Ward: I actually think it might be more unique given my background to talk about a Strategic Finance moment that related to a position I was in when I was in, in actually Investment Management, which relates to those scenarios I was talking about. So while I was working in mass, Mutual’s Investment Management subsidiary, […]
884: Understanding Your Business Thesis | Betsy Ward, CFO, MassMutual
Finance leader Betsy Ward wants you to know that she doesn’t have an itchy trigger finger—but she does have an inner trigger and knows when it's been set off. There's no doubt that few professional colleagues would ever think to associate the time-tested gunslinger trope with the mild-mannered Ward, who has led insurance giant MassMutual…
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Ep 27: Why Hiring Could Be GPT’s Sweet Spot
Brett & Jack discuss how the hiring function is expected to become the sweet spot for Chat GPT and other AI offerings as the technology emerges as a powerful tool for finding and qualifying talent for organizations. This episode features the workforce insights and commentary of CFO Jonathan Carr of Armis, CFO Céline Dufétel of…
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On Talent Development | Celine Dufetel, CFO, Checkout.com
Dufetel: So, you know, having grown up at McKinsey, where people people were the product, right people were the service that, that we were bringing to our clients, I’ve always grown up thinking that, who we hire, who we develop, how we coach, how we develop talent is the most important thing that we do […]
As Crisis Hits, Finance Asks: What Will Success Look Like? | Javier Echave, CFO, Heathrow Airport
Echave: But very early in the pandemic, we realize that actually, we’re going to survive, because we have a robust organization, we have a strong balance sheet. We have responsible shareholders, we have fantastic creditors, that actually supported us through the worst moment of times, but we realize that as important as protecting the business […]
883: The Confidence That Only Experience Brings | Javier Echave, CFO, Heathrow
When Heathrow CFO Javier Echave tells us that one of his greatest career lessons was learned from being passed over for the giant airport’s CFO position, we wonder whether we misunderstood him. He continues: “It was then that I learned in the most painful way that securing my own succession to the CFO office…
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