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Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending April 8
Discover Financial Services has appointed Mark Graf chief accounting officer and CFO. He takes over from Roy Guthrie, who has been finance chief for the past six years. Graf joins the firm from Aquiline Capital Partners, where he was an investment adviser.Todd Graber plans to resign as head of fi...
By Joan Urdang • April 8, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending April 8
Discover Financial Services has appointed Mark Graf chief accounting officer and CFO. He takes over from Roy Guthrie, who has been finance chief for the past six years. Graf joins the firm from Aquiline Capital Partners, where he was an investment adviser.Todd Graber plans to resign as head of fi...
By Joan Urdang • April 8, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Are Financial-Services CFOs Ready to Bolt?
Greater demands on financial-services CFOs and their consequent disaffection for the role are among a number of converging trends threatening to seriously thin the talent pool, says a new white paper from recruiting firm Heidrick & Struggles.As in other industries, turnover in the financial s...
By David McCann • April 6, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Are Financial-Services CFOs Ready to Bolt?
Greater demands on financial-services CFOs and their consequent disaffection for the role are among a number of converging trends threatening to seriously thin the talent pool, says a new white paper from recruiting firm Heidrick & Struggles.As in other industries, turnover in the financial s...
By David McCann • April 6, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Disaster Averted?
Thanks to the global financial meltdown, we now know what a “black swan” is. But do we know from which direction the next one will swim into view, and what to do when it does?Black swans are, of course, those highly improbable but painfully consequential events that strike from the blue — or from...
By Russ Banham • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
A New Way to Empower Mobile Workers
The most sophisticated piece of software at many biotech firms is an application that helps scientists create new drugs and treatments. Since this kind of “drug discovery” program models complex chemical structures with 3-D graphics, it can take more than a year to develop internally, or, if purc...
By Evan I. Schwartz • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
“This Is the Renaissance of Rail.”
President Obama devoted a portion of his January State of the Union address to the subject of high-speed rail transport, and the following month Vice President Biden announced a 6-year, $53 billion plan to invest in it. The Administration’s long-term goal is to make high-speed rail service availa...
By Randy Myers • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending April 1
Russell Fong has been named acting CFO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers), a newly created post. Fong, who joined the public pension fund in 2005, is now interim assistant executive officer of the organization’s administrative services branch.Hearst Magazines Internat...
By Joan Urdang • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Weaving a New Corporate Culture
Anyone who works for a carpet maker in Dalton, Georgia, and goes out to lunch with co-workers had better be careful: there’s a good chance competitors are within earshot. That’s because the northern Georgia town is the home of the entire U.S. carpet industry, with all major players based there. T...
By David McCann • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending April 1
Russell Fong has been named acting CFO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers), a newly created post. Fong, who joined the public pension fund in 2005, is now interim assistant executive officer of the organization’s administrative services branch.Hearst Magazines Internat...
By Joan Urdang • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Weaving a New Corporate Culture
Anyone who works for a carpet maker in Dalton, Georgia, and goes out to lunch with co-workers had better be careful: there’s a good chance competitors are within earshot. That’s because the northern Georgia town is the home of the entire U.S. carpet industry, with all major players based there. T...
By David McCann • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
“This Is the Renaissance of Rail.”
President Obama devoted a portion of his January State of the Union address to the subject of high-speed rail transport, and the following month Vice President Biden announced a 6-year, $53 billion plan to invest in it. The Administration’s long-term goal is to make high-speed rail service availa...
By Randy Myers • April 1, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending March 25
Martin Klein has been appointed finance chief at Genworth Financial Inc. He will join the firm on April 11 and take over as CFO after the company files its 10-Q for the first quarter. Klein currently serves as managing director of Barclays Capital.Holli Nichols has resigned as head of finance at ...
By Joan Urdang • March 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending March 25
Martin Klein has been appointed finance chief at Genworth Financial Inc. He will join the firm on April 11 and take over as CFO after the company files its 10-Q for the first quarter. Klein currently serves as managing director of Barclays Capital.Holli Nichols has resigned as head of finance at ...
By Joan Urdang • March 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Lean Times Call for New Leadership Traits
Many finance executives are well used to taking calls from executive recruiters and working with them to land that next job. But they may not have much experience with another service that most of the big search firms offer: leadership-assessment consulting. Unless, that is, the CEO or board of d...
By David McCann • March 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending March 18
Timothy McLevish, who heads finance at Kraft Foods Inc., plans to leave the firm in the middle of the year. Executive vice president, operations, David Brearton will take over as CFO after the company’s financial statements for the first quarter are filed.3M has announced that David Meline has be...
By Joan Urdang • March 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending March 18
Timothy McLevish, who heads finance at Kraft Foods Inc., plans to leave the firm in the middle of the year. Executive vice president, operations, David Brearton will take over as CFO after the company’s financial statements for the first quarter are filed.3M has announced that David Meline has be...
By Joan Urdang • March 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Lean Times Call for New Leadership Traits
Many finance executives are well used to taking calls from executive recruiters and working with them to land that next job. But they may not have much experience with another service that most of the big search firms offer: leadership-assessment consulting. Unless, that is, the CEO or board of d...
By David McCann • March 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Making Priorities a Priority
Financial staffs face many issues that seemingly need to be addressed simultaneously but don’t in fact have the same priority or urgency. Since everything can’t be accomplished at once anyway, it is important for CFOs to differentiate between an issue’s priority (importance) and the sense of urge...
By Bud Kulesza • March 17, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Making Priorities a Priority
Financial staffs face many issues that seemingly need to be addressed simultaneously but don’t in fact have the same priority or urgency. Since everything can’t be accomplished at once anyway, it is important for CFOs to differentiate between an issue’s priority (importance) and the sense of urge...
By Bud Kulesza • March 17, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Finance Staffs Getting More Engaged
The number of U.S. finance and accounting staffers intending to stay with their current employer spiked in the second half of 2010, as did the number of those willing to go above and beyond the call of duty, according to new research from the Corporate Executive Board.Each quarter the board’s Cor...
By David McCann • March 16, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Finance Staffs Getting More Engaged
The number of U.S. finance and accounting staffers intending to stay with their current employer spiked in the second half of 2010, as did the number of those willing to go above and beyond the call of duty, according to new research from the Corporate Executive Board.Each quarter the board’s Cor...
By David McCann • March 16, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Can House Calls Reduce Health Costs?
Among the many innovations designed to reduce the cost of health care, one is decidedly counterintuitive: house calls.WhiteGlove House Call Health, a company that has built a strong corporate following in Texas in the past four years, says its house-call medical care will improve the health-care ...
By David McCann • March 15, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Can House Calls Reduce Health Costs?
Among the many innovations designed to reduce the cost of health care, one is decidedly counterintuitive: house calls.WhiteGlove House Call Health, a company that has built a strong corporate following in Texas in the past four years, says its house-call medical care will improve the health-care ...
By David McCann • March 15, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending March 11
Rick Lindner, finance chief at AT&T since 2004, will retire on June 1. He will be succeeded by John Stephens, who has been at the company for 19 years and has been controller since 2001.Vice chairman and CFO Chris Liddell has announced he is resigning from General Motors, effective April 1. L...
By Joan Urdang • March 11, 2011
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