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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882: The Chronic Door Opener | Brianna Gerber, CFO, ChromaDex
When Brianna Gerber tells us that during earnings season at Mattel, Inc., she was once known as the investor relations person most likely to be “knocking on doors,” we can’t help but want to learn more about her IR tour of duty at the toy giant. “I’d be calling on the marketing team and…
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When Talent is the IP | Ravi Narula, CFO, Financial Force
Narula: I would say, generally speaking, I’ll give you a general answer. Then what has changed for me in the last two years, I’ll say that in more detail. Generally speaking, for technology companies, talent is the biggest asset. We might say IP is, but talent, without the talent, there’s no IP, there’s no customer […]
The Best Remedy for Volatility | Keith Taylor CFO, Equinix
Machine Generated Transcript Taylor: And so one of the things for me, and it’s, in some ways, it’s a criticism from the from the outside markets. And that’s why, again, being a CFO, you have to realize you have different constituents who have different points of view, but you have to do what you think […]
881: The Firm of Many Lives | Keith Taylor, CFO, Equinix
As our finance leader guests well know, we seldom hesitate to ask where they spent their career-building years. Moreover, if we learn that a CFO spent more than 5 years with any one company, we’re apt to ask, “Why? What kept you there?” On the other hand—and somewhat oddly—finance career investments spanning a decade or…
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Achieving a Strategic Alignment | Teodora Gouneva, CFO, NEXT Insurance
Machine generated transcript Gouneva: I would probably say until a few months after I joined, we were very focused on top line growth, and majority of what we report and how we will report is premium, which for us is indication of top line growth. And we had to make a shift given everything else […]
880: When Success Begets Risk | Teodora Gouneva, CFO, NEXT Insurance
Teodora Gouneva was enjoying one of the more satisfying chapters of a 25-year finance career when she began hearing voices again. She tells us that although for most of her work trajectory she had been able to ignore them, on this occasion the contentment that she had so carefully guarded began to give way. The…
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878: When the Path Rises to Meet You | Don Bassell, CFO, ARKO Corp.
As we have been interviewing CFOs from different industries, many finance leaders have told us that they had bracketed the CFO office as their preferred career destination beginning from Day One of their professional lives. Still others have reported that it was only due to the intervention of a determined mentor that they were able…
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Here’s Where We Drive Value | Jim Young, CFO, Coalition
CFO GUEST: Jim Young of Coalition, Inc. EPISODE: 876: Exposing Where Business Value Resides
876: Exposing Where Business Value Resides | Jim Young, CFO, Coalition
Looking back on their career-building years, few finance leaders ever forget the first time that they presented to a board of directors. For many, the stares of the individual directors around the table remain locked in time, forever evergreen. For Jim Young, the gazes that stay ever-present are some that were cast not from across…
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873: Pages from a Silver Lining Playbook | Michael Kopelman, CFO, Meow Wolf
Back in 2022, only three years after its acquisition of Warner Media, AT&T decided to leave the entertainment business and announced plans to relinquish its ownership of the giant media company. Just like many of his peers, Michael Kopelman has found that the business headlines of the past have everything and nothing to do with…
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