About Ruth Jakobsen

A strategic CFO, an MBA from London Business School and a big four PwC qualified Chartered Accountant with M&A, PE and VC background in SaaS, data services, and platforms. Ex PwC, DC Advisory, Experian, Moneysupermarket, SSP Group (EQT) $1.4bn IPO, Faceit ESL (Index Ventures) $1.5bn exit, and Acin (Notion Capital) $25M Series B. I am experienced in scaling businesses internationally, negotiating multimillion commercials, setting up and managing sales and business planning and reporting cycles, leading strategy and product launches, building and transforming finance teams, implementing ERP systems, owning P&L, international treasury, cash runway and fundraising, managing investor, adviser and bank relationships. My career highlights are making two acquisitions as a CFO and advising on fifteen more, raising $50m of growth capital, $200m of debt finance, participating in an IPO, doing a post deal integration and working on three exits in the last four years.