CFO hunter

With private equity firms bigger and more complex than ever before, sophisticated chief financial officers are in high demand. No one knows this better than Clarke Murphy, the head of global private equity searches at executive recruiter Russell Reynolds. Murphy, based in New York, tolddavid snowrecently that while investor relations professionals are probably at peak demand currently, private equity firms are on the hunt for CFOs and finance professionals who can bring a diverse mix of skills to the table. Excerpts from our conversation with Murphy are below.