Georgie Deane

Georgie Deane works across the consumer sector to recruit and assess top board-level CFOs. Based in London, Georgie has over 15 years of experience helping firms across Europe recruit leading financial talent. She specializes in recruiting CFOs for consumer, retail, and technology industries in both listed and private equity/venture capital portfolio companies across European markets.

She advises clients on change management, high-growth periods, and senior leadership challenges, including succession planning and development/assessment projects. She regularly runs in-house discussion forums sharing market insights and trends as well as leading several initiatives helping to develop next-generation finance talent. Georgie has been successful at helping companies increase diversity on their boards through the CFO appointment.

Georgie joined Russell Reynolds Associates from another leading executive search firm where she was a principal in the financial officers practice for EMEA, responsible for leading senior finance appointments across the consumer sector. Previously, Georgie was a Director at a specialized executive search firm where she located senior tax professionals for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 firms.