NorthBridge
NORTHBRIDGE
CFO ADVISORY

ABOUT NORTHBRIDGE

Experienced CFO leadership. Practical commercial impact.

NorthBridge provides senior CFO expertise and strategic financial leadership to organisations navigating growth, transformation, performance improvement and change.

NORTHBRIDGE

Financial leadership beyond the numbers.

NorthBridge was established to provide organisations with experienced CFO leadership that connects financial performance with strategy, commercial decision-making and execution.

The business works with CEOs, Boards, investors and business owners where experienced financial judgement can make a meaningful difference to outcomes.

The approach is deliberately practical. NorthBridge focuses on understanding the organisation, identifying the issues that matter most and working alongside leadership teams to turn insight into action.

FRANK SHAPTER FCPA

A career built around performance, transformation and value.

Frank Shapter is an experienced Chief Financial Officer and strategic finance leader with a career spanning private enterprise, private equity, government and major corporate environments.

His experience covers manufacturing, logistics, distribution, wholesale, telecommunications, technology, media, government and cultural institutions.

Across these environments, Frank has worked with CEOs, Boards and leadership teams on financial strategy, transformation, performance improvement, commercial decisions and enterprise value creation.

His focus is not simply on reporting what has happened. It is on helping leadership teams understand what is happening, what needs to change and what actions will create better outcomes.

OUR APPROACH

Clear thinking. Commercial focus. Practical execution.

NorthBridge brings senior financial expertise without unnecessary complexity. The objective is to provide clarity, challenge assumptions and help leadership teams make better decisions.

01

Understand

Understand the organisation, its economics, its challenges and the priorities of its leadership.

02

Challenge

Bring independent financial judgement, challenge assumptions and identify the issues that will have the greatest impact.

03

Execute

Translate strategy and insight into practical actions that improve performance and create lasting value.

SELECTED OUTCOMES

$20–25M

Estimated enterprise value uplift through private equity value creation initiatives.

$2.5M

EBITDA improvement delivered within 12 months.

$2B+

Transformation programmes led across complex enterprise environments.

$200M+

Enterprise cost optimisation delivered through transformation and performance initiatives.

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Experienced financial leadership when it matters most.

If your organisation is navigating growth, transformation or change, NorthBridge can provide the senior financial leadership and strategic perspective to help move forward with confidence.

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