At Ceres, Manu Diwakar recognized that scaling an expensive dry-land farming product lacked economic logic. With capital scarce, he urged the CEO to walk away from the misaligned business line and refocus on higher-value specialty crops—prioritizing sustainable unit economics over growth for growth’s sake. Now Watch the Complete Episode Featuring CFO Manu Diwakar of Virta […]
How Data Rewrote Capital Allocation | Guillermo Lopez, CFO, dLocal
At American Express, Guillermo Lopez overhauled a historically allocated $700M annual investment budget by building a data-driven ROI model that merged financial, platform, and customer data. The reallocation redirected capital to higher-return markets, generating an estimated $30M in incremental annual revenue—compounding year over year. Now Watch the Complete Episode Featuring CFO Guillermo Lopez of DLocal […]
CFO EQ: How Leadership Takes Shape
This special episode of CFO Thought Leader explores how finance leaders develop not through authority or technical brilliance, but through moments that reveal emotional intelligence. Drawing on recent conversations with Kevin Rubin, Toby Driver, and Bruce Schuman, the episode highlights a consistent pattern: leadership is forged through judgment, empathy, and self-awareness when stakes are high…
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Ep 40: From Constraints to Collaboration
In this episode of “Planning Aces,” finance leaders explore the evolving role of FP&A as a strategic partner emphasizing the importance of reliable data in aligning decision-making and resetting priorities. The CFOs discuss how setting clear constraints enhances strategic planning and drives more thoughtful decision-making. Leveraging AI emerges as a key theme for optimizing financial […]
When the Metrics Signal It’s Time to Derisk | Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO, Airbase
Watch as CFO Aneal Vallurupalli reflects on an earlier career chapter when he was tasked with prioritizing hiring and assessing the state of the business at a prior company. At the time team the company’s metrics were aligning well and Vallurupalli suggested to the co-founder that they should raise funds. Despite the co-founder’s initial reluctance, […]