I’m Mark Hendy — interim CFO by trade, Bitcoin holder by conviction, AI enthusiast by curiosity, and prediction market trader by habit.
I’ve spent 25+ years parachuting into PE-backed businesses as the CFO they need in a tight spot: post-acquisition, mid-transformation, mid-crisis, or just between finance leaders. I work through my consultancy, Tanous Limited, which I’ve run since 1996. Past engagements include serving as CFO for Sir James Dyson’s farming business, Beeswax Dyson Farming — one of the UK’s largest farming enterprises.
Fourteen PE houses. Three mandates from LDC, three from Livingbridge, two from Queens Park Equity. You don’t get called back unless you’ve earned it.
The career highlight that tends to raise eyebrows: I was CFO of the World Rally Championship in the 2000s, and CFO of a Formula 1 team in 2010. Finance at the sharp end of global motorsport teaches you a lot about operating under pressure, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and making decisions with imperfect information and no time — skills that translate remarkably well to PE portfolio companies.
This blog is where I write about the things I find genuinely interesting: Bitcoin as a monetary system, the practical applications of AI in finance and beyond, prediction markets as a superior mechanism for forecasting, and occasionally the realities of life as an interim executive.
My professional blog — where I write about PE finance, UK tax, and regulatory matters — is at tanous.co.uk.
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