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As artificial intelligence reshapes marketing and communications, boards are facing important governance questions. How aggressively should companies invest in AI implementation, and who should be held accountable if the implementation goes awry? Steve Netzley, Global CEO and Director of Prosé on Pixels, addresses these questions directly. At the helm of the world's largest full-service performance marketing group, Netsley is looking for ways to harness the potential of AI while protecting his company from new risks. This is a challenge that goes far beyond your own boardroom. In the following Q&A, Netsley shares how boards are changing their composition and focus…
There is growing speculation that President Trump will issue an executive order restricting proxy advisory firms such as Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis. The Wall Street Journal suggested that the executive order “could include a broad ban on shareholder recommendations or an order blocking recommendations for companies that hire proxy advisers for consulting work.” The question is why board members and company management would want this. Several news reports have pointed to long-standing complaints from conservatives that proxy advisors and large institutional fund managers “often oppose board decisions and directors, or recommend votes.” Conservatives also argue that proxy advisers…
Volatility is the new normal, and successful CFOs are embracing it. said Mukshit Ashraf, group chief executive officer of Houston-based Accenture Strategy. Based on the findings of his firm's research report, Redefining Resilience: From Readiness to Reinvention, Ashraf explains how high-performing companies are using disruption as a catalyst for innovation. Please tell us more about the mindset shift you think CFOs and other executives need to make to help companies become more proactive. Volatility is no longer temporary, but structural. In this new era, the most successful companies are not only absorbing shocks, but also using them to rewire themselves…
Most CEOs live and die by quarterly revenue, market share, and efficiency metrics. But the very tools we use to measure progress often erode it. Traditional KPIs prioritize the easy to track over the things that truly drive resilience, creating a dangerous illusion of progress. Companies hit numbers, but lose their long-term advantage, misalign their teams, and overlook the dependencies that sustain growth. Even a good-looking scorecard and short-term wins can hollow out your long-term advantage. The recent debate over Fed interest rates has shown how a single data point can move from fact to question that sends debatable signals…
Investor expectations are changing rapidly, and boards will be asked to demonstrate readiness by the 2026 proxy season. That was the focus of my recent message. corporate director briefing moderator dominique shelton leipzigHe is CEO of Global Data Innovation and one of the nation's leading authorities on AI, privacy, and data governance. With more than 30 years of experience in big law, she has trained more than 50,000 professionals and advised Fortune 500 boards on responsible innovation. She was joined by roosevelt gilesa global expert in business transformation and cyber strategy, chairs the Stakeholder Impact Foundation and founded Endpoint Ventures,…
The race to bring artificial intelligence into nearly every aspect of business continues, and no department is looking for more talent than finance. Centuries of manual and semi-manual human effort in the finance sector has been hit hard by years of labor shortages that show no signs of slowing down. That promise gave the floor of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on Manhattan's West Side a giddy gold rush atmosphere this week. About 2,000 attendees filled two football field-sized pavilions packed with vendors for CFO Leadership's 2nd Annual Financial Accounting Technology Expo. The fact that FATE has more than doubled…
Mesh, CashIO, Meshly.ai, and VirtuSpect were named winners in the Core Finance Tech Stack, Business Intelligence and Automation, Productivity Tools, and Disruptive Platforms and Tools categories, respectively, in the 2025 CFO Leadership Finance and Accounting Technology Expo Pitch Stage Competition. “Let's be honest,” said contest host Mary McKenna, a former technology CFO and angel investor. “Startups are the people who start things in the economy. If you don't support them, big companies won't exist.” Startups from around the world applied to pitch their products and services to the expo's audience of venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and potential customers such…
The finance function is undergoing a fundamental transformation, and it's happening from within ERP itself. Modern cloud-based financial management systems like Sage Intacct, the leading ERP platform designed specifically for finance teams, are now embedding artificial intelligence directly into core accounting workflows. Features already in production include anomaly detection in the general ledger, OCR invoice capture in accounts payable, intelligent cash applications in accounts receivable, natural language queries for financial data, and more. Sage plans to roll out even more ambitious features by 2026. Autonomous workflow orchestration that can draft journal entries for review and what Brenda Kahier of financial…
Many corporate boards faced multiple challenges this year that required significant adjustments. Whether it's developing an AI strategy, adjusting to tariffs, determining how digital currencies will impact a company's growth, or developing a leadership succession plan, the year-end is a time when boards can determine whether their current corporate governance policies can survive changing economic realities while meeting future needs. Carver Bancorp recently launched a Board Modernization Initiative, which Chairman of the Board Lewis P. Jones III said “demonstrates the Board's commitment to implementing proven governance practices aligned with leading companies and making the decisions necessary to more effectively compete…
“Are you working? for CEO or and Who is the president? ” This is the most essential question every financial professional must ask themselves in the age of artificial intelligence, says Serial founder, CEO, and television personality Marcus Lemonis. Because if your job is just to provide numbers to the person holding the top job, your days, and thus your career possibilities, will surely be limited as AI grows. Financial professionals are packing in for the opening of CFO Leadership's 2025 Finance and Accounting Technology Expo on November 11 and 12 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan.…