Michael Ryan
Transform Finance with Michael Ryan

Have you found that David is always the CFO?

Is David always the CFO?

June 17, 2025

Over the course of the last week the team has been direct messaging our Connections on LinkedIn to let them now about my new Book 'How to Transform Finance'. On Monday we paused to review the results and one of the team pointed out that the majority of OUR CFO's appeared to be called Mark!

This caused a degree of debate amongst the team as to whether this could actually be the most common name for a CFO in the UK, so we commissioned a little on the spot research from the AI wing of the business and guess what they came back with?

Based on a review of LinkedIn Profile names working in Finance the most common name was actually David. You are statistically more likely to walk into a UK Boardroom and encounter a CFO called David, than any other name. So, naturally our team wanted to know what happened to Mark, where does he fit and the full results were even more revealing.

The Top 5 CFO names in the UK turned out to be:

  1. David
  2. James
  3. Sarah
  4. Andrew
  5. John

They are the names you are most likely to encounter as the CFO in a UK business. Very interesting isn't it, what is your CFO called?

The Book continues to be distributed online at pace and I am delighted with the take up as Downloads are happening each day and the feedback is rolling in. On Friday last I received the first print versions and was very pleased at the quality and over all level of attractiveness.

They will definitely be coming to a CFO desk near you soon. In the meantime please Download your complimentary copy of 'How to Transform Finance' with Michael Ryan.

Best Regards,

Michael.


How to Transform Finance