{"id":8427,"date":"2025-12-10T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gf.com\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=8427"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:20:48","slug":"sam-franklin","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/gf.com\/leadership\/sam-franklin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Franklin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff__details\">\n  <div class=\"staff__img\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Franklin-2025-Web.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n      <div class=\"social__container\">\n          <ul class=\"social__icons\">\n                                  <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n   <div class=\"staff__title\">\n     <h1>Sam Franklin<\/h1>       <\/div>\n  <div class=\"staff__content\">\n      <p><p>Sam Franklin is Chief Financial Officer of GF, a position he has held since December 2025. 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