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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

He is also the finance chief for the healthcare segment, playing a dual role in furthering the reach of the company beyond neighborhood pharmacies towards the fast-growing areas of healthcare. “We Mahajan’s appointment isn’t necessarily a new occurrence considering he has been serving as interim CFO since July 2023.

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These Are the People You Need on Your Startup Team

Chart Your Course

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. Your CFO should be Captain America with the emotional range of a rock. Customer Service Rep.

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How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business Review

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC).

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management. Smart product managers know the value of having allies in the CFO’s office. When the PM makes a concerted effort to have a strong relationship with sales, their product success will increase.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Author: The Launch Book.