
Adam Utley
CFO at Wayland Additive, a UK-based electron beam 3D printing manufacturer. Chartered Management Accountant with MBA from Warwick Business School, specializing in scaling VC-backed companies.
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Jul 20, 2026
From Finance to Frontier Tech: Inside the CFO Role at a VC-Backed Engineering Business with Adam Uttley, CFO at Wayland Additive
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James RoachHOST
But kicking off about you, I suppose, in your career, when you look back, are there some key moments that you think that was the moment that propelled me to where I am here now?

Adam UtleyGUEST
I kind of started at a university, I've worked in PLCs, I've worked in private equity, I've run my own business, and I've worked in startups as well.

Adam UtleyGUEST
I think the theme that has run through most of that is kind of following good people.

Adam UtleyGUEST
So I kind of had a couple of mentors when I worked for a university and they took me under their wing and I did two or three different roles with them and really learned from them, which was great.

Adam UtleyGUEST
And the CFO there, again, kind of took me under his wing, gave me a couple of different roles there, and then... sort of pinched me and went over and gave me my first finance director role at breaks, did a couple of roles there, and then also gave me effectively my first CFO role.
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James RoachHOST
What advice would you give to them? What do they need exposure to earlier on in their career that's going to help them get your job one day?