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CFO Leadership Council Highlights Our First 10 DEI Ascend Honorees

CFO Leadership

The CFO Leadership Council proudly highlights our very first ten Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ascend Honorees! The Ascend program is an opportunity for Senior Finance Executives from underrepresented groups to join The CFO Leadership Council. She also led the Treasury Tax initiative at Google.

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Why the old-school CFO’s days are numbered

Future CFO

I started my career as a Management Consultant at electronics giant Siemens AG in 1994 and only took on my first CFO role 13 years ago at the company’s US$1.5 It used to be pretty much all about the numbers – but the narrative has changed. Personally, I never had any ambition to be seen as a number cruncher or corporate policeman.

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Transcript: Charlie Ellis

Barry Ritholtz

But here’s a group who’s highly motivated, they’re doing all kinds of leadership things, and nobody is taking a profit. All you had to do as a money market fund manager is buying the standard stuff, Treasury bills, commercial paper and the like. That’s the American way. It’s a good incentive.