About Us

Dial a CFO is founded by Tony Rutherford, an experienced finance professional who identified a fundamental disconnect in the New Zealand labour market whereby:

 

  • Many small or medium sized organisations require the same financial management expertise of their larger counterparts but don’t know how to access it, can’t afford it on a permanent basis, or simply don’t need it full time,

 

 And

 

  • There are skilled finance professionals who want to help organisations achieve objectives but outside the traditional employer / employee relationship   however are often operating in a competitive rather than a collaborative environment.


Tony is supported by the Dial a CFO leadership team comprising CEOs and CFOs from leading New Zealand organisations as detailed in the table below.

 

Designate

Person

Background

Principal

 

Tony Rutherford

 

Auckland super city - Change manager, Global project change agent - (ICT, Insurance), Interim CFO Hall's Transport, CFO Eastland Group, Finance & Commercial Manager OfficeMax

 

Leadership Team

 

Murray Fulton

 

Extensive CFO experience (American Express, Fletcher Challenge, Amway, CDL, Dynasty Pacific). CEO of Hesketh Henry 2000 – 05. Corporate troubleshooter

 

 

Geoff Copstick

 

Current Director at Gallagher and Childfund NZ, CFO at Biovittoria and Gallagher

 

 

Tim Felton

 

CFO Vero Insurance, Finance Director Royal & Sun Insurance

 

 

Hamish Stevens

 

Counties Power (Director), AsureQuality (Director), East Health Services (Director), Smart Environmental (Director), Barworks Hospitality Group – Director and Chair of Audit Committee , DB Breweries GM Finance & Planning, Tip Top Icecream Commercial Manager

 

 

We are committed to leading the development of the Dial a CFO business while also engaging in assignments where approached by Clients to do so.

Tony is also an accredited business mentor through Enterprise North Shore. Click on the link to find out more about this service.

 

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