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Oct 30, 2024

About

With over 20 years of experience, Spencer focuses on transformation within finance roles and partners with CFOs, investors, and transformation leaders to build high-performing teams and deliver complex change programmes. He specialises in executive search appointments across capital-intensive sectors, including life sciences, aviation, transport, infrastructure, industrials, and FMCG.


Spencer joined Venari Partners in 2024. Before moving into executive search, he spent over a decade in general management, commercial and operational finance roles within the automotive and retail sectors, building and leading teams, managing multi-million valued P&Ls, and driving profitability through strategic improvements. He has also built and sold independent businesses and brings a practical, entrepreneurial mindset to every client engagement.

Overview

Phone
+44 20 3758 4906
Practice
Finance and Transformation

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Mar 3, 20266 min
How has 2025-26 panned out for aviation CFO hiring, and what else does this year hold?
Finance & Transformation Principal Spencer Tarrant reviews hiring activity among aviation CFOs over the past twelve or so months, and considers what 2026 might have in store.

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Sep 11, 20254 min
Interview Advice, Part One: Preparation
Spencer Tarrant offers his take on the importance of preparing for interviews beforehand.

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Sep 3, 20256 min
Finance Transformation, Before the Dust Settles: How CFOs Build Finance for the Next Chapter
Transformation is Act I, not the finale. As John Kotter warned in Harvard Business Review, many change efforts fail because leaders “declare victory too soon.” The real challenge begins once the dust settles. This is the moment where value is either embedded or quietly leaks away.

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Mar 20, 20255 min
What do new trade policies and market volatility mean for executive search and investment in finance?
There has been plenty of uncertainty in the market lately. In this article, Spencer Tarrant, our Finance Executive Search Lead, considers...

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Jan 30, 20254 min
What Trump’s return means for private equity and high-growth sectors in 2025
Finance Executive Search Practice Lead Spencer Tarrant considers what Trump's return might bring for the private equity sector in 2025.

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Dec 4, 20245 min
End-of-year review: Finance Executive Search
2024 brought opportunities in life sciences, FMCG, and digital health/SaaS, writes our Finance Lead, Spencer Tarrant. Read on for his take!

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Nov 13, 20243 min
Introducing Spencer Tarrant, our Finance Executive Search Lead
We are delighted to boost our range in placing senior finance leaders. Get to know the newest member of our team!

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Oct 30, 20241 min
Global Investment Firm: Interim CFO Case Study
A leading global investment firm, managing over $10bn of equity capital, required an established and highly experienced CFO for one of...

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