Meet the Coach

RICHARD OUTRAM
Executive Coach & Advisor

As an Executive Coach with CxO Coaching, Richard leverages over 35 years of global leadership, finance, and strategy experience to help executives unlock their full potential and drive extraordinary business results. Recognized for building worldclass, high-performing finance organizations and developing direct reports into C-suite executives—including multiple CFOs—he brings a depth of operational and leadership expertise shaped by decades of real-world impact.

A Certified Executive Coach, seasoned C-suite leader, and the South Florida Business Journal’s 2020 Turnaround CFO of the Year, he guides small to mid-sized companies through growth, financing, and exit phases; empowers executives to accelerate results while reducing risk and overwhelm; and coaches CFOs, emerging leaders, and financial teams to become strategic business partners that fuel profitable growth. Richard’s career spans senior leadership roles in private, public, and private equitybacked companies. He has led organizations through capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, cultural transformations, and scalable growth initiatives.

As CEO of Financial Acumen Inc., host of the Prepare4Growth podcast, and board member of Step Up for Students, Richard brings a proven track record of transforming businesses and leaders—making him a powerful partner for executives navigating high-stakes transitions.

FUNCTIONAL EXPTERTISE

  • Data & Analytics

  • Executive Leadership

  • Finance & Accounting

  • Information Technology

  • Operations

  • Strategy & Corporate Development

  • Customer Service & Support

  • Legal & Compliance

  • Human Resources & Talent Acquisition

  • Procurement & Sourcing

COACHING AREAS

  • Behavioral Coaching

  • Communications

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Executive Coaching

  • Executive Presence

  • Transition Coaching

  • Change Management

  • Strategy Execution

COACHING APPROACH

Richard’s coaching elevates conscious leadership, humanity, learning, and purpose—driving sharper decision-making, strategic clarity, and aligned teams that boost performance. Clients experience greater fulfillment, work-life harmony, and measurable growth in both business value and impact.

“Great leaders aren’t just built on strategy and results—they’re defined by the clarity, purpose, and humanity they bring to every decision.” — Richard Outram

CLIENT FEEDBACK

“Richard is a real professional with all the aptitudes, strengths and skill sets of a seasoned senior financial executive. He is bright, ethical, engaging, outgoing, upbeat, solution oriented, passionate, dedicated, honest, trustworthy and when you meet him, you will immediately sense that he treats everyone with respect, dignity, understanding and value. No matter what it is that you are looking to Richard to accomplish, you can trust that whatever he commits to, he will deliver.”

— Bay Elliott, EVP, The Farwell Group