SA) and his global exceptional network of CFO's at Hire CFO are the answer to most people's prayers. I love throwing hard to deal with requests, and he always surprises me with the right person for the job at the right moment. This is a masterful platform for rapidly scaling businesses.

Julie Meyer, Chairman and CEO, VIVA Investment Partners

We engaged with Hire CFO to completely run and manage our funding raising campaign on Seedrs. We raised 103% of our target with over 325 investors which was hugely successful. Thanks to all involved."

Marek Rudzki, COO, Flagship Reporting

Hire CFO set up our real estate reporting and produced business plans for fundraising. James was extremely knowledgeable and as an additional bonus we continually save 40% on employment costs. We honestly can't operate our business without them."

Paul Skikne, CEO, BRW Real Estate, Los Angeles

We engaged with Hire CFO to lead in an overseas acquisition for our company. They led the process from beginning to end including due diligence, negotiations and valuations. Very knowledgeable and professional team. Highly recommended!"

David Brooks, Managing Director, Forming Reality Group

These guys are truly awesome. We had no accounting reporting in place before we engaged with them. In addition they have been instrumental in our charity obtaining funding. very professional and always deliver on time."

Hilton Freund, CEO Twinning Project

Hire CFO have been instrumental in managing our cash forecasting and giving our start up general business advice. Very professional and always deliver on time."

Ravi Naik, CEO, SGS Consultants

Hire CFO set up our Xero system and automated processes for us. We are extremely satisfied and highly recommend their services."

Marc Eden, CEO Auto Concierge Limited

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