Chief Financial Officer

What if your next CFO role wasn’t about maintaining a business, but transforming one?

What if you were given the opportunity to architect one of Africa’s most significant capital markets transactions?

What if your next challenge included leading a private equity raise, issuing a publicly listed bond, and taking a market‑leading energy company public?

The Redda Group has been exclusively retained to identify an exceptional Chief Financial Officer for a well‑established, high‑growth infrastructure company with international operations. Backed by a strong operating history and a proven track record of delivering complex, large‑scale projects, the organization is entering a transformational phase of growth and long‑term value creation.

Over the next several years, the organization will execute a private equity raise, complete a rated bond issuance, and prepare for an Initial Public Offering expected to value the business at more than 4 billion
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If you’ve been looking for an opportunity where your experience can truly shape the future of a company and an industry, then this may be it.

You’ll be a strategic partner to the Founder & CEO, a trusted advisor to the Board, and the executive responsible for building the financial foundation of a future public company.

You’ll help answer questions like:

• How do we maximize enterprise value before going public?
• What’s the optimal capital structure?
• Which exchange positions the company for long‑term success?
• How do we build a finance organization that meets global public‑company standards?
• You’ll lead the conversations that matter and the execution that follows.

• Lead the company’s private equity raise, listed bond issuance, and IPO strategy.
• Build a world‑class finance organization ready for the public markets.
• Partner with investment banks, institutional investors, shareholders, and development finance institutions.
• Oversee treasury, tax, governance, audit readiness, and multinational finance operations.
• Shape the company’s investor story and represent the business with credibility on the global stage.
• Advise the CEO and Board on strategy, capital allocation, valuation, and long‑term growth.

The ideal executive will bring:

• 20+ years of senior finance leadership, including experience as a CFO or equivalent executive within a publicly traded multinational.
• A proven track record leading or playing a significant leadership role in a successful IPO or major public listing.
• Strong capital markets experience across both debt and equity transactions.
• Deep expertise in energy, infrastructure, utilities, natural resources, or another capital‑intensive industry.
• Experience working across Africa, with West Africa strongly preferred, combined with exposure to UK, European, or North American capital markets.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP, governance, public company reporting, and cross‑border finance.
• CPA, CA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualifications. Big Four experience is highly desirable.

Because opportunities like this don’t come along often.

You’ll have the chance to:

• Lead a landmark IPO from strategy through execution.
• Partner directly with an entrepreneurial Founder & CEO and an engaged Board.
• Build a global finance organization from the ground up.
• Influence every major financial decision during one of the company’s most important growth phases.
• Help create lasting enterprise value while leaving your mark on one of Africa’s leading energy companies.

This is the kind of opportunity that defines a career.

To protect the confidentiality of our client, additional information, including the company’s identity, financial information, capital structure, and strategic roadmap will be shared with selected candidates following the execution of a Non‑Disclosure Agreement.

If this opportunity aligns with your experience or you know an executive who would be an exceptional fit, then we welcome a confidential conversation.