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Posted by: Sara Mosavi | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 10:48
A quick scan of Birgitta Kantola's career says enough about the breadth of non-executive opportunities for finance business leaders. Having served as the CFO of the International Finance Corp., the private arm of the World Bank Group, Ms Kantola's non-executive portfolio currently ranges from chairwoman of the finance and audit committee at Stora Enso, a Finnish forestry and paper firm, to member of the audit and compliance committee at SEB, a Swedish bank. And until recently she'd served as a member of the management compensation committee at NASDAQOMX, among many other non-executive...
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Posted by: Abhik Sen | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 17:40
When all is said and done, what business boils down to is numbers. And when it comes to numbers there is usually no better guide to them in a company than its chief financial officer. That explains why CFOs are often seen as dour bean counters but, in fact, this caricature is now well and truly past its sell-by date.The sights of most senior executives in a company are fixed on the sunlit uplands of juicy growth and chunky profit. Given half a chance, they would run instead of walk towards that pot of gold on the other side of the rainbow. But it is often the CFO who has to step on the brakes...
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Posted by: Tom Upchurch | Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 14:25
Bellwether Europe brought together the well-heeled elite of the world’s financial community. Brothers of recently ousted French presidents rubbed shoulders with trillion dollar investors; future governors of the Bank of England mingled with future European commissioners; past Chancellors of the Exchequer ate nibbles with past Presidents of the ECB. All in all it was a star-studded affair (for the world of finance).The one question on everyone's lips was the future of Europe. In the short term, how will the Eurozone crisis be resolved? In the longer term, what prospects are there for the...
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Posted by: Tom Upchurch | Monday, April 2, 2012 - 14:37
It seems as if there is no end in sight for the age of austerity. If you thought it was only governments tightening their purse strings, then you would be very mistaken. Even before the financial crisis, companies throughout the US and Europe have been sitting on record breaking piles of cash. In the US corporate profits are higher than at any time in the past 65 years yet as a proportion of GDP, American business investment is at a 30 year low. Last year in the UK it is estimated that the corporate cash pile had reached over £700 billion. Perhaps most shockingly the global corporate cash...
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EIU research reveals breadth of opportunities for finance leaders
Posted by: Sara Mosavi | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 10:48
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Posted by: Abhik Sen | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 17:40
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Posted by: Tom Upchurch | Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 14:25
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