Interview

April 23, 2020

"The team are seeing a different side of me": Life as a CFO in a downturn

Catherine Birkett, chief financial officer at London's GoCardless, on guiding a scaleup through an economic shock.


Isabel Woodford

4 min read

Catherine Birkett is no stranger to turbulence. The startup executive has survived several recessions, guided a telecoms company through the dot-com crash in 2000 and has 20 years as a chief financial officer under her belt.

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GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi
Birkett works alongside GoCardless chief executive Hiroki Takeuchi.
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