Piers Rennie

My specialist area is Interim

Piers joined Cedar in 2023, specialising in providing senior interim finance leadership to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, supporting management teams through periods of transformation, professionalisation, exit preparation, turnaround and leadership change.

Piers’ focus includes CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads and Directors of FP&A, Group Financial Controllers, Finance Transformation leaders and other CFO-1 appointments. He also supports wider finance team build-outs and selected Interim CEO assignments.

He works across large-cap, mid-market and lower mid-market private equity. His track record includes mandates covering FP&A transformation, M&A, PE professionalisation, integration, reporting and controls, exit readiness and turnaround.

Notable engagements include:

• Interim CEO – PE-backed SaaS
• Interim Director of Group FP&A – PE-backed Consumer
• Interim FP&A Consultant – PE-backed Professional Services
• Interim CFO – PE backed Services
• Interim M&A Director – PE backed Services
• Interim Head of Group FP&A – PE-backed Professional Services
• Interim Corporate Development Manager – PE-backed Professional Services
• Interim Head of Group FP&A – PE-backed Logistics
• Interim Group Financial Controller – PE-backed Aviation
• Interim Finance Director – PE-backed Payments
• Interim Financial Controller – PE-backed Transport

Away from the office, Piers is a keen cricketer, movie fanatic and aspiring chess prodigy.

Testimonials 

Piers was instrumental in finding me my first contracting role outside of practice. He took the time to understand my situation and what I was looking for and based on this he helped place me into an interesting and varied role that best utilised my strengths and gives me the opportunity to develop my career. Since placing me into this contracting role, he has kept in regular touch and giving me advice on what my next moves should be. – John Theis, Interim Finance Manager 

I highly recommend Piers for his professionalism and support during my job search. He matched me to the perfect role. Piers was readily available to deal with all queries. He maintained a good relationship with the hiring manager, which meant he was able to provide additional information and clarification, where required. – Lenita Imasuen, Finance Analyst