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About 20 years ago, he took on a series of corporate roles before hooking up Sara Daw, co-founder of the CFO Center. “I had to have a fulfilling career and raise a family,” she says. [corporate world]. “After starting as part-time finance director (the UK version of CFO), she couldn't realize that she didn't need her expertise and couldn't realize that she couldn't make a CFO full-time earning,” says Daw. She currently leads an organization with 800 fractional CFOs in 18 countries, so she is at the forefront of the trend of CFOs opting out of traditional employment and working…

Artificial intelligence is disrupting industries at a pace we've never seen before, making some corporate strategies obsolete before they can take root. Trade tensions and tariffs threaten rattle supply chains and suffocate growth. Nationalism and populism are restructuring global markets and disrupting long-term plans. result? Many businesses and their employees are stuck in defense rather than attacks. Employers are postponing frozen employment, reduced training budgets and innovation efforts. Employees are beginning to stay in place and it's too scary to quit the job they have for the unknown. That's a mistake. Now is the opposite time. It involves training investments,…

It's accurate to say that FP&A software doesn't have a dominant player. According to popular sampling, the top five tools have a total market share of just 13%. But it doesn't count all the most commonly used FP&A tools, namely spreadsheets. “The biggest reason people come back to spreadsheets, whether it's Excel or another brand, is flexibility,” says FP&A Guy, a podcaster, FP&A Trainer and Sealth Leader (the first expert in this category). Spreadsheets are ubiquitous and at FP&A, according to a benchmark survey by the Association of Financial Professionals, acts as the “most common denominator” used to connect data…

Strong financial leadership can shape the success of any organization, and Amy Butte, CFO of Navan, exemplifies this with her vast expertise and emboldened vision.Amy joins host Jack McCullough in a conversation that dives into the evolving role of CFOs, the importance of mentorship and strategies for building a world-class finance team. Amy shares her career journey from how she got her start on Wall Street to why she accepted the CFO job at Navan last year after serving a short time as a board member. She also explains why young CFOs should take every opportunity to network.To book a…

With each difficult market situation, the board can put more and more pressure on making changes. This often involves adjusting the board configuration. Corporate board members must accept the need for leadership evolution, even when they may have to leave the board.The recession is fearing mounts, and there is a growing possibility that the committee will pressure them to add or subtract boards as businesses try to handle how Trump administration's policies will affect businesses. In some cases, shareholders may wish to add directors to their boards with certain skills that can better align with shareholders or management's views through…

Many directors find themselves in “operational scope” due to the ambiguous effects of tariffs on compensation programs. On the one hand, the impact of tariffs is closely aligned with changes in tax laws (e.g., unpredictable, out of management control, and frequently adjusted). On the other hand, shareholders expect management to have stronger control over the impact of tariffs as it could have a meaningful long-term impact on the business (similar to changes in the Covid-19 macroeconomics). Due to the inherent uncertainty of proposals or potential tariffs and the speed at which they may be implemented (as seen in recent intergovernmental…

Something happened to Isabel Winkle on his way to becoming an astrophysicist. That “something” was an exposure to business and economics in MIT's elective course. “The depth of concepts like micro and macroeconomics, supply and demand, and the way businesses grow and run,” she told Katie Kuhner Hebert.It's easy to say, “The rest is history.” Winkles found himself as the CFO of Braze, a customer engagement platform published in 2021.In the interview below, Winkles shares her learning, including her decisive choices in her career and lessons she worked for Ruth Polato, one of the top CFOs of our time.Are you…

Corvus Robotics is a microcosm of where the U.S. economy is headed. It makes and sells drones to warehouses, where they buzz around and keep track of stuff from auto parts to lawn mowers, cases of industrial chemicals to cases of Coca-Cola. The startup is doing its bit for American “reshoring” by assembling its complex drones at a small plant in Silicon Valley rather than China. Corvus drones help a huge range of American companies and industries across the country become more efficient at a time of supply chain rebuilding.And the $10,000-plus devices sport “‘embodied’ AI, which means they’re completely…

Corvus Robotics is a microcosm of where the U.S. economy is headed. It makes and sells drones to warehouses, where they buzz around and keep track of stuff from auto parts to lawn mowers, cases of industrial chemicals to cases of Coca-Cola. The startup is doing its bit for American “reshoring” by assembling its complex drones at a small plant in Silicon Valley rather than China. Corvus drones help a huge range of American companies and industries across the country become more efficient at a time of supply chain rebuilding.And the $10,000-plus devices sport “‘embodied’ AI, which means they’re completely…

After studying at Columbia and Harvard University, Emmanuel Steiner began his career in Switzerland.”There's nothing good about eating,” he would complain. “Take away? Not tasty! Supermarket salad? Too expensive! Restaurant? It takes 2 hours! And worst of all, split over lunch because everyone wants something different. This isn't that!”Determined to solve the problem, Steiner and his wife, Daniela, co-founded Verpel in 2013, bringing fresh meals from the Michelin-starred chef and farm directly to the corporate office lunchroom. After expanding to over 1,000 offices across Europe, the company expanded to the US in 2023, establishing a shop in New York City,…