{"id":23593,"date":"2026-06-24T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peopleconnexion-2026.ap.applyflow.com\/?p=23593"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:11:02","slug":"succeeding-an-18-year-finance-director-without-losing-a-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/case-studies\/succeeding-an-18-year-finance-director-without-losing-a-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Succeeding an 18-year Finance Director without losing a step"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>THE BRIEF<\/h4>\n<p>A leading PNG-based group needed a successor for their long-serving Director of Finance (Hospitality Division), who was retiring after 18 years. The priority wasn&#8217;t just technical capability, it was finding someone the Managing Director could trust, with a structured three-month handover to protect business continuity.<\/p>\n<h4>WHY THEY CAME TO US<\/h4>\n<p>We had an existing relationship across both the hospitality and construction divisions of the group. Combined with our extensive database of pre-screened candidates ready to work, and our deep understanding of how the business operates and the types of leaders who succeed in the PNG market, Peopleconnexion was a natural fit.<\/p>\n<h4>OUR APPROACH<\/h4>\n<p>We ran a fully targeted search, with no advertising and no job boards. Over approximately three months, we mapped the senior finance market directly, engaged over 50 candidates, and refined a shortlist of eight strong options. Throughout the process, we worked in close collaboration with the MD and outgoing Director to calibrate on both capability and personal fit.<\/p>\n<h4>THE OUTCOME<\/h4>\n<p>A successor was successfully appointed and is now transitioning into the role under the agreed three-month handover plan. The outgoing Director concluded his 18-year tenure with full confidence in the appointment, and in the future of the finance function he built.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The finance function is being left in capable hands, the business will continue to move forward strongly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Outgoing Director of Finance (18-year incumbent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Finance &#8211; Hospitality Division  |  Papua New Guinea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-executive-search"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23711,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23593\/revisions\/23711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/23706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleconnexion.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}