Hayat Amin is a fractional CFO, IP strategist, and AI agent operator with twenty years inside high-growth technology. He has been on the operator side of three exits (including to American Express and TripAdvisor) and put three businesses on the Financial Times FT100 fastest-growing list. He operates fractionally across New York, London, and Dubai.

Where is Hayat Amin based?

Hayat Amin operates from three cities: New York, London, and Dubai. Engagements are remote-first with quarterly on-site weeks scheduled around the client's board cycle.

What does Hayat Amin do?

Hayat Amin runs three services fractionally: the chief financial officer function during fundraises and exits; intellectual property and data strategy that prices intangibles and turns dormant patents into licensing revenue; and AI agent operations that embed agentic AI into finance, legal, and go-to-market workflows with measurable P&L impact.

How is Hayat Amin different from other fractional CFOs?

Most fractional CFOs are accountants with a senior title. Hayat Amin is an operator who has sat in the buyer's seat on three exits. The data-room build, diligence Q&A responses, and valuation defence look like what an acquirer expects to see. That gap is usually worth 15 to 30% of exit multiple.

How do I contact Hayat Amin?

Email hayat@beyondelevation.com or book a call at https://www.meethayat.com/contact/. Most outreach gets a response within 24 hours.

Hayat Amin: Fractional CFO, IP Strategist & AI Operator

One operator.
Three pillars.

Name: Hayat Amin
Cities: New York · London
Profession: Fractional C-Suite & IP Strategist

Twenty years to build the operator Hayat Amin is.

Exits

FT100

3×

Years

Avg y/y

300%

Hayat Amin specialises in removing business pain, risk, and confusion fast. He is a CFO with twenty years across high-growth technology, three exits (including to American Express and TripAdvisor), and three FT100 listings.

Most operators are strong in one discipline. Hayat runs five at once: finance, strategy and GTM, IP and data, investor relations, and hands-on execution. He has done it across Europe, the US, and Sub-Saharan Africa, at an average of 300% year-on-year growth.

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The three pillars that make
Hayat Amin an unfair operator.

Modern, rogue CFO.

Three roles in one operator: technical CFO, chief strategy, and growth and analysis.

Hayat sits fractionally inside high-growth companies as their finance lead, building the operating model, the investor narrative, and the exit-grade infrastructure from day one. He is the strategist and the hands-on operator, fluent across Europe, the US and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Outcomes companies receive

01Run scalable, modern financial operations

02Best-in-class financial models, dashboards & forecasts

03Fundraises that actually close: VC, PE, angels

04M&A technicals, exit DD, EBITDA forecast for the acquirer

05Investor narrative, decks, teasers & data rooms

06Pricing, GTM, sales intelligence & investor FOMO

Patent, IP & data strategist.

Most companies sit on assets that they do not value properly or create revenue from.

AI democratised code. What compounds now is what you own and nobody else can copy: patents, data, and know-how. Hayat clusters, values, and licences what most companies treat as overhead.

Outcomes companies receive

01IP audit & restructure

02Patent commercial grading

03Data monetisation strategy

04Enterprise licensing framework

05Royalty rate restructure

06IP-backed valuation narrative

AI agent operator.

Real systems running autonomously, with Hayat Amin as the owner and operator.

Hayat installs the stack, builds the agentic processes and AI employees, and runs them end to end: technically, operationally, and on the ground.

Outcomes companies receive

01Workflows and roles automated

02Agent build and deployment

03Sales and investor outreach agents

04Finance agents

05Full ownership of AI agents

06Teams of AI agents monitored and managed

What Hayat has actually done
or been part of.

01CFO · Fintech

Cake → American Express

EXITED

Transaction-heavy fintech infrastructure. CFO from very early stage. The diligence team had nothing to attack.

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02Head of Finance · Travel-tech

Tripbod → TripAdvisor

EXITED

Travel-tech platform built around a mine of proprietary data. Hayat ran finance through to acquisition.

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03Portfolio Finance Director · Accountancy

iHorizon → Cooper Parry

EXITED

Pioneer in accounting, taxation and advisory for hyper-growth tech in the UK & US. 10× growth since Hayat joined. UK's largest tech-focused accountancy.

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04IP strategy · RF software

DGS (Washington DC unicorn)

Next-gen software platform characterising the radio-frequency environment. Hayat helped DGS build and execute the strategy around their patent portfolio. Exit talks ongoing.

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05CSO · Grants platform

Grantify (FT100 #46)

SECONDARIES

One of the largest grant platforms in the world. 66% of all successful UK grants run through it. Hayat led data valuation, fundraise, strategy, and partnerships.

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06CSO · Consumer data

Nxtech (18.5B data points)

85% of the US population. Hayat led data monetisation, valuation, fundraise, and reporting, repositioning the asset from ad-targeting to enterprise licensing.

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07Finance leadership · E-commerce

European e-commerce (FT100 #96)

One of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies in Europe. Hayat built inventory and stock-accounting systems, unit-economics models, and led finance through scale.

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08Biotech · Health

Thriva (FT100 #3)

Third fastest-growing company in Europe. Biotech category leader.

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09DTC · Hi-tech apparel

L'estrange (FT100 #94)

94th fastest-growing company in Europe. Hi-tech apparel built for the modern operator.

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What CEOs say about Hayat.

“
Hayat was our fractional CSO and a key part of our Secondary round, data strategy and overall growth, becoming the 46th fastest-growing company of 2024.
Mat WestergreenFounder & CEO, Grantify

“
Fantastic. Very diligent, very reliable, methodical, suggesting and implementing efficient processes and monthly reports.
William GreenCEO, L'estrange

“
For a $30m finance round here in the US, we needed a CFO who was strategic but hands on. Hayat Amin to the rescue.
Carl SteinmannFounder, Acresclub

“
Hayat brings expertise and flair to corporate financial management.
Rob WithagenCEO, Asoko Insight

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Hayat has been a critical part of our fundraising and day-to-day strategy.
Babacar DialloCEO, Oolu Solar

“
Hayat is an innovative financial leader. Scalable solutions and a real leader for our financial arm.
Dan MollerCOO, Vinaya Technology

One operator.
Three pillars.

Twenty years to build the operator Hayat Amin is.