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Say It Ain't So, Mr. CFO

In his first column, CFO Online's editor-in-chief recalls Diamond Foods's just-deposed finance chief during happier times.

February 10, 2012

When I learned last night that Steven Neil, the CFO of Diamond Foods, had been placed on administrative leave as part of the "corrective actions" the company was taking after an internal probe revealed accounting misdeeds and internal controls failures, the news had a familiar ring to it. Read more...

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