Strategic finance exits?

Currently a first year in ib and thinking of looking at strategic finance roles after one year. If I went into a strategic finance role at a big company afterwards (wlb reasons), would there be any other exit opportunities after that? I could see myself trying to climb the levels eventually in corporate eventually to a CFO role very long term but wondering if I would be pigeonholed at that point. Would IB -> strategic finance keep any other doors open or would I be committing in that part of finance? Starting in ib I haven't had much interest in PE so not sure what else to think about longer term.

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Thanks, Im leaning towards strategic finance to potentially climb up in corporate over time as the IB -> PE -> ?? path doesn't really interest me but wanted to see if I'd be permanently closing non-corporate roles off by making the switch. Seems like PE / HF would be closed off but Corp Dev / VC would be interesting. Would growth equity be possible? Seems like industry and operational knowledge would be especially important for those.

 

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