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Bea Ordonez, CFO of Payoneer, a leading financial technology company, joins Jack McCullough to discuss the exciting opportunities and challenges of driving Payoneer growth in today’s dynamic global economy. Bea shares her insights on building a high-performing culture, fostering innovation and navigating volatility in the fintech landscape. She also discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and offers advice for the next generation of finance leaders. Tune in to hear Bea’s inspiring story and learn how Payoneer is empowering businesses around the world.—Listen to the podcast hereDriving Growth In a Changing World With CFO Bea OrdonezWe have…
To say that investor relationships drive inventory performance ignores everything that happens within the company. It doesn't notice that it is constantly paddling, just as the swans glide along the surface below the surface and beneath the surface. However, increasing the visibility of a company to equity investors remains essential, especially for microcap stocks that are about to emerge from relatively unclear. For the past three years, Bel Fuse, a global manufacturer of electronic components, has been on its advent journey, as well as its stock. The company's shares were removed from the Russel 2000 index in May 2021, but…
On Saturday, February 1, President Trump signed an executive order to put abrupt sweeping tariffs on America's closest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, and increase tariffs on all products imported from China. . Canada has released a retaliation list aimed at US exports of over $100. Mexico said it will retaliate soon. The companies scrambled to respond. Then on Monday, February 3, Mexico was given 30 days of reprieve. Later that day, Canada also received 30 days of reprieve. But the board should not breathe easily yet. There is no doubt that, and when these unprecedented tariffs will be enforced,…
There are lots of “if any” conversations and Peretier approaches the strategy with more repeated, scenario-planned fashion, such as a risk mitigation strategy, such as piloting a company in one region or market before deploying it as a risk mitigation strategy. He says that. “These strategic rollouts help capture learning, so you can respond if something isn't working as expected.”Brian Anderson, who is currently on the Pultegroup and Stericycle committee, says he also saw the change. “We're going to have our management team do a lot of scenarios about macro factors and what it can do for our business,” he…
Barbara Gutierrez joined Modivcare, a Denver-based technology-enabled healthcare services organization, in the fall of 2023, and took on the role of CFO at a public healthcare company for the second time.Modivcare's biggest business is non-emergency medical transport for Medicaid and Medicare members. To diversify its revenue streams, Modivcare acquired two companies in adjacent markets, remote patient surveillance and home care services before Gutierrez arrived. Modivcare is currently focusing on centralizing processes and enhancing operations, which, combined with cost-cutting efforts, could potentially reduce $30 million a year.But Gutierrez is also very much about people, including Modivcare customers, employees and other stakeholders.…
Barbara Gutierrez joined Modivcare, a Denver-based technology-enabled healthcare services organization, in the fall of 2023, and took on the role of CFO at a public healthcare company for the second time.Modivcare's biggest business is non-emergency medical transport for Medicaid and Medicare members. To diversify its revenue streams, Modivcare acquired two companies in adjacent markets, remote patient surveillance and home care services before Gutierrez arrived. Modivcare is currently focusing on centralizing processes and enhancing operations, which, combined with cost-cutting efforts, could potentially reduce $30 million a year.But Gutierrez is also very much about people, including Modivcare customers, employees and other stakeholders.…
The proxy advisory firm provides a cost-effective way for institutional investors to evaluate proposals, vote for proxies, and meet fiduciary standards. However, these companies suffer greater shaking than executive compensation, corporate governance, and stakeholder management, but are not entirely accountable for reports and resist opinions from companies that often rate them. The outcome is a flawed process that prevents shareholders from having the information they need to make an informed choice on important issues.The SEC has been reviewing its proxy process for over a decade, aiming to address the lack of oversight in this critical area. In 2020, the SEC…
The imposing tariffs by President Trump this weekend should remind all boards that the new president's primary objectives are clear. Reducing the US trade deficits in China, Mexico and Canada in particular, business, even if it causes short-term US pain.The deficit totals nearly $1 trillion a year, ejecting coins from the US economy, weakening its long-term position. In particular, China has benefited from this imbalance and has directed its surplus towards economic expansion and military development. Trump sees this as a direct threat to America's strength.Tariffs are not his goal. They are simply the first strike in a broader effort…
Pam Bondy, the newly appointed Attorney General of the Trump administration, said the Civil Rights Division and the Bureau of Legal Policy “to submit a report containing recommendations to encourage the private sector to end.” Issued a memo to the Ministry (DOJ). Illegal discrimination and preferences, including policies relating to DEI and DEIA, slate.com. The memo also asked two departments of the DOJ to identify “.[business] sectors of concern” and “the most severely discriminatory DEI and DEIA practitioners in each sector of concern.” slate The report says Bondi's memo suggests that some private companies could face criminal penalties for DEI…
Editor's note: Heading towards 2025 Corporate Board Members We are launching a new “Ask Me Anything” style column with Karen Silverman and Joann Stonier of Cantellus Group, global experts in practical governance strategies for AI and other technologies. First, we're digging into the troublesome question: whether we'll invest in building our own AI models based on our own data or rely on public models developed by companies like Openai, Meta, Google and more. This is what they had to say:It's a very important and tough question and it depends heavily on what you're at risk. Perhaps we will deploy both…