Topic:  From CFO to Value Architect: Unlocking People Strategy to Drive Financial Outcomes

Speaker: Sarah Kydd, Founding Partner, Strategy & Growth, Rhizomehr

Presentation:
- How to identify and address “leadership debt” and people-related execution risk
- Tools to assess culture, incentives, and org structure through a financial lens
- Strategies for partnering with HR and the CEO to drive post-close and growth-stage performance
- Ways to incorporate people metrics into your dashboards and board conversations

Speaker's bio:
Sarah has over a decade of experience in C-suite roles at private equity-backed companies. She’s led through scale, transformation, M&A, and preparation to exit—giving her a rare combination of operational depth and people-first instinct.

Her work has spanned mergers and acquisitions, leadership team development, and organizational design to support both growth and sale-readiness. She's not only helped grow companies—she’s helped get them ready for sale.

Sarah holds an Executive MBA from Kellogg-Schulich and is currently completing a Chief Strategy Officer certificate from Wharton, bringing a sharp strategic lens to every engagement