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The vast majority of CFOs and finance directors who grace the pages of CF?s movers section have one immutable fact in common. They have all reached and passed the milestone where life, at least theoretically, begins.
It?s an understandable statistic. After all, the experience, attributes and skills required for the role of CFO or treasurer are a long time in the acquiring.
Given the calibre demanded, it must take a rather prodigious talent to scale the corporate ladder and land the role of group finance director at a top FTSE 100 company that generated in excess of L7 billion in sales during 2003, all by the time you are 39.
Duncan Tatton-Brown is an open and confident character. He is obviously at ease inside the world of finance and appears undaunted by the pressures of his new position as group finance director at retailer Kingfisher.
?It was a natural progression for me,? he says, ?B&Q accounts for more than half of Kingfisher?s business anyway (Tatton-Brown was CFO at B&Q, the DIY arm of the group for three years before stepping up to the parent company). There is obviously...